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03 - FUTURESCAPE - Part 03 - Oh Tin Man - Rukas Ft Matt - Prod Crux Teneabrae - (Mastered)

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OH TIN MAN


The world’s governments want 2 turn us into emotionless, cold unfeeling drone like machines. They started this process with the very first artificial limb. Now we are in the age of the RFID chip. Now whether this is the supposed “Mark Of The Beast” I do not know,

“He causes all, both small & great, rich & poor, free & slave, 2 receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, & that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Revelation 13:16,17


But if the RFID microchip ever becomes mandatory & you were 2 couple that prophesy with the fact that without the RFID chip, you will not be able 2 buy or sell, well that’s pretty sinister.
Writer Mac Slavo about how human-implanted microchips won’t just be popular in the future...

. . .They’ll be MANDATORY.

Moreover, if his vision of tomorrow is correct, hardly anyone will have 2 be dragged kicking & screaming by jack-booted storm troopers (or robots?) into that Brave New World; rather, most people will willingly be chipped as we slouch toward Oceania. In fact, the movement is already in progress. As NewsMax’s James Hirsen recently wrote:

“In various places all over the world, there are individuals who open doors, start cars, & control their computers with a mere gesture of their hands or arms. They are among the first wave of people who have voluntarily allowed a miniature computer chip 2 be placed inside of their bodies. Most are part of a group that advocates biohacking, a concept in which activists seek 2 enhance the human body through the use of technology. Many biohackers also identify with a broader movement known as transhumanism. Transhumanists believe that people will ultimately be able 2 transform themselves through the use of technology into superior beings that possess expanded capabilities. Adherents of the movement categorize such individuals as “posthuman.” In inching toward a newly defined humanity, a small radio frequency identification chip (RFID) is being injected into an individual’s hand, wrist, or arm through use of a hypodermic needle in the same manner as a routine vaccine. The implanted microchip broadcasts an identifying number or code, which can be used for a myriad of purposes. The benefits of this technology are seductive: No more having 2 carry & worry about losing numerous credit cards & other forms of identification. No more fumbling for them when performing transactions; a wave of the hand will suffice. No more showing passports when you travel or your driver’s license 2 a cop. & since microchipping would facilitate a cashless society, there’d be no more worries about cash loss or theft, & it could put an end 2 black-market drug & other illegal transactions; identity theft could be eliminated, too (though any technology could conceivably be circumvented). & as Lain Gillespie wrote in the Sydney Morning Herald, “The implants send a unique ID number that can be used 2 activate devices such as phones & locks, & can link 2 databases containing limitless information, including personal details such as names, addresses & health records.”

Gillespie also mentioned cybernetics scientist Dr. Mark Gasson of the UK’s University of Reading (UR), who made history recently: After implanting a chip in himself in 2009 2 control his office’s electronic gadgets, he became the world’s first human infected with a computer virus. “The virus was replicated on the swipecards of staff accessing his building & infected the university's database,” writes Gillespie.

Yet Gasson remains enthusiastic about what he characterizes as an inevitable & imminent new technological normal. He says, “It has the potential 2 change the very essence of what it is 2 be human.” He believes that microchips’ acceptance will mirror that of mobile phones & that a situation will develop wherein it “will be such a disadvantage not 2 have the implant that it will essentially not be optional.”

But it gets even stranger. As Gillespie also wrote:

In [2013] the line between man & machine became even more blurred, when Stanford University announced its scientists had created the first purely biological transistor that was made entirely of genetic material. Stanford assistant professor of bioengineering, Dr Drew Endy, described the breakthrough as the final component needed for a biological computer that can operate within living cells & reprogram living systems.

And 2 some degree the future is now, with biometric technology already being used in certain wide-scale applications. As writer Michael Snyder informs us, a hand-scanning payment method is being tested in southern Sweden, biometric scanners/RFID tracking devices are already used in college dining halls & some amusement parks, & the technology is even “being used in Africa 2 keep track of who is being vaccinated.

But how will this transition from new & novel idea 2 mandatory mark of the beast? There is precedent for acceptance of such intrusion; after all, your cellphone has an RFID chip & can be used 2 track your every movement, & its camera can be remotely activated by authorities. & we all have Social Security numbers. But the move toward mandatory status will begin like this, writes Mac Slavo:

First, the technologies will need 2 be generally accepted by society. It’ll start with real-time consumer based products like Google Glass. The older generations may reject it, but in a couple of years you can bet that tens of millions of kids, teens & younger adults will be roaming the streets while sporting cool shades, interactive web surfing & the capability 2 record everything around them & upload it 2 the internet instantly.

Remember that young people especially like the feeling of being “with it,” on the cutting edge, & don’t want 2 have outdated technology any more than out-of-style clothes; they will leap 2 be chipped just as they snatch up the latest smart phone. & not only will the technology be convenient, but it will lend an illusion of power. With just a wave of your hand doors will open for you literally & figuratively.

“Eventually, once the concept is generally accepted by the majority, it will become our new ‘social security number,’” writes Slavo.

You’ll thus need a chip 2 avail yourself of government services and, sooner or later, 2 make a purchase (again, society would no doubt become cashless).

At that point circumstances may compel a person 2 accept an implant even if the government doesn’t. & the implications of this are grave, say many critics. For instance, University of Wollongong professor Katina Michael warns, reports Gillespie:

“RFID microchips are essentially a unique ID embedded in your body, and, as we know, numbers can be stolen & data can be hacked.... They point 2 an uber-surveillance society that is big brother on the inside looking out. Governments or large corporations would have the ability 2 track people's actions & movements ... & ultimately even control them.”

Also note that with the government developing the capacity 2 predict an individual’s behavior with computer algorithms & with science starting 2 create technology that can decode thoughts & intentions (mind-reading), the future looks, well, quite revelatory.

So will a day come where we dare think only doubleplusgood thoughts? Will 1984 & Brave New World transition from fiction 2 news? Whatever the case, we can without hesitation now say something about the old Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times”:

We certainly do.

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FUTURESCAPE (Part 3) “OH TIN MAN”

HOOK

STRINGS –
YOU’RE…JUST A WORK DRONE…
FROM BIRTH YOU WERE GROWN, THEY MURDERED YOU OH!…
CHOIR –
OH…TIN…MAN…WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU?
YOU POOR… WORKER DRONE

1
PerSIStent rumours whispers the government secret workers
Deep imPLANT technology this is sufferin’ beneath the surface
Thee exPERiment taking off doesn’t defeat the purpose
We risk EVerything playing God mustn’t repeat a word there’s…
…Bunkers underground rumours of hideous
HorriBLE experiments conducted on terrorist prisoners
The HIPPocratic oath upped and gone but there isn’t listeners
To HEAR the truth of how fucking wrong this terrible system is a…
…Bloody operating table implements its foreplay
…Lovely doctor waiting fatal instruments his forte
…Casually takes out the organs bones flesh and limbs
So PROtotype prosthetics and implant testing then begins
…Helpless subjects their nervous systems stripped from’em
And rePLACED with cybernetics regardless whether they want’em…
And HUmanists shout “what the fuck have they done to him?”
Subject one ZERo thinks in ones and zeros it’s a number thing
But under THE skin of the man that once was the machine sees that amongst GODS
Creature’s man is the dumbest, the safety comes off!

HOOK

STRINGS –
YOU’RE…JUST A WORK DRONE…
FROM BIRTH YOU WERE GROWN, THEY MURDERED YOU OH!…
CHOIR –
OH…TIN…MAN…WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU?
YOU POOR… WORKER DRONE

2
The CIVil unrest that followed looked for a while
As if it MIGHT see everything come crashing down into a pile
Integral ELements of military and police began
To side WITH the activist damn now against The man!
The comMITTee went ham “How can we let this stand?”
So technoLOGical crowd control began it took off and ran…
InSANE mad scientist’s aint fantasizers
MADE a man oil in his vein ran with cyphers
STRANGE hand devices… pain amplifiers
…With not so much as a brain than a virus
…“THESE robots work” worried not for the bucks and dimes
So 60 MILLion were more quickly rolled off the production lines!...
THEE rebellion it was doomed to failure stuck now
Under ilLUSion that tyrants have hearts to cut out
In actuALity the government’s sprawl was a larger and
More masterFULL version of the old European parliament

HOOK

STRINGS –
YOU’RE…JUST A WORK DRONE…
FROM BIRTH YOU WERE GROWN, THEY MURDERED YOU OH!…
CHOIR –
OH…TIN…MAN…WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU?
YOU POOR… WORKER DRONE

3
Committee STANCE on technology was ambivalent
Want breakthroughs FAST as they possibly could handle’em at
The same TIME kept progress under wraps safe and sound in their labs if
This gets OUT it’s over so never gave it out to the masses
Lengthened LIFE expectancy Synthetic human stopped the ageing
If the PUBlic got wind of what’s new in operation
It would eXACerbate the problem of Booming population
So they KEPT’em dumb thru agents in the Flu inoculation…
ArtiFIcial life… computerized administration?
Never LIKED the idea terrified that it would displace’em
Nah the Idea of robots kept on the FACtory floor better
While we splice gene with circuit to live PRACtically forever
Craved ALL the benefits that technology brings the wealth
Good HEALTH for no one else they want it all for themselves
Coz TECH is power they micromanage control supress it…
The SANDS of stunted growth Human genius dies in that desert!

HOOK

STRINGS –
YOU’RE…JUST A WORK DRONE…
FROM BIRTH YOU WERE GROWN, THEY MURDERED YOU OH!…
CHOIR –
OH…TIN…MAN…WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU?
YOU POOR… WORKER DRONE

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from FUTURESCAPE - (2015), released February 19, 2015
Prod Crux Tenebrae
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