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  • Melting Pots were never meant to be a place of cultural sharing

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    B. Lorenzo Buckinchere

    Feb 25, 2024

    Sure, it may seem that way on the surface, and that is always the selling point that they use to suck you in. But once you are on the inside long enough, you begin to see that melting pots are nothing more than the epicenter of where everyone gets cooked alive in the rat race. Thing of it is, when several groups of people, who feel powerless in their conditions are being cooked alive together, the only thing left to do is to snap on each other. This is what they call divide and conquer.

    First of all, what is a melting pot? A melting pot as they have described it, is a large metropolitan city that is densely populated with plenty of ethnic diversity due to large immigrant populations who have settled there from all over the world. Examples of melting pots in the United States include; New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Boston, Las Vegas, Baltimore, Atlanta, etc. Examples of melting pots on the international scene include; London, Rome, Paris, Dubai, Berlin, Toronto, etc.

    Though I am sure itā€™s the same all across the board, in this article, I will only be covering the American melting pots. This is because as an immigrant from Jamaica, I have lived in the US for 16 years. 8 years in New York, 5 years in Los Angeles, and 3 years in San Diego. I left Jamaica at age 19, and my many years of incalculable experience living from coast to coast qualifies me to accurately describe my experience dealing with immigrants in the rat race. If you had a different experience than I did, be sure to let me know in the comments. 

    With ethnic diversity comes cultural diversity. And due to this cultural diversity, there are more available options for eating out at different restaurants, interracial dating, and being introduced to different music genres, fashion styles, etc. That is usually the selling point that they use to enhance the city brand, and get more people to move there. When you get there, things may seem fine at first, until you get your very first culture shock.

    That usually happens before the end of the first month of your new job in that city. You will not realize at first that your new colleagues, most of whom also come from an immigrant background, are more interested in competing with you for a raise, or a promotion. And that any inquiries into where you are from sounds more like an interrogation to build a profile on you for them to sell your information to different gang-stalking sleeper cells operating within that city. Cultural sharing is the last thing on their mind in the rat race, but they will use it to befriend you to further their agenda.

    Humanity is very tribal, and every race wants to be number 1 in the rat race. There is a reason why ā€œraceā€ is a slang word for ethnicity. Now I believe that God created the different races to make life more interesting, and there can indeed be real sharing of culture. But not in a rat race where everyone is scampering about looking for cheese. They are not your friends, they are your competition, and they want double for your trouble.

    If you donā€™t believe me, try getting into a bind. Especially of a vehicular, or financial nature, and see how many passersby will eagerly rush to your aid. Most people would be more interested in reveling in your downfall by uttering remarks like, ā€œI know how it goes, bro,ā€ before taking off. Oh, thatā€™s right, it is fashionable to be rude. They actually think itā€™s cute, those doggone city slickers. Would they still think it was cute if I were to punch their lights out? The only reason they want to help you is to pry into your life. I would have actually been better off if they ignored me in the first place.

    The people who designed the melting pot cities did not really create them with cultural sharing in mind. Sure, they used the term ā€œmelting potā€ to lure you in. But once they knew they actually had you, their only interest was in profiting off cheap immigrant labor, by exploiting a bunch of hungry-bellied opportunists who brought some distasteful ghetto habits with them from wherever they are coming from, and would much rather fight among themselves in a cruel game of divide and conquer, than to come together to create true, lasting wealth.

    Sure, they want you to date each other, and get knocked up. Just so that you can produce a new life in an unsustainable environment who will turn out to be just another mentally damaged taxpayer cog in a machine 20 more years from now. The current cogs know that they are being played, and they donā€™t care. They would still walk right into the hands of the chess master, so long as they have someone to pick on. At some point, you have to stop blaming the system for the current situation.

    Why would I get mad at a barking dog if I know that it is within a dogā€™s nature to bark? It is the systemā€™s nature to exploit, so it is a goddamned waste of time to complain about it and make up excuses all day. I recommend assessing where you currently are, where you want to be, and how you intend on getting there. Most importantly, work in silence, and only announce the finished product, not your progress. Never lose sight of the fact that you are still in a rat race, full of rat bastards who will rat you out for a cocktail patty.

    If being stuck in a gridlock on the freeway, or being packed together with other people in an overcrowded subway car like Sardines in a can, sounds like a hedonistic paradise to you, then be my guest. But if it sounds like a living nightmare to you, then at least I know I can trust you, and this article is for you.

    The rat race actually begins in the home. My delusional old man used to tell me that the American Dream was everyone in the house pitching in on all the bills, and staying stuck together, even though we cannot stand each other. I never bought any of his filthy lies because that is not why I came to this country in the first place. That may be an immigrant dream, but it is not the American dream. If anything, it is a nightmare. The American dream so far as I am concerned, is also not about the white picket fence, and keeping up with the Jonesā€™.

    If that is your mindset, you are still stuck in the rat race, trying to impress a bunch of people who could care less if you died. The real American Dream is the story of the pioneers of the west. Those brave men and women who had ridden off into the sunset way back in 1847 in search of the next frontier. The cowboys who settled on plains and prairies, anywhere from St. Louis to San Francisco, with acres of panoramic views as far as the eye can see. The American dream is about Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, that was written in the declaration of independence by Thomas Jefferson in 1776.

    I donā€™t think that the pioneers of the west had any plans of starting a rat race while they were busy exploring new frontiers in search of bluer skies, some outback barbecue, and a taste of true American freedom. That came later! As more people from back east started settling on the west coast, they brought their greed, vanity and cultural idiosyncrasies with them. And just like that, the whole thing went to hell in a handbasket.

    If you really want to share in other cultural experiences, you can do so by traveling overseas, and also by joining expat groups on social media. That is actually how you make real friends. But the so-called melting pots are only meant for working and paying bills. As grim as that sounds however, the American dream is not dead. I will keep it alive in my heart for as long as I live.

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  • Can money make you happy?

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    B. Lorenzo Buckinchere

    Jan 28, 2024

    Well, it depends on the individual. But personally, it makes me very happy. Let me explain!

    I awake each ā€œmorning,ā€ and roll over in my bed to check the time. Then I put on my robe, open my drapes to observe the scenery before making my bed. I then go to the bathroom to void my bladder. After I wash my hands, I go into my refrigerator to pour myself a glass of my favorite beverage that I sip on while I prepare a meal of my choice (I donā€™t like continental breakfast). I eat to the sound of whatever it is that I chose to hear, be it music, or podcast. Then I do the dishes before checking my daily schedule to see if I have any errands to run on the road for that day in question. I then shower before getting dressed in the clothing of my choice. Then I get in my car, where I select the playlist of my choice.

    If I said ā€œMy Choiceā€ a lot just now, well that is because it is impossible for me to be happy if I canā€™t have it my way. That is why I have made a conscious decision to remain a bachelor halfway through my thirties, and will likely still be a bachelor at 80. Having oneā€™s own way is not a luxury that many can afford. So the money does not make me happy by itself, it is what you buy with it. For me, it is being afforded the privacy and security that I could not take for granted during my early twenties when I first arrived in the US, and was living with toxic ex-relatives in Brooklyn. For me, it is being afforded the basic necessities of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation that the homeless, and the orphans would consider a luxury.

    Being afforded the privilege of enjoying this luxury is one that makes me very happy because I am a minimalist at heart, and it doesnā€™t take much to make me happy. Only my space, my freedom, and a little bit of hedonistic indulgence thatā€™s all. My materialism mostly plays itself out as it relates to domestic comfort. I donā€™t care about buying all those fancy shoes, cars and jewelry to impress a bunch of assholes I could care less about. With that said, half my burden has already been neutralized. If you need all those materialistic items to make you happy, it might make you temporarily happy. But once again, it depends on the individual.

    My guess is that it probably would not make you happy in the long term. That is because your motivations are all about impressing those who are external to yourself. This is something that is deeply rooted in ego and insecurity. The need to fill a gap that only God, or yourself can fill. Not money or the superficial praise you get from your peers. I have never had that problem, and at this point, I likely never will. I have always understood the true value of money. Yet the people who are exactly as I have described, have always fought tooth and nail to keep money out of my hands.

    Is it that they are insecure that I could be so happy with so little, and they canā€™t? Are they afraid that I might actually expose them by the very comparison of how I choose to live my own life versus how they choose to live theirs? Whether or not that is the case, I cannot imagine a person who is truly content with their own lives trying to tear someone else down, out of envy, and competition. Can you? Do you still think they are happy, or that money makes them happy?

    Were they actually content with their lives until the moment I happened to show up with my satisfied, minimalist self? Did I trigger their hidden demons when I showed up? Whether or not I triggered their demons is irrelevant. The bottom line is that they still had them regardless. If anything, I made them undeniably aware that they have a problem. And it is now up to them to either get some professional help, or keep being a criminal menace until the day they mess with the wrong person and pick up a knuckle sandwich in their rassclaat.

    Did you know that many millionaires live quiet, minimalist lives? They drive a 2008 Camry, live in suburban homes, and are very happy. You see them everyday, and you would never know that they are wealthy. This is what is known as being frugal, which is not to be confused with being a cheapskate. Have you ever heard of someone named Warren Buffet? Heā€™s the real deal, and I take off my hat to the investment genius. Can you guarantee that your next door neighbor isnā€™t a millionaire? If they are, I am willing to gamble that they are far happier than the fake rich freaks of nature, who are trying to live beyond their means to impress people.

    If you like purchasing expensive brand name items because it makes you truly happy without you caring about impressing other people, then you are an exception, and I must commend you for your exceptional character. You are not who I am talking about. You are actually more like me. The difference is that you care about expensive brand names, and I donā€™t. I donā€™t see any reason why we canā€™t respect each other. Do you?

    The people I have condemned in this article have been stricken with vanity to a freakish proportion to which they cannot even think straight. For example, I want to buy an F-150 pick-up. My girlfriend thinks it is a great idea for us to own a truck, until she sees me loading our old refrigerator onto the truck bed. She is worried that the refrigerator might scratch up the truck bed, and she would be so embarrassed if any of her cool friends were to see her being driven around town in a truck with a scratched truck bed.

    But Iā€™m looking at her like, what did you think the point was of me buying a truck in the first place? So that I am able to move the refrigerator by putting it to stand up in the truck bed, because it will leak refrigerant and stop working if I put it to lie down for even a second. She is missing the point if she is worried about the stupid truck. The truck is meant to transport large household appliances, so we can save money by DIY moving to another apartment without having to call professional movers.

    I am not worried about the truck, so long as there arenā€™t any mechanical failures under the hood. Thatā€™s what really counts. Heck, Iā€™ll even buy an old beat up truck from 1995 if she is going to be worried about wear and tear. Do you see my point of this scenario? Boys have toys, and men have resources. I only purchase items for their practical uses, and only when it is absolutely obvious that I wonā€™t be able to do without them. Lucky for me, this scenario was entirely fictional. This is why I am single, folks. So as you can see, it is actually vanity, and not wealth that is the root of greed. And vanity is rooted in insecurity, not hunger. I am hungry!

    Finally, a lot of people are harboring feelings of guilt about becoming wealthy. They believe that wealth makes them greedy, and selfish, but nothing could be further from the truth. They have accepted a cruel and wicked lie that was designed for the sole purpose of keeping them stagnated in life. The very bible that religious zealots often misuse to push the false narrative that money is the root of all evil, also said that one should be fruitful and multiply.

    The bible also said, ā€œask, and it shall be given.ā€ The purpose of life is the pursuit of happiness. Even if you say you donā€™t need money to be happy, I also cannot imagine you being happy living in abstract squalor. Vanity is a disease, but so is poverty. They are two sides of the same coin, because it creates a status quo of uneven wealth distribution within the wider society. I have never felt the need to box food out of another manā€™s mouth in order to feel superior. My ego is not threatened by the thought of wealth equality. I have always held the firm belief that all men can, and must eat a food. For me, the balance lies in minimalism. What is the balance for you?

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  • Introduction to my Blog. Who is my ideal reader?

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    B. Lorenzo Buckinchere

    Jan 1, 2024

    Hello curious readers, welcome to ā€˜The Buckinchere Transcendence.ā€™ Allow me to introduce myself. My name is B. Lorenzo Buckinchere. I am a Jamaican freelance journalist based in San Diego. This blog is entirely about waking up from the rat race, quitting harmful habits, escaping the matrix, and ultimately finding your path towards total freedom, abundance and hedonistic bliss.

    Each blog will feature a weekly topic of social, existential or entrepreneurial interests, and will be released every Sunday morning on thebuckincheretranscendence.blog/. I hope I will be able to encourage as many people as possible to join my freedom fighting cause. Or at the very least, reconsider how they have been living their lives so far, and what they can do to improve their conditions on their own.

    Who is this blog meant for?

    It is meant to encourage anyone who has noble intentions, and who knows what it feels like to be repeatedly exploited by the system, to rise up above their conditions, and live their best life possible while they still have time left on earth. Itā€™s only meant for people who practice healthy forms of hedonism, who are here to learn, heal and grow. It is NOT meant for sadists, or masochists.

    Sadists enjoy hurting others for their own personal satisfaction. And although masochists may seem harmless on the surface, they really arenā€™t any better. Masochists are often the enablers who make up excuses to defend the sadist, and try to convince the target (almost always a hedonist) to accept their ā€˜fate.ā€™ The motivations of the masochist are selfish because the thing to remember is that the masochist derives pleasure from receiving pain. They will never understand what it feels like to be abused as a hedonist, nor will they care. Who would have thought that hedonists are the healthiest of the three groups?

    So if you are a hedonist, and you resonate with anything I just said, you have come to the right place. Welcome!

    If you are neither a sadist, or a masochist, and you always thought that hedonists are lazy, selfish and indulgent people. Congratulations for learning something new today. Almost all empaths can be considered hedonists for having healthy levels of self-love, as well as love for others.

    God is a hedonist, and our hedonism comes from our Creator. Of course there are extreme versions of hedonism thatā€™s selfish and inconsiderate. But healthy forms of hedonism are features of being a benevolent person. A true hedonist would wish for others to share in his pleasure, because itā€™s not fun to keep all the pleasure back for himself.

    Selfish pleasure is a toxic element of hedonism, and actually tethers on the brink of sadism. Itā€™s like reading a good joke in a magazine, then laughing to yourself without telling the joke to any of your friends. Isnā€™t it better if all of you laughed together vs them looking at you laughing to yourself? Like, whereā€™s the punchline? Share the love!

    In this blog, we will unlearn hedonistic guilt, repressed sexuality, and any other toxic and limiting belief that may be stealing your drive to thrive. More importantly, we will relearn that abundance can be found in being true to how God made us, and doing the things that define us without holding anything back. The days of Da Vinci were not the renaissance, that time is NOW, and we are men of the renaissance.

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