To Think Like a Parasite

To think like a parasite is to think in terms of desire and consumption…

To think in terms of desire and consumption is to think in terms of acquisition and loss…

To think in terms of acquisition and loss is to think in terms of surplus and deficit…

To think in terms of surplus and deficit is to think in budgetary terms…

To think in budgetary terms is to think in terms of dispensation…

To think in terms of dispensation is to think in terms of deserving…

To think in terms of deserving is to think in terms of importance…

To think in terms of importance is to think in terms of status and relativism…

To think in terms of status and relativism is to think in terms of presence and potency…

To think in terms of presence and potency is to see all things through a lens of competition…

Parasites think in terms of competition.

To think like a parasite is to think along the lines of: “Demonstrating my value is more important than reality itself, because my value necessarily translates into my ability to consume. Therefore, I must attack all things that threaten my value. I must neutralize, subdue, exploit and steal from things in efforts to increase my value. Nothing can come between me and my desire to consume. Consumption before everything.”

When you think like a parasite, everything is a contest for consumption — a contest for authority, a contest to look important and be the most deserving of rewards and satisfaction; a contest to steer resources and attention towards self in pursuit of comfort and survival…

This proclivity and outlook is what makes parasites paradoxically ignorant creatures. Putting self interest above reality is literally begging to die, by desperately clinging to life…