Jam Tomorrow: It's Very Good Jam
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"I'm sure I'll take you with pleasure!" the Queen said. "Two pence a week, and jam every other day."Alice couldn't help laughing, as she said, "I don't want you to hire ME - and I don't care for jam."
"It's very good jam," said the Queen.
"Well, I don't want any TO-DAY, at any rate."
"You couldn't have it if you DID want it," the Queen said. "The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday - but never jam to-day."
"It MUST come sometimes to "jam to-day,"" Alice objected.
"No, it can't," said the Queen. "It's jam every OTHER day: to-day isn't any OTHER day, you know."
"I don't understand you," said Alice. "It's dreadfully confusing!"
Dreadfully confusing indeed, but I wager that Alice would find it much more difficult to understand the 'jam tomorrow' logic of our own 'Karma', who are suddenly incredibly enthusiastic about the very same tactics they claim to be fighting against, in true "ends justify the means" style (their words not mine).
The Queen of course, in much the same way, was using the promise of jam to get people to do work for her; only the jam was an illusion embedded in the tomorrow that never comes. Perhaps Karma banners, then, should carry the slogan: 'Utopia to-morrow and utopia yesterday - but never utopia to-day!'
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