I read an article in The New Yorker this morning, that pointed out that there
are two differing conceptions of what America is. Our current conflict has to
do with the conflict between these two different conceptions. The people in
charge in the administration and their followers, believe that America is a
country of, by, and for, white Christian men.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] meandering and mumbling in the morning
As a boy, I loved going to the movies and watching the Gunslingers in the Wild
West, going about providing Law and Order among the ruffians who frequented the
saloons and brothels of those exciting Frontier Days.
The fact that those Gun Slinging Days never existed did not stop the
imagination of this small boy. As I walked alone to my Grade School, fearful
of the Barnes Brothers, and other Bully Boys lurking in wait for the likes of
me, I dreamed of swaggering into their midst with my six shooter blazing and my
iron fists slamming their ugly faces into pulp.
Millions of little boys and girls grew up on a steady diet of this, "Might
Makes Right" crap. So, how's that working out, after years of growing violence
in our efforts to bring Law and Order and democracy to the World? Can we take
a step back for a moment and ask ourselves why we have become so disorganized?
Could our love of violence in our entertainment have an impact on our entire
approach to Life? Is road rage, gang violence, school bullies, womanizers, and
angry shoppers shoving grocery carts up our backsides just a result of over
population? Or can it be a conditioning that has been building since our brave
forefathers scalped their first Indian? Have we simply given over to our love
of the Western Gunslinger Mentality?
To my way of thinking, the people we "vote" into office simply reflect the sort
of people who are in the majority...or can seize the election. Rather than
Gunslingers, these modern "Cowboys" are Mudslingers. And they have honed their
skill down to a point that they can immobilize the entire nation. That is,
they immobilize the nation's People, while leaving the doors open to the Super
Rich to enter our Treasury without confrontation.
And all the while, we working folks are being fed a steady diet of lies. What
was it that old Adolph Hitler said? "If you tell a big enough lie and tell it
frequently enough, it will be believed."
Dear friends, I believe that we are now in the Age of the Big Lies.
That mud being slung by our elected officials is actually Quick Sand, and we're
being sucked in.
Once we understand that violence and anger and hatred are not making our lives
safer or better, we can take steps to begin replacing Hatred
and Contempt with Love and Understanding. Of course this will be a
long, rough road to travel. All efforts will be made to keep us stirred up and
hating one another. As long as we turn upon our fellow workers, we are easy to
control.
If I could wave a magic wand, the first thing I would do would be to remove the
majority of ,our "elected" officials, hold open public elections in which All
citizens could participate, and send representatives who embrace our new
approach to making life livable for all. The second wave of my wand would be
to return to the working people the dollars stolen from them by the Super Rich.
No one has the Right to steal from the sweat of another man's brow.
My third wave would establish the Rights of security, health care, free
education, and respect.
My fourth wave of my magic wand would be to send out armies of men and women
trained to teach the workers of the world how to take control over their lives.
My final wave would dissolve those fake boundaries that artificially divide us
into nations, and create a new "nation" of all people living in harmony with
all Earth' life.
...Oh Oh. I just woke up! Drat! Once again I'm back in the New Fake World
According to Donald Trump.
Carl Jarvis