We live in strange times where nothing is what it seems and personal opinions are based on things other people tell us. We have lost a sense of individuality and in the mess of it all we have lost the ability to think for ourselves. I strongly believe in reading and listening to the opinions of others, but in doing so we must not confuse opinion with fact. We must use our ability to process interpretation effectively as not to confuse the two; we must think for ourselves, independently. We are all unique in every sense of the soul, whether in body or mind, and our thought process differs greatly from person to person.Somewhere along the way, we lost sense of the existence of diversity and our strong-minded, thickheaded stubbornness created a partition in unity, and an inability to think outside of the box that so many trapped themselves in. A direct result and a prime example of this in America is the culture war that is currently dividing our country. You could literally draw a series of lines dividing our country into quadrants to represent that very diversity that I speak of, and in that diversity we have argued and fought over everything in the political spectrum.
In the south, we have the bible thumpers and evangelical Christians who think that the Bible should be declared the Constitution of the land. In the west, mainly California and the notorious Sin City itself, Las Vegas, we have the addiction of the spotlight and the experimentation and open-mindedness necessary to maintain the mainstream aura it has become accustomed to. The Northwest is comprised of so many believers in individual liberties and a “throwback to the old school” mentality that they are often written off as not being with the present times. The Midwest is similar in this fashion but they are so drenched by Industrial Politics that it has become a seesaw of giving into personal ethics and beliefs. And you cannot forget the East coast that is a smorgasbord of different views, as there is such an assorted mix that it becomes hypocritical most of the time.
Regardless of our differences, we are a united group and to stay that way we have accepted the idea that the only way to do so is to be ruled by a centralized government and financed (and I use that turn loosely as it is more of an enslavement institution than a financially wise one) by a centralized bank. The centralization continues to grow and expand into our everyday lives. Our homes, our investments, our cars have all been added to the emergent control of our government over the course of the last year. We have become indebted subjects to a group that has taken full advantage of our relinquishment of our democratic right to have a say in our “free society.” Well I have news for you; we are not free, not anymore. Maybe we are free when compared to other nations, but we have sacrificed so many of our freedoms and civil liberties that we were given many moons ago. We have no say in the objections we shout about. We passed on our right to do so in exchange for a secured piece of mind. We gave up our right to think for ourselves and question things without being labeled unpatriotic. Not all of us signed up for this but we are subjected to it nonetheless. If only there was another “New World.”
