By Judith Moriarty
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There are pockets of people, and the shadow people you meet along life’s way, who are baffled and confused as to why people today (family members - neighbors - local politicians, etc) seem so disinterested, apathetic or downright complacent concerning world affairs. Many today cannot name the branches of government, discuss the workings of our monetary system (Federal Reserve), the labor movement, the robber barons, the reasons for the various wars (throughout history), the civil rights era, the Constitution, nor the details of the various trade agreements (not discussed or debated in Congress) and how these agreements, are systematically bringing about the ruination of our country and causing (globally) a mass exodus of people from the land of their birth to strange lands and cultures. Forget trying to have a conversation on the IMF, the World Bank, the WTO, the Bilderbergers, CFR, or the various economic summits deciding the real business of the world.
Serious issues, such as the genetic altering of crops, sterilizing of seeds, our massive debt (growing by the second), our great trade deficit (imported junk), our decaying schools, our imploding infra-structure, autism, echoing factories, outsourcing of steel, textiles, information technology, manufacturing, absence of an energy policy, H-1B visa workers (others) replacing American workers, our medical crisis, the privatization of the commons, etc — all these and more are never discussed in the media or by those hoping to catch (already decided) the golden ring for the presidency.
Instead, the people are subjected to the buffonery and nonsensical round the clock reporting of ‘news’ on the antics of dysfunctional sports stars, panty-less rock stars, starlets, newspaper ads, car chases, OJ’s Rolex, murders, immigration riots, demands for more billions for war, or the locker room, the slapstick of Foggy Bottom politicians wallowing in name calling, or the ethics of a toe-tapping bathroom perversion. If that all becomes too much, there are 500 TV channels that will numb the mind into a fantasy world of sports, car races, sitcoms, prison lock-ups, wrestle mania, or loud mouth hirelings screaming their scripted abuses at each other or guests.
Caught up in a whirlwind of flags, ribbons, parades, elephants, jackasses, of red - white - and boo; the herd is manipulated into believing that a moneyed candidate (red or blue) will save them from their dreary, fearful, tumultuous, indentured servitude to the machine. Surely this candidate will deliver us from war, from poverty, from emergency room medical care, from illiterate kids, from rising fuel prices, from shuttered mill towns, bankrupt farms, moldy homes, and broken levees? But each time the disappointment grows more burdensome. The power brokers of global business, are not to be found in Foggy Bottom. They (the politicians) are mere props, though better cared for than the masses, but in reality powerless to effect change on a global scale. They are nothing more than mere middle management…beholden to the money-changers who support (own) them in their cradle-to-grave elections.
Perhaps the apathy and the anger from friends and family - when confronted with reality - comes from the fact that people have been dutifully conditioned (programed) these many decades through public ‘education’ and TV and have devolved into a servile, sniffling, whining, obedient herd of workers and consumers. They are nameless - non-persons, units, nodes, human resources, cattle, acceptable risks, collateral damage, victims, queers, illegal immigrants, activists, soldiers, heroes, prisoners, etc, all numbered and catalogued. I’m nobody, who are you? Are you nobody, too? Systematically, social engineering over these past decades, (government schooling - TV programing) has everyone compartmentalized and labeled. This is no mistake - only today it’s more blatant and accelerated than at any point in history.
School used to be an oasis of fun, creativity, learning, discovery, and encouragement by teachers (not change agents). Read the rest of this entry »
