Nicely timed article and a nice break from the usual headlines.
A few things resonated with me in this post.
The only thing holding the status quo in place is mass media propaganda.
Definitely true. It's a all about perception. Shadows on a cave wall (or on screens of handhelds) whereby all are spellbound and shackled.
We outnumber them so vastly that we could take true democracy and self-rule from the ruling elites without their permission and without firing a shot, simply by deciding collectively to change the way power and money works.
This is what most people forget. Our numbers are staggering compared to theirs. Look at the pacifist actions of Gandhi and Martin Luther King and how they were able to demonstrate this very power in a peaceful manner with numbers in the hundreds of thousands.
In a recent post entitled Mass Passive Resistance (Gandhi style) to OUST the BANKERS: the time has come!, I elude to this very concept and try to get people to act collectively. I am still hopeful.
You left an amazing quote from John Lennon above, as what is says is so true about ignorant people who can only criticize yet haven't the courage to act themselves. And regarding his famous song/dream Imagine, I have a free online course from my Liberty Academy entitled Meaning in Song: John Lennon's Imagine if anyone would like to explore it and dream a little.
Here is one of my Discussion Questions in the course if ever anyone wants to add their 2 cents right here in a reply:
#2. The year was 1971
Imagine was released on October 11th, 1971. What was happening during this period in history? And how may have events of that time influenced Lennon to write a song that resonated with so many people from around the world?
Your post and Caitlin's appeared side by side in my feed. Nicely timed indeed !
I'm a dreamer. Sometimes feel like I'm the only one. I celebrate every time I find signs of life, people that share a similar outlook. Those that weigh facts, are interested in history and detail, and forge their own opinions.
But it seems that it is far easier for the majority of folk (well here in Oz anyway) to capitulate to fears that take seed in the fertility of their own ignorance. To hate and blame those that are different, celebrate "heroes" that are anything but, and be immersed in small rectangular worlds of distraction.
One day there will be one lie too many. People will find the discipline to reject and overcome the never ending invective of carefully choreographed mind manipulating messages from the mainstream media, and the myth factory that is Hollywood. Government spin doctors. Think tanks of truth making.
We can turn them off. Unsubscribe. Close accounts. Boycott.
Develop the maturity to accept that our country is not one of the "good guys". We are not on the right side of history. That patriotism lies in the courage to stand up and shout this out loud, and not the meek and fearful acceptance of the current delusion.
Yes we do vastly outnumber them, and we can make it count.
Really well said! I love your phrase "fertility of their own ignorance".
Absolutely. We can already see how the masses are disconnecting from MSM outlets like CNN for instance. These social media giants are next, imho.
Indeed. But we need more patriots. People are too busy working their slave jobs to pay their endless debts and when they do have time off, they tune out and their brains drift into alpha (passive) mode hence more susceptible to brainwashing through propaganda they are fed by MSM, Fakebook, etc.
Oh, and I already have another Steemit user that joined my free mini course Meaning in Song: John Lennon's Imagine; so feel free to join to by dropping me a line and I will sign you up asap. Sometimes, its nice to try something new and converse more deeply on something.