Reply #39: you are suffering from [View All]

[marions ghost]

having trusted a system that was not worthy of trust. I have been there, too. It is a hard lesson. Having realized it a decade ago, I was somewhat prepared for the official hijacking of the government by Bushco and so it was not such a shock when it came. But I'm not doing any better as to what to do about it now that we've had 5 years of systematic abuse. Why are people putting up with it? Why is the outrage missing? Many reasons have been mentioned here--fear, denial, being overwhelmed by circumstances, living in a culture of corruption, laziness, ignorance, pride, media manipulation. I would also add that Americans have a characteristic stoicism, usually positive -- but it can lead us to put up with too much abuse.

There is a "victim mentality' which the Dark Side cultivates. It involves denial but is even less healthy than ordinary denial which may come to a sudden end when its usefulness is gone. The victim mentality means that someone is awake to the Truth, yet has accepted their own powerlessness. This is what we must fight above all. Yes we are down now, but there WILL be opportunities. We need to be awake to the Truth so that we can take advantage of them. I believe there is enough fighting spirit in this country to make that happen. You are in a good position now OP, to help others come to the hard realization that you have, and help them through it to the other side. There IS another plateau beyond this nightmare. But this--our national nervous breakdown--is the first step to recovery.