Reply #33: K & R [View All]

[felix_numinous]

I have been saying since GWB got in office that Americans were simply being robbed, which has and does make quite a few people uncomfortable. People do not want to hear this, it sounds too much like the rantings of a conspiracy nut. Over the years I have tempered my talk, by pointing out that there are good people in every field, people who are doing their best with what they have, and we need to stay engaged in elections to assure that enough of them stay in office. What we are all up against is outrage fatigue, people are saturated, anxious and they shut down, not to mention the misinformation.

Institutionalization is a process by which ideals are used to keep people loyal to a school of thought, and we have all been institutionalized to some degree. It is this conditioning that is creating so much resistance by blinding people to the flaws in the system. People mistake their ideals for the institutions that are supposed to represent those ideals. (For the most part, people on the left are able to see through their conditioning, which to me marks a free thinker and progressive). So by calling out these institutions, the military, healthcare institutions, and political parties in ways that character assassinate, the message gets lost since it is taken to the bone by people who have been totally assimilated into these groups, their identities are enmeshed. The art of separating assimilated people from their conditioning is very tricky, the photographs from Viet Nam, the Watergate Hearings, the assassinations of beloved people tested many people's sense of identity in the past, but today there is so much more conditioning. The machine is fueled on beliefs, and fairy tales, to reinforce people's loyalty, identity and in fact endearment to those that actually oppress them, the oligarchy.

The most important message in all of this IMHO, is that what is happening, not only to America but internationally, goes beyond partisan politics, and is the ultimate challenge of the 21st century. The oligarchy, or whatever you want to call the consolidated powers, is growing exponentially. Their biggest lie is that money has 'disappeared', it hasn't--it has merely changed hands. Getting this message out is a matter of life and death of our Republic, and it is a study in itself to learn how to communicate it effectively not only to the people on the left, but ultimately to people on the right.

The institutions must be split, church and state, military and corporate, corporate and political, power utilities and banks, and the corrupt relationships between all of them. This is an ancient fight, the rich classes passing on their dominance to subsequent generations to hold onto their resources and influence, and the brutality that results. They absolutely must be kept in check.

This was another stimulating post TFC!