I like to believe that the children destined to spend a lifetime of labor in the rare earth mineral mines in Africa to support my lifestyle have it easier than the captured slaves of Roman armies who spent the remainder of their lives in hard labor. Either way, is the fix in changing my lifestyle or is it in changing theirs?
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Some people really do believe that just because they have authority that doesnβt make them authoritarians.
Theorist worry about the effects of small changes that time travelers might make to history, with the same concern, we should all revel the small changes we can make each day.
We are not trying to make the world safe for democracy. We are trying to make democracy safe for us!
There are few things in the world that I believe are true, but one thing I will never doubt is the people running the government will not hesitate to grind us all into gore on their bloody battlefield and lie to us about the nobility of their intentions. Liberty is always what the authority says it is. Freedom is choosing to believe it or not.
As Trump continue to march on, just as Caesar crossed the Rubicon, the US elite are like Pompey, not knowing that they cannot merely stomp the ground to bring forth from the earth legions of fighters for Rome.
A situation is not a temporary thing. People should remember the situation they find themselves in and their life are the same thing.
The Pen is Mightier than the Sword
Among bloody victory itself, Self Righteousness and Fear mongering are the means of the sword. That instrument, the sword, can be used by the authorities of the ruling class status quo as well as the authorities of the actors organizing the forces for change. Listen to who uses it and how. Generally the forces for change donβt have the power of the sword, but gain it soon enough as their pens produces the narratives that capture the action of the people. As podcast and alternate media overtake legacy media in grabbing the attention of the people, the one holding the sword changes. Are you watching? It does not always appear as a bloody change. It is what makes sense to them that moves them. What makes sense to you?
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