“Alas, when the freedom of the individual is defined and woven into the freedom of an imaginary whole, the individual ceases to have any freedom uniquely their own. It is no longer your freedom, but our freedom. It is no longer about your health, but our health. It is not about you, but us.”
~ Aviel Oppenheim
The bane of society lives and breathes in the fog of collectivism. Collectivism is the essence of nationalism, and nationalism is the essence of irresponsible support of evil. When humans gather in herds, intellectual cognition and moral sanity are lost. No one can be exempt from evil just due to the fact that they are not physically carrying out that evil. Supporting the State governing entity that can only produce evil and authoritarian madness is little different than participating directly in that immoral system of rule, and therefore becoming responsible for the terror it causes. As Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski so correctly stated: “For the common good” is the most common excuse for uncommon evil.”
The descent into darkness and the psychotic acceptance of unconditional rule is leading humanity to the brink of extinction; mostly accepted by the majority, although admittedly in many cases not personally intentional, but based on indoctrinatory policy through ‘educational’ propaganda techniques over long periods of time. This does not lessen the responsibility for individuals to overcome this intended result, but it does outline the basis for this contemptible circumstance.
In the U.S., it has, at least in my lifetime, been the prevailing attitude that one should pledge allegiance to, and openly claim a ‘love of country,’ which in most every instance means a love of the State and what it does in your name. This is insane of course, as the reasoning relies on a worship of government as ‘god,’ and not just a love of the countryside, the beauty, and the people. This attitude is meant solely as the underpinning of a controlled, obedient, and compliant society that has not the ability to question or scrutinize the heinous nature of the tyrannical and totalitarian nature of government and rule. This false passion that accompanies this ‘belief’ in State, is rampant, as can be seen at every single bread and circus event held in America, in support for ‘war’ and aggression, as well as in the completely fraudulent ‘patriotism’ shown for the military; the enforcement and murdering arm of the government that only functions on following the orders of the ruling oligarchs, regardless of the heinous nature of such orders.
This mass attachment to State has brought about an intended phenomenon whereby most all in this country have been programmed to believe that they are an extension of the State, instead of vital individuals in their own right. Possessive terms such as “we,” “our,” “my,” and “your” government or country are prevalent, and indicative of this erroneous self-identification with the State. The danger in this thinking should be obvious, but it has been continuously drilled into the minds of the population to such an extent as to be a psychological impediment to critical thought. Claiming ‘exceptionalism’ is an example of this nonsensical idiotic ‘belief.’ If one desires to understand why this country’s citizens have become subservient to rule, have become obedient serfs, it is simply a matter of indoctrination and mass voluntary acceptance of a search for a ‘leader,’ or master instead of relying on and being responsible for themselves.
While almost impossible to convey in such a manner as to convince, it is necessary to understand that to put any entity, including government, political dogma, celebrity, politician, or entertainment interest ahead of self, is to abandon your individual welfare in favor of seeking a replacement in order to satisfy a lack of confidence, and therefore is an acceptance of empty idolatry. This is a prime example of a willingness to abandon freedom of mind, thought, and body to a non-deserving entity, which is a step toward a self-imposed psychological enslavement. These attitudes are intentionally taught and sought by those who choose to rule over others, and therefore are effectively used as weapons of the State against critical thinking, question, dissent, and revolt.
Going forward, the ruling class and its blackmailed and impotent political pawns in government, meaning all of them, are taking this country and others into a technocratic hell, structured and allowed by mass acceptance of AI, biometrics, digitization, universal surveillance of everyone, economic and monetary upheaval, intentional food and energy shortages, inflationary madness which will drive prices much higher, ‘war’ threats, and aggressive enforcement policies when deemed necessary to quell any uprising. This is all based on fear-mongering, and the expectation that the general population will continue to buy into the lies being perpetrated by the State, and as of this time, it is difficult to imagine that any uprising or revolutionary acts will be forthcoming.
What is vital is that non-compliance of all government mandates, and government itself, evidenced by large numbers of individuals across the country participating, would turn the tables and stoke great fear in the hearts and minds of the political class. When they face risk of losing money and power, they will immediately back down as they are cowards, but so long as this population of sheep continues to comply and obey, the coming onslaught by the ruling whores will continue unabated.
Remember the horror of the fake ‘covid’ pandemic, the lockdowns, the job losses, the isolation, the business closings, the poisonous injections, the mandated mask-wearing, the destruction of families, the medical murder of the old, and the unwarranted hatred bred by government and those following government narratives based on false fear of a non-existent ‘virus’ fraud. Remember those days, and understand that the ‘covid’ scam was just a test; an experiment to see how compliant the weak American population would be in a premeditated, purposely fraudulent, fake emergency situation. The next control fraud will be worse, all because the people in this country were too weak, compliant, and brainwashed to fight back against the State terrorism perpetrated by the very politicians many voted for and support.
They (The ruling class and politicians) are deathly afraid of your liberty as this could lead to their loss of power. They depend on the collective ignorance and a total lack of self-defense of the general populace in order to control the masses. Strength in numbers requires numbers of individuals, not a conforming horde. As I stated early on during the ‘covid’ hoax:
“The false assumption of solidarity and the unwarranted perception of unity that necessarily accompanies any ‘thought’ of the ‘common good,’ which is neither common nor good, is only an illusion, and one that has to be accepted without proof or validity in order to perpetuate the state sponsored narrative. The dynamic of group lies and propaganda, something I refer to as societal shared obsolescence, is the core underlying premise expected and demanded by the ruling ‘elite.’ This state of mind by the masses can only lead to total failure and self-induced slavery, so any expectation of safety in numbers in this circumstance is asinine.”
Do not be afraid, as fear will be the death of you long before the State has accomplished all its goals of takeover and technocracy. All of you are targets of the State monsters, so understand this and fight back; not by aggressive force and violence, but by non-compliance unless actually threatened. At that point, force will be required, but if enough are willing to say no to this heinous government, it will lose its grip on power.
(Note: Thanks to Joseph Sansone and his new book: Psychopathic Authoritarianism
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We now know, with absolute certainty, after the last six years, that the government is absolutely trying to kill a large percentage of the population.
You might take another look at Emerson's "Self Reliance" , Gary. I think the great lessons constantly have to be re-learned. The United States once had a thriving intellectual base in New England. It would be ancient history without the reminders from a few stalwarts (you, for example) that our better angels have not departed. Thanks very much!