History is Religion for the Masses

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119. Thank you. I appreciate your response, and hope you will take the time to read my reply.

In one of your posts here you said something like "you need to listen less, and think more." I think you need to open your ears and eyes and mind to the experiences of people outside your own comfort zone, and truly understand some of the history of social justice movements, before you dismiss it all as a useless diversion.

Point taken. I realize I can sometimes come across as one of those annoying, pushy ex-smokers who yak endlessly about the dangers of smoking.

When JFK was elected, he helped foster the beginning of the deinstitutionalization movement.

JFK was a good man. So was his brother. So was Martin Luther King. They tried to fight the system from within. They were stopped.

The whole world is "a playground for the wealthy." Not just government--the media, the churches, the universities, the beaches, the mountains, the frickin' ground you walk on and the air you breathe are "playgrounds for the wealthy." Do you advocate we get out of, give up on, all those as well?

No, I'm suggesting that maybe that anger and resentment you feel could be due to a well-structured media campaign designed to make you believe you are powerless against them. I could be absolutely wrong, also.

You ask where the money would come from if no government. There are people trying to figure that out as we speak (link below). Am I talking about an overnight change? Far from it - it probably won't even happen in my lifetime. I am just, in my clumsy way, trying to suggest they are not the only game in town.

I've said this before and I'll say it again. Regardless of our life circumstances, I think we are more powerful, more capable, have more integrity, and are more intelligent than the shysters who pretend to run this country. They may own most of the resources, but they don't own your mind.

I was a passionate, liberal democrat for 30 years. I was proud to say I was a liberal, I was proud to go to the voting booth every election, I was proud of my candidate. I donated money to the Democratic Party, Presidential Candidates, and my State Senators on a regular basis. I was their perfect unpaid mouthpiece. I needed desperately to talk to my State Senator. Long story short - when the going gets tough, you'll get left behind. The disillusionment that had begun to blossom grew stronger. After I almost died due to various issues I won't go into, I left my job and started dabbling in trading. Let's just say that what I learned was quite a shock to my system. The Wall Street / politician connection was enough to turn my stomach and to turn me off politics completely.

I think much of who we are is learned, and the strong stuff we are made of gets buried underneath. Still there, but silenced. Waiting for you to find you.

https://www.thevenusproject.com/en/

I wish you only the best, always.