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The Paradox Inherent in Any Slave Nation Revolution
The Paradox Inherent in Any Slave Nation Revolution
Even When the Sociopaths Lose They Win
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Cognitive Dissonance
How exactly do you cook a nutritious meal if all you have are spoiled ingredients? The answer depends upon your definition of nutritious and who is eating the meal……and, of course, your level of hunger and growing desperation. It is telling how much less discerning we become when the hunger pains boom in our belly and our mind becomes ever more focused on the single minded obsession of relieving our pain rather than pursuing our pleasure. Although at some point down the slippery slope relieving our pain is pursuing our pleasure.
If I carefully tend my garden, making certain the soil is thoroughly turned and pulverized, the seeds and seedlings properly planted, the area fertilized, weeded and watered and yet my garden’s yield is poor year after year after year, at what point do I begin to question the basis for my assumptions? And clearly there is an assumption of a better yield if I continue to do the same thing and expect different results.
Perhaps the soil is too acidic or alkaline, the area in shadow too long or the crop selection not suited for the soil or geographic location. The issue might be any or all of the above, or it might be something entirely different. Only a fearless and thorough examination of both the garden and gardener will reveal the systemic faults, and thereby the remedies to be employed.
It is a common belief in the West that revolution, at least when ‘successful’ (which usually means a forced change in leadership) produces reasonably good outcomes for the population at large. I contend this is wishful thinking and a deliberately seeded misnomer designed to obscure and conceal the ugly recognition that most often the new boss is quite similar in method and madness to the old boss. Change via revolution should not be conflated with better, nor should it be assumed better is the inevitable outcome.
The paradox of revolution springs from one central source, albeit a source widely dispersed and with many reverberations. Even if the revolutionaries wear white hats and are genuinely interested in fomenting ‘good’ change, with ‘good’ usually understood to mean ridding the country/region of the parasitic leaches and sociopaths along with the madmen at the top, changing the patsies throughout the governmental power structure doesn’t root out the sociopaths embedded within the country’s elite, essentially the King’s court along with several of the King’s men.
Since the King serves at the pleasure of his court, killing the King does little if anything to root out the source of real power in the country or region. Like ticks dug in deep under a dog’s fur and attached directly to the economic blood supply, the established power base must either be thoroughly dislodged, thereby risking utter economic collapse, or a deal made to accommodate their continuing presence in order to enable the newly crowned King time to organize and govern.
Regardless of whether or not damage was done to the infrastructure and overall economy during the revolution, the new leadership often opts to cut a deal with the existing elite in order to quickly consolidate power and demonstrate to the population some sort of progress towards restoration of commerce and an increased standard of living. This very act of questionably necessary compromise and accommodation means the ‘good’ imagined by the revolutionaries has already been sidetrack and subverted, though by how much remains to be seen.
Lady Liberty - A controlling mind meme.
These issues are further compounded since the global elite do not respect national boundaries in the same manner you and I are forced to do. Money’ is fungible, convertible and quickly moved by those who possess both large quantities and international financial contacts. This means the elite can apply significant external pressure using a variety of means to compel the revolutionaries to concede on many business regulations, tax concessions and the selling of national assets if they wish to receive external assistance from the blood sucking ticks.
Basically the economic hit-men are sent in and the revolutionaries are read the riot act. Play international ball or we will take your ball (and possibly your country) away. Facing Hobson’s Choice, either they dislodge the elite and become the next Cuba or North Korea, isolated from most of civilization and it’s economic and financial opportunities, or they join the ranks of the corrupt and in the process profit handsomely from their hard labors ‘liberating’ the downtrodden. It is easy to see how this self serving decision can be rationalized away.
This scenario doesn’t even take into consideration that in all likelihood the revolutionaries already hitched their wagon to a group of elites (internal or external, it doesn’t really matter) during the early stages of the uprising in order to gain military and financial assistance. That bill comes due immediately upon demand, thereby assuring the economic hit-men easy access to the top. In most cases the ticks are already deeply embedded within the revolution.
This brings us to an important corollary to my theorem. With a global and local population thoroughly conditioned with the slave mentality of respect, or just plain fear, for self declared (elite) authority along with severe generational Stockholm Syndrome, even before the revolution begins to take hold the revolutionaries quickly realize in order to win the population over, or simply to neutralize it, they must employ the exact same herding and bullying techniques as the present, and soon to be previous, status quo leadership uses to control the native population.
Essentially the vast majority of the existing population is already suffering to one degree or another under the present day rule. And they are doing nothing to free themselves from their oppressed condition. Other than the very small minority who will join the rebellion when hope surfaces with the insurgency, the majority will remain either neutral (meaning frozen in fear glued to their propaganda mind control devices) or will rise to defend their shepherd……or at the very least their meal ticket. The ultimate enemy of a revolution is not the oppressive government it is attempting to overthrow, but the general population it is trying to 'free'.
This virtually assures if and when the revolution ‘succeeds’ the new boss will appear quite similar to the old boss, since it is nearly impossible to resist using an extremely effective herding technique once the revolution has gained control of the civilian population using the very same techniques. While some of the citizens will welcome the leadership change, for they labor under the mistaken belief good times are just around the corner, for the most part the recently elevated revolutionary King will face a suspicious and even hostile civilian population, especially if the controlling propaganda memes are interrupted by the recent regime change.
All the more reason to ruthlessly quell dissent and consolidate power by making deals with the elite devil(s) while using strong arm tactics on the general population, something the slave mentality will generally applaud as needed and necessary to ‘restore law and order and make the streets safe’. Ultimately a population conditioned to believe only a higher authority can save them from themselves will beg for an authority, any authority, to fill the vacuum left behind when the last figure head authority was deposed.
While over the ages there have been hundreds of slightly different permutations of the above scenario endlessly played out as one after another revolution rises up only to quickly fizzle out, assuring an endless stream of sociopath patsies rotating through the halls of power, the basic blueprint rarely changes regardless of the social, economic or technological ‘progress’ achieved.
The Blueprint for Slavery - Killing each other to benefit the master.
As disturbing as this concept might be for those minds who consider themselves free, we still live, work and play under a form of slave plantation organization. No - the US is not fundamentally different - though this is most certainly the controlling meme, one of outstanding exceptionalism. What makes the US unique (or at least first) is the rousing success the embedded ticks had in developing the next iteration of the slave plantation system, one where the slaves were given limited freedom of choice in exchange for greater participation and productivity. Even now this experiment is coming to a close as the profits dwindle……and with them the slave’s choices. In a sociopath’s world, nothing assures eventual collapse more than unparalleled success.
The biggest difference between the slave toiling away on a 19th century Deep South cotton plantation and the modern ‘educated’ self determining ‘free’ debt addled office, factory or service worker is the degree of mobility, living standard, and belief in our own freedom. Not to mention our rock solid belief in the ‘guarantee’ of our basic ‘human’ (slave) rights. Ever wonder who exactly is making, and supposedly fulfilling, that guarantee?
“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” - Wolfgang von Goethe
I am fairly certain the prior statements will elicit either violent emotional triggering in rebuttal (denial is often the first line of cognitive defense) or a quiet calm as the slave mind quickly overcomes the sudden rise of cognitive dissonance by differentiating itself from the rest of the herd……as it always does in order to tolerate its captivity. Ironically the latter self subterfuge is the favorite refuge of those of us who consider ourselves awake and aware.
From a practical point of view, while the modern slave enjoys many ‘benefits’ only dreamed of by the slaves of the Deep South, the ‘benefits’ enjoyed by the elite modern slave master which are derived from the exponentially higher productivity of the modern slave far exceeds any concessions the master has made to the slave. Concessions I might add that can, will, and are being rapidly rescinded.
Even though “We the People” believe our selves already free, and the level of technology salted throughout our modern lives tend to confirm our delusional thinking, this technology also serves as the robust chain that binds us to our plantation. The massive and still growing global surveillance state (not just in the USA but throughout the world both East and West) assures the controlling elite not only the means to track and eavesdrop, but to implant the latest mind controlling memes and narratives directly into our minds. Upgrades and updates are just a finger swipe away. The endless variety of news and information sources available at our fingertips virtually assures each of us will be told exactly what we wish to hear, see and think.
With the mind of the master now firmly implanted in our pocket or purse, the concept of revolution can be quickly derailed or co-opted among the great unwashed masses. While this doesn’t dissuade the truly disaffected from pushing back at the margins, it does severely limit the number of minds willing to be freed from the controlling matrix. A conditioned mind always returns to its core dependency for affirmation and confirmation of the correctness of its debased state.
It can be competently and convincingly argued, at least when dealing with a mind willing and able to see all sides of the issue, that far from being free and independent, the modern wage slave is far more indentured to his or her servitude than at any other time in history. What this means is that any revolution, in addition to all the issues outlined above, has a much steeper hill to climb than ever before if it is to eventually ‘succeed’.
Just as enlightening to recognize is one simple fact. Similar to the situation where unless all the head lice are removed at the same time, the infestation continues, so too if the sociopaths are not removed in mass globally with one fell swoop of civil uprising, the infestation continues. While the controlling sociopaths share the same self survival impulse as we mere mortals, they do not share our propensity to live and let live. Therefore they will quickly and efficiently sacrifice fellow elite sociopaths in order to sate the blood thirsty mobs, thereby assuring (or at a minimum prolonging) their continued control of the slave nation.
Because the general population lives within the fiction of the controlling meme, meaning the mostly false narrative deeply embedded within our minds of what is real and what is not, as long as the changing of the guard produced by revolution remains within the controlling mind meme narrative nothing really changes for the slave population other than in the most superficial manner. Instead of a ration of 20 units of chocolate each day I have been assured a raise to 100 units of chocolate per week. Thus even when the sociopaths lose they still win.
I got my raise. Who wants to barter?
After hundreds, even thousands, of years of failed revolutions and endless rounds of rotating sociopath leaders, maybe it is time to question the very premise of ‘revolution’ and what exactly is happening here. Since you and I cannot force change upon the world with the snap of our individual fingers, the only path out of this paradox is to break free from the controlling meme and recognize our own participation in, and endorsement of, the slave plantation state.
This is not to say attempting to protect ourselves from the manipulated herd or the layers of well armed muscle surrounding the sociopath leaders is pointless and futile. Nor should we passively let go when the gathering tide is tugging at our feet. But to blindly assume any response from you or me is either doomed to fail (for example assuming you can’t fight city hall) or expected to succeed (such as being armed and awake in the redoubt) and all points in-between, is at this point utter insanity on our part. Doing the same thing and expecting different results is - well, you know - insane.
To assume I and millions of others can unravel thousands of years of social conditioning and manipulation in mere months or even years if only we were to do ‘something’ is the very definition of self delusion, serving only to set myself and others up for eventual failure. The source of my urgent impulse to action, which usually consists of little more than high frequency vibrating in place similar to a deer in the headlights (an extremely unhealthy state of affairs I might add) is an at times irrational fear for my ‘self’ once my eyes have glimpsed first light and begin to recognize the layers of (self) deceit and treachery which encompasses the modern slave state.
When this is combined with an often falsely perceived close proximity to the soon-to-be mad-as-hell hungry hoards when first light is involuntarily thrust upon them, this bitter cocktail goads my mind into believing something must be done right now or all is lost later. With the brain now effectively short circuited and disconnected, and the body operating solely on fear induced adrenaline, hence the high frequency vibration, we become our own personalized sub sect of the mindless masses. And right there my friend is the ultimate source of history’s rhyme, the co-opted revolutionary mind leading the forever blind.
The dirty little secret dear reader is glaringly obvious once accepted; this ‘belief’ that we must fight fire with fire, that lines must be draw - this far and no further, that time is of the essence and the end is so near, is part and parcel of the overall controlling mind meme. To paraphrase the Architect as he spoke with Neo, “You think you are the first, but you are not. There is a long line behind you and an even longer line ahead.”
There is an unbalanced equation inherent (more accurately described as deliberately implanted) in our programming which results in a tragically poor yield to our endless revolutions. It might be the soil or the crops, the light or the gardener. Then again it might not. The only apparent choices available to us are a product of the controlling meme and are patently false unless they are recognized for what they are. Only our acknowledgement and full acceptance that we willing participated in this macabre dance can invalidate the false choices and open new doors. Either we create our own reality or we exist as subjects in theirs.
To deny these basic and self evident truths is to deny us our ultimate freedom, the freedom from self. This is the source of our power and the elite know this, thus the reason they are so desperate to ramp up their subjugation and control. Their power is simply our power brilliantly co-opted, and all we need do to take it back is snap our collective fingers and they are suddenly naked and exposed. I love the smell of elite desperation in the morning.
This is not false hope, but rather obvious truth. However, unless “We the Individual” can overcome and surpass our thoroughly conditioned and manipulated ‘self’, the game will never change other than at the most local of levels and for the shortest periods of time. There is a reason we rats are always caught in the trap. When we finally ask of our ‘self’ the only pertinent question that matters - why do I continue to play the fool in the slave master’s game - then we can begin to recognize the only path out of this maze is to be found when we finally look within.
02-08-2015
Cognitive Dissonance
A 'successful' revolutionary? The iconic Che Guevara
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The underlying problem has been spelled out and iterated for a few thousand years! "Pearls before swine" is a concise saying explaining the resistance to understanding.
Short lives force those who come behind us to relearn everything from scratch. That is the insidiousness of government run 'public' schools.
Then again the 1% have their own propaganda centers for their children.
Can't wait to hear your cotton picking opinion. :-)
Can't say as I really have much of an opinion. I try to stay away from those as much as possible. I'm more about questioning assumptions.
Over the (far too many) years, I've met a lot of people who thought they knew something. Had it figured out. However, like the jamaican guys I mentioned upthread, they were all over the map. Well, maybe some of them had it figured out, but having so often been mislead, how would I ever know?
Look at the replies so far. Pretty assertive. Not a lot of doubt there. Potential revolutionaries? The only difference I see is that they're not the ones in power, but if they were... what then? Banker's heads on stakes? Weed out the sociopaths? And just how do you identify those? And what about future sociopaths? For that matter, how do we know we aren't sociopaths ourselves and just haven't hit that trigger point yet? Is there a vaccine against that?
The human mind is a strange thing and we're far from understanding how it works, and yet we presume to divide and categorize that which really has no sharp boundary. Matrix? I don't think so. Too neat. Too easy.
Likewise, the red pill, blue pill thing. Disturbing. You do realize that's part of the programming?
oops...let an opinion slip in there. Bad, bad bear!
Sometimes what we only 'know' is that we do not 'know' much of anything. So we tend to fill in the gaps here and there with opinion and call them 'facts'.
I for one am guilty of that.
I'll differ on the, "The ultimate enemy of a revolution is not the oppressive government it is attempting to overthrow, but the general population it is trying to 'free'". If the populace is content with the status quo, and the revolutionaries are employed by those 'other' competing elites to gain control over the nations resources, are they more like "soldiers of fortune"?
Edit: as in Ukraine.
In the situation you outline I agree. However, the article lays out an overall premise upon which my statement is based upon.
I would like to know how 'the populace is content with the status quo' if they see, hear or think nothing else other than the constant stream of propaganda. Skilled manipulators can fool most of the population for quite a bit of time, particularly if the manipulators are leveraging effective prior propaganda.
Fealty to a now thoroughly debased US Constitution comes to mind. It has become so distorted and bastardized as to be meaningless at this point.
The Constitution still stands as a legal document. Yes, there seems to have been some major monkey business inserted into it but most of what was in it prior to the Civil War has not been undone and a few positive changes after the monkey business. What has changed about the Constitution is peoples' uneducated and mind controlled assumptions about it which has allowed the STATE (supposedly the trustee) to take over and be the master (EXECUTOR) of the people. This is forbidden by the Constitution and each of us has the ability to claim our rights and at least attempt to stop the TRUSTEES from telling the TRUST MAKERS (that's us) what they are allowed to do.
The STATE can only act by law in commerce and to prevent people's rights from being injured. The STATE has devised fraudulent practices to make the people think what the STATE does is legitimate (under the color of law) or too powerful to rein in. It is too difficult to attack the head directly but the toes of the giant can be sorely irritated so the giant avoids where it is painful to stomp around. Attack the toes long enough and perhaps they will become infected so the giant has to sit or lay down. Once down you have the opportunity to strike more vital areas and bring it under more control by the people.
Remember, when two or more Public Officials conspire to deprive one or more of the people of a protected right it is SEDITION BY FELONY TREASON.
The commerce aspect of government means when you get a "traffic" ticket the STATE has accused you of violating a "commercial code". The fraudulent deception comes from the fact that the word "traffic" in law means commercial activity. You have been deceived to believe if you travel about in your automobile you are ALWAYS participating in traffic. Well, were you??
That is just one little example of mind control that you have the option to rebut or just go along to minimize a fine. All those unfortunate people that were stopped and frisked in New York City for walking on the sidewalk had their unalienable rights violated by "commercial" officers. None of them knew they could file a claim against the offending officers for arresting their liberty without a judicial warrant first being issued. What would happen if everyone whose Constitutionally protected rights were injured by a public official made a claim against the official in court. Make the officers have to answer to your claim of injury. I think there would be a lot less usurpation of rights happening.
"...This is forbidden by the Constitution and each of us has the ability to claim our rights and at least attempt to stop the TRUSTEES from telling the TRUST MAKERS (that's us) what they are allowed to do..."
In practice, it is only forbidden by the spirit of the Constitution, lincolnsteffens. Your first sentance is "The Constitution still stands as a legal document." Legal, as in interpreted by our usurped legal and judicial system. If the laws and justice have been usurped to preserve the priviledges of psychopathic oligarchs, then it will be (and IS) interpreted somewhat different than the original spirit of the Constitution.
Your trying to fix something with broken tools. Those who have usurped the law to their advantage are not going to allow you to use tools that might actually fix it. The current broken legal system can NOT somehow be used by the people to reclaim power that was stolen from them over years, bit by bit. It took them years to limit your choices of tools and break the ones you could use. It is and will be, in every practical sense, illegal for you and I to take away the priviledges of our masters.
You are perfectly correct in your assertion and it has wonderful romantic appeal, but it is a fantasy that continues to enslave you. Your argument is interesting in an academic sense to realize the degree to which the spirit of the Constitution has been corrupted. Do we really need to sue the government to obey the constitution? If the spirit of the Constitution has been debased THAT much, then I don't think the courts are going to save us. The Justice Department is part of the psychopath's oligarch club, not part of the little peoples' club.
Why do you think every powerful politician loves to remind us that "We are a nation of laws?" It's because those laws ARE the chains that they have created to enslave us.
Your argument is tantamount to a slave appealing to his master to remove his chains and failing. Instead of reconsidering the problem, the slave blames himself and tries to think of more reasoned logic or a more compelling argument. It's futile and it only irritates the master.
Nonetheless Paveway, when dealing with the man, it is still best to invoke your rights explicitly. While the protections that the Constitution affords are getting weaker and weaker, you should take what you can get. And if you can record any encounters where invoking your rights is a good idea, do so. In he-said-she-said land, a cop's word will trump yours on the stand unless you can prove otherwise.
Good point. I'm just pissed that it has come to this and the only advice I can offer my kids is how to protect themselves from the government. Eventually, people are just going to assume that's the way it should be - you can only to cling to whatever scraps of rights the oligarchs throw you.
http://www.uhuh.com/constitution/am13-fgd.htm
I'm writing a new song, "Come on down, come on down the rabbit hole with me. The more I learn, the less I know."
Well done again Cog. You are right about revolutions which is an angle I never considered.
Interesting article, NickVegas.
There was a debate some years ago about the legality of any government body of the U.S. recognizing a corporation as a de facto U.S. citizen. Citizenship is not explicitly granted to corporations, of course. But a good argument can be made for their effective legal treatment as a special class of U.S. citizen and a subject of the United States.
The argument further goes that we should, in fact, treat EVERY corporation as a sovereign entity - a foreign power. The mere idea of incorporating in a state is a debasement of the founding father's original intent: for states to merely grant temporary permission (a license) for a corporation to do business in that state based on the benefit to it's citizens. That license could be withdrawn at any time the state's citizens saw fit - a corporation had no inalienable 'right' to operate or conduct business at all or for an indeterminate amount of time once permitted.
Think about the consequences of corporations uniformly being treated as sovereign foreign entities. Majority owners, directors and executives would be considered agents of a foreign power and would be expressly prohibited from holding public office or profiting under them. Lobbying would become a dicey legal issue as industry groups would effectively be agents of a foreign power. Furthermore, majority owners, directors and executives would automatically lose their U.S. citizenship under the original Article XIII amendment.
I can only dream of the problems the U.S. and the rest of the world would have never had had if Article XIII had been ratified AND corporations were treated as foreign powers as the founding fathers had intended. Instead, the exact opposite has happened - individual citizens have been assigned a corporate identity for legal purposes and are treated as subjects of the U.S.
The Government of the United States, Inc. is a foreign power. Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the Sovereign Citizens of the united states of America have foreign sovereign immunities. The Federal Government and its subsidiary State Governments (corporations) and their agencies are foreign to flesh and blood people. People derive their rights from the land. Government is supposed to rule the sea and the sky and stay off the people's land. That's why there is a prohibition to a federal army "standing" on the land withing the individual State boundaries except on restricted federal territory like Wash. DC, Guam, Puerto Rico, The Marianas, federal buildings, a few military bases and certain reserves.
Arming three letter Federal agencies all over the land skates precariously close to a standing army especially when the DHS stockpiles hundreds of millions of rounds of hollow point bullets and hands out used military gear to police departments.
"...The Federal Government and its subsidiary State Governments (corporations) and their agencies are foreign to flesh and blood people..."
Oh, you're referring to the regular United States. I heard about it but have never been there. I live in the Bizzaro World version of the United States - everything is kind of opposite, here.
My understanding is some states ( Delaware, New Jersey, perhaps more) got in a bidding war over Standard Oil and the revenues it would bring if incorporated in their state. I believe Standard Oil was in Ohio before and the Buckeye state was trying to hold John D. to those "archaic" corporate standards. Delaware decided being a bigger whore was better policy.
However, I continue to maintain that the real revolution is individual and internal. Without that happening on a large scale, revolutions are just a big circle jerk! History bears this out.
Wow, that was a great response. Thanks for taking the time to write what you did.
I agree with what you said about irritating the "master". I am not pleading with the "master" but telling the "master" they have forgotten who I am and what our rightful positions in law are. Granted, this is only in my little town in a local court.
I'm trying to claim my rights. I've gotten my opposition to default in court as they have failed to respond in a timely manner to the facts I have entered into the record. Now I am pressing for a judicial ruling that the attorney of record (the District Attorney's Office) has defaulted. If I get a judgement then I can sue for damages.
If one knows he is a slave that is the first step. The second is trying to win your freedom, not beg for it. I think I have a chance to win and will press it as much as I am able. I am also educating others and encouraging them to push back. I'm just trying to learn their tactics so I can use them to extricate myself from the blood suckers as much as possible.
Good for you, lincolnsteffens - I applaud your efforts. My remarks above are meant in the larger context of the federal government and spirit of the constitution relative to CD's thoughtful article on slave nation revolutions.
You are the embodiment of the spirit the founding fathers. I'm pretty optimistic about the future as long as there's a few of you guys still around.
The government has slowly accumulated rights it stole from citizens or simply declared for itself for the benefit of oligarchs. That makes our current government an arrogant, corrupt thief on the payroll of someone else. That doesn't make it our master by any means, no matter how much the oligarchs wish it so or how much the people, themselves, act like slaves.
Since we require a reliable, trustworthy servant for our government, I'm afraid we're eventually going to have to let this one go. We need you here to remind people about the original specifications of government's role when we shop for a replacement. Some old, dead guys wrote up the specs a long time ago - I have it around here somewhere...
Thank you for your kind remarks.
I've given out over 800 copies of the Constitution and about 500 copies of a 20 page packet of info on the law, fraud, suggested reading, websites like zerohedge and directly engaged about 400 of those I have given my packets of info to. When I first started to do this about two years ago only about a third of those I offered my information to would take it. Now almost everyone takes it and thanks me for explaining some of the theft and the mechanisms that are used to accomplish the theft. The change in sentiment is encouraging. People listen to me like deer caught in a headlight.
One of the oldest Supreme Court rulings that has never been overturned is referred to as Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)...No State may convert a right to a privilege and charge a fee and issue a license for that which is a right.
Your presentation reminds me of the movie, “The Cube”. Aside from that your concepts, once planted and matured in the non-sociopathic members of the human race, have the power to put us on the road to true freedom.
Interesting, as in times before, the Greeks are hinting at the truest form of revolution; a revolution with absolute power to succeed. While I doubt many people can see the fundamental power being wielded, I know for a fact the elites and the controlled media do NOT want us to look closely. The Greeks spontaneously, with no individual or group leadership, have pulled the sword from the stone. Greeks with no leadership, no collusion, and no coordinated chit chat, simple decided, en masse, to quit paying taxes. Someday they will realize this is all they have to do. If they simply stay the course, they will destroy the sociopathic murders pretending to be leaders. Without lifting a finger or firing a shot, literally without any group or coordination, a nation can free itself from government.
Now, the question is, when will the non-sociopathic members of the human race understand this clear and simple way to eliminate the controlling elitism of .govs, forever? Taxes are not the price we pay for civilization. Taxes are the theft of our very short time here on earth. Theft backed by murder. All civilizations that eventually collapsed had one element in common. Citizens killed tax collectors.
Stop the theft, stop the murders, and refuse to give up your life to support the elite.
"Stop the theft, stop the murders, and refuse to give up your life to support the elite."
Couldn't have said it better myself, right on Kprime!!!!!!
Mrs. Cog and I recently purchased the book "Nobody's Safe". Unfortunately she squirreled it away on her desk and won't let me near it.
Sometimes she's so mean to me. :-)
I suggest candlelight, a glass of excellent wine, and the best, most sincere, foot massage you can give. Should be able to get in a chapter or two while she slumbers, unless you get distracted. I've always thought the best subterfuge makes for win/win situations. ;-)
The Greeks have the benefit of a long history of failure to pay taxes, a badge of honor worn proudly among the average citizen. Considering how many failed governments Greece has experienced over the last 60 or more years, 'nationalism' means something different to them than just fealty to the government.
Americans have a long way to fall before that concept becomes permanently lodged in the brain. But....there is always hope the obvious futility of supporting your abuser eventually breaks through the propaganda and distractions.
BTW I am a fan of The Cube. Are you aware there was a sequel called Cube 2: Hypercube?
I was not aware, I will have to look for it.
Cog, have you seen the classic film, "Z"? Be warned, it's a Costa-Gavras film, you will feel some outrage. Seems to fit in with the theme here, and it's even about Greece.
Where do elites come from? Pyramids. Concentrations of power and the author is very true they repeat endlessly. Why do pyramids form? Simple because people do not want to take responsibility for their actions so they choose leaders to do it for them as it is easier. The leader is the most decayed of them all as he was the least likely to take responsibility for his actions and relied on ths efforts of many beneath him to ensure his irresponsibility.
The answer is simple. Eliminate hourly wage, and individual responsibility becomes linked to individiual productivity. Government positions become bid positions based on supply and demand, welfare itself becomes a bid position of community service in exchange for some amount. Government leprosy and the parasitic mindset dissapate as no free ride is offered to anyone. Finally make all corporations tax free if their ownership is equally distributed among its employees. You would create an amazing and powerful society parasite free from the top to the bottom
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