Don’t bother to read this, but the good ship USA is sinking in very choppy water.
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Moral Decay, Cultural Decay, Social Decay
The signs of a civilisation in decline. We see them play out day by day if we watch carefully enough. When I communicate with global citizens about what they see, they talk about observations of a time of major change all around us. A time of greater instant communication than has ever been witnessed by history, a time of greater awareness and activity in building a better society. Also, a time of greater resistance from dominant groups in power who resist the social change being played out day and night in streets around the world.
Another cop murders a black kid in the USA and the game plays out again. The cop claims, “Bullshit” as his evidence, and the court system backs the cop up with, “Bullshit” to absolve the cop of crime. This is the formula if the past has any bearing of truth. The system, it is broken.
The shift of police force into paramilitary force has come along quite well. The citizens are now the enemy, along with the press. The rubber bullet doesn’t care and neither do the baton, the pepper spray, nor the new standard issue riot tanks that roll down american streets — the same as any other politically unstable region of the world.
The people and social media devices of the world are watching like they have never watched before.
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The capitalist military leader of the world, the mighty USA, is rotting from the inside out. A fermenting cauldron of vile ingredients from structural racism and social subjugation to corporate control and manipulation of government at the expense of community, society, and environment. We can see these times, they are a changing. The people and social media devices of the world are watching like they have never watched before.
Have you lost faith in civilization?
Political theorist Russell Kirk said,
“It appears to me that our culture labors in an advanced state of decadence; that what many people mistake for the triumph of our civilization actually consists of powers that are disintegrating our culture; that the vaunted ‘democratic freedom’ of liberal society in reality is servitude to appetites and illusions which attack religious belief; which destroy community through excessive centralization and urbanization; which efface life-giving tradition and custom.”
Today, a growing majority of people are becoming aware that these tools are being used improperly.
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These days, the trends seem to point the way of decline. For a long time the ‘western powers’ maintained a steel force grip on the wealth of the world through the use of control tools. The rest of the world also understands the tools necessary for similar dominance, but not all in the world desire to dominate. In history, an elite group has always dominated the majority through the tricks of the trade: religion, education, entertainment, taxes, law — the tools of control and power. Today, more people are becoming aware that these tools are being used improperly. The awareness of this social control system makes these tools lose some of their power.
We could be flowing into an era where the world will no longer be controlled by a dominant elite. This is good news. There is nothing to fear, no chaos, disorder, massive disruptions. It is just change like any other. A vital part of the life force. This is a good change coming, this possible decline of civilisation, or the loss of dominant group rule within civilization. The change is good, a hope to create a more tolerant and just society based on mutual respect.
Y’know Wilhelm? One thing I’ve noticed is that you send your posts out into the world, all alone, and then never come back to retrieve them. They sound so good to you apparently at the time but then when anyone responds you are nowhere to be found. Why is that? Can you not tolerate debate? Does no one have a point different than yours that might have some validity, and that you simply don’t want to even consider that possibility? Bottom line I am not criticizing you personally but it is interesting to me that you toss out inflammatory rhetoric… Read more »
All I did was reply to your accusation mike
And it was a lovely response. Just lovely. Pretty much nonsensical, but lovely
This has nothing to do with the past practices of Christianity but is purely political. What a nasty hate filled message randy.
You brought it up, I just replied mike
And by the way randy, I am barely Christian save for the fact I was born into this culture and had not much choice to dissolve myself of influence. Until I was old enough to see the gemetral hypocrisy in all religion. Then I made my mind up to look behind the curtain of them all.
By the way, make no mistake, as this president would say, i am not a far right conservative that you might wish and hope i am. I am a slightly right of center American that believes we’ve been co-opted by children throwing temper tantrums. You certainly have the right to your own opinions but you do not have the right to make judgements without knowing any of the facts nor do I. As a rayional adult i will reserve my opinions based on facts alone and whatever they are i will expect the right response. But i will not throw… Read more »
Dear mister “White Christian Soldier”, If your Jesus was here, I’m more than certain he would slap the taste from your mouth! You have used your Jesus to justify Rape, genocide, murder, assimilation, torture, eugenics and slavery for far too long. You have abused your white privilege for far too long. When those your religion have oppressed join together, you cowardly run and hide behind your politicians, police and military. If someone is lopping of good Christian heads, it’s because it’s your fault. You have caused this anger and mistrust. You’ve had 2000 years to rectify the situation. You’ve had… Read more »
You’re talking to an individual. He hasn’t lived for 2000 years. Your diatribe is laughably incomprehensible.
I will call bullshit on you Mr Cortez. You blithely state a cop murders another black kid and he gets away with it as your premise. First of all sir you know nothing of the facts. Yet you condemn immediately because your particular viewpoint is the Truth and nothing else matters. While i tend to agree with you that the us is in serious decline our reasons for this are quite different. I believe that this particular president has done so much to foster the chaos for his agenda which sounds very similar to yours. Witness yours, and his cries… Read more »