The Great Deception - AGAIN

The Great Deception…

Is it all coming down – are we beginning to realize what has happened, how we have been duped, lied to, mislead, misinformed or are we still in denial? 

Sometimes I have the feeling of having been an unwilling part of a psychological experiment, like the famous Pavlovian dog - ring a bell , present food, dog salivates, then just the ringing of the bell causes salivation, only in our case the PTB (powers that be) give us the impression that they are becoming more benevolent, only to take the food away at the last moment, leaving us hungry in anticipation of being fed (insert here any one of your desired results, e.g., peace, prosperity, - life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness)

Human nature exhibits cognitive dissonance when it comes to our most treasured beliefs, such as:

The government would never do that to us, politicians represent the interests of the voters, all voting in the USA is fair and correctly tabulated – we have honest elections, there is basically no inflation, unemployment is at a level that is reasonable, what we were taught as history is completely true, the “holy book” of the religious belief of your choice is 100% correct whatever is written therin, etc.  ..

The examples are endless of the dis-information we are being bombarded with on the nightly news – all for the purpose of influencing the formation of our opinions and beliefs, rather than supplying us with truth, because if the truth were known, the people would be angry, might even rebel and be harder to control.

But what happens when the truth is revealed?  Beliefs we have held for virtually our whole lives are shown to be false…that is when the cognitive dissonance sets in, and the following emotional reactions occur in an attempt to reconcile the believed untruths with the actual reality…

Denial – this can not be happening it can’t be real! (NOT here in America)

Anger – It’s not fair, this is not right!.

Bargaining – Just let me get through this, so I can carry on with my life (see my children grow up, graduate, have children, etc. or whatever goals you may have in life).

Depression – This is so terrible – why bother with anything – leads to apathy that is the killer of incentive to do anything about the situation – a hopelessness that seems to generate the feeling that “since I am only one person, there is little I can do to change things…” (people seem to get stuck in the apathy)

And sometimes finally if the resolve to act comes into play:

Acceptance – it is all going to be OK, I just have to act on this new knowledge.

And what actions are viable in this new knowledge…

Ask questions and be skeptical of what we are being told by authority figures in society, stop blindly following authority, just because “they say so”, question authority especially in the political and financial fields – find your own truth by turning off the programming noise and distractions of TV, radio, entertainment and just think about things, be responsible for your thoughts and actions. Consider the assumption that rights are the innate possession of the people, granted to them by the Creator, not their rulers or government.

The granting of power to the government attracts the predator class because the nature of government is to govern (in other words exert control over us in all areas of our lives, which politicians are only too eager to write endless laws in order to accomplish) because a powerful government that can give you everything that you want or need can also take away everything as well – they FORCE people to do what they want them to do by coercion using the laws they create to enforce their will on people.  And do not think for a moment that there is much difference between the major agendas of the two political parties, both are controlled from the top by the same power elite who dictate the agenda to be followed for their benefit, not that of the people.

The intention of the original documents and preceding interactions of the founding fathers was to give us a republic, in other words a protectorate – a system that was designed to protect lives, liberty and property of the minority from theft of the majority.  It is a generally known truth that once a majority of voters discover that they can vote for the candidates who will bestow upon them generous gifts from the public treasury, they will do so to secure these benefits, at the expense of those others who will be forced to pay for them via theft (taxation) with eventual resultant financial collapse due to loose fiscal policy – usually followed by a dictatorship.

The purpose of the state is, not to grant rights, but to secure them and protect them. If the state has the power to grant rights, it also has the power to take them away, and that concept is incompatible with personal liberty. If the state (government) presumes to grant us our rights, when they are ready to take them away, all they have to do is pass a law authorizing it.

Remember the statement, “POWER corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely”… however, giving your personal power away – having no power of your own is even more dangerous because a powerful government that can give you everything that you want or need can also take away everything as well – use the power you have been given of discrimination, independent thought and the ability to act responsibly.

So a final action to consider, if you do not like what you see going on in our country, to use a phrase from the past, when it comes time to cast your vote for the future, you may want to “throw the bums out”!

‘til next time,

Merlyn