A NEW YEAR, A NEW UNDERSTANDING.....

When one is on top of the world, one can afford to be incoherent even weird, and perpetuating lies. Are we discouraged by what is happening in America right now ?? rest assured that it's all by design. And no it's not by Devine design, not even by anyone single religious grouping or religious sect, but there are forces working hard to undermine our democracy, as well as many others around the world, polluting the planet, stoking hatred and planting doubt, and counting seriously on everyone of us to give-up hope. It's easier and more efficient to hit the head or the more influential entity and country and then move to the weaker. And that's exactly what's happening and taking place here in the U.S. 

They want us to believe that the government is always the problem, and never the solution. That the massive wealth gap between the richest one or two percent billionaires and the rest of the population is normal, even healthy, they use prefabricated answers like "these rich people and corporations are the creators of jobs and well being, and good for the economy, so let's cut their taxes, even when they enslave people and millions of workers with barely livable wages." While they amass huge power and colossal fortunes. All a natural extension of "free capitalism, and total lessez fair mentality. Well it's wrong and a big lie.    

They are trying to divide us, from our closest families and friends, even from our neighbors, they are stoking fear by telling us a false story and a big lie of America in which we were perfect from the beginning, and great all the way, while leaving out unpleasant truths about original annihilation of entire populations of natives, ignoring all about slavery, even denying it totally, about colonization and colonialism, racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, and huge inequality in everything. Even today some aspects of our foreign policies, and our allies and pseudo partner's adventurism all indicate that we are still at it big time when we get a chance. 

Our total fear and our total dismissal of certain modern concepts, like social benefits, health for all, education for all, rebuilding our public structures, schools and airports, strengthening our social securities for all needy and elderly retired citizens. all these and others fall under few satanic descriptions;  socialism, communism, dictatorship, lack of absolute freedom, even the freedom to kill under certain excuses and accommodating laws. We are continuously being brainwashed, and that goes to all ages and strata of the population, and lately to some horrific degrees. Terrifying the masses and planting despair. 

Instead of making it our mission, as the most prosperous nation in history, to remedy inequality, and inform millions of Americans and billions globally about our true history, and our current realities, fight together world wide pandemics and what we can all of us do about it, pointing away from despair and apathy, and petty disputes, apartheid and colonialism where they still exist, but looking forward toward hope, dignity, and making sure that change to a better and more stable future are possible and reachable. Because it is possible and doable, and it always has been. 

Why are our politicians willing to pass with no questions, a 780 billion$ annual budget for the Pentagon, while refusing to even fully discuss less than double that amount for over a 10 years period to revive our infrastructure and some other social benefits. Or crying and denouncing a labor shortage, while it doesn't exist, we are living in our lowest unemployment era in decades, but totally ignoring there's a shortage of decent jobs willing to pay workers a descent living wage. Or ignoring that open gun ownership and carry policies are behind the country's most and ugliest mass killings epidemic, The numbers are frightening . 

We have to start seriously analyzing how far we've come and how far we still have to go. And I'm talking about America, admitting that the same type of problems exist and plague many parts of the world. We all have to respond quickly. The first couple decades of our 21st century were strange and a bit apocalyptic, things are generally going to the worse, we need, all of us to stop, rethink, and consider restarting and doing the work of the 21st century and beyond. 

Thanks to all my good readers, wishing you all a good and calm year ahead, stay safe and well.