Rob, you are asking people to take personal responsibility for their lives. This virtue has been steadily beaten out of the American psyche for decades. We've been trained to look for political saviors and have been told that our actions can't possibly make any difference.
How do we break this mindset? My working theory is to start with the body (barbells, killing processed food, vitamin D, hormone optimization, etc.) and slowly expand out from there. If people realize that *they* (not Big Medicine) have control over their physical existences, then it's not too big a leap to realize that they have control over many other things as well. The hardest part is getting people to take that first step.
I think most people are easily frightened, easily shocked, easily surprised into doing something they wouldn't maybe do on their own, unless they've been through some kind of training (like military, etc), or they have been toughened up in some way through hardship of some kind... It's what happens in affluent societies, no?
Most of us are soft and taught to be compliant and "not make waves," women, and men, too. As Rabbit or someone else said, we're TRAINED to be compliant.
If one is standing in a crowd and the ENTIRE CROWD starts to "say no" in some way, chances are, everyone, or most of them, will join in... Power in numbers? Courage is contagious, they say, and I think there's something to that. And if someone is clearly being bullied, chances might be higher that others will come to help, if the bully is unliked.
Anyway, Great Post!!
Obviously, some of us will need to be examples... I regret that I have only one life to give for the children, for my country, for the Earth, for FREEDOM for Humanity.
And in case any might think that saying "yes" 'just this once' is an effective strategy to avoid the conflict, I will shout this:
THERE IS NO SUCH THING as 'just this once'. The bullies will ALWAYS push for more concessions against our sovereignty until we give them a decisive "No."
Hey Rob, I know I am nitpicking, but we own two things, our body and our mind. Yes, the brain is part of the body, but the thinking mind is something we develop over the course of our lives.
Also, you mention change a lot in your piece and the one thing most people don't want to do is change. They wouldn't change anything if they can help it, including their mind.
Natural selection, over time, would help but that hasn't been much of a factor for humans in quite some time.
The more I see, hear and experience the more I realize how much I must rely on those of us who understand what is happening to keep the vigil for our rights, our freedoms and our way of life. The rest will blow with the wind. I hope there are enough of us left to allow our wonderful experiment to continue.
Rob, you are asking people to take personal responsibility for their lives. This virtue has been steadily beaten out of the American psyche for decades. We've been trained to look for political saviors and have been told that our actions can't possibly make any difference.
How do we break this mindset? My working theory is to start with the body (barbells, killing processed food, vitamin D, hormone optimization, etc.) and slowly expand out from there. If people realize that *they* (not Big Medicine) have control over their physical existences, then it's not too big a leap to realize that they have control over many other things as well. The hardest part is getting people to take that first step.
I think most people are easily frightened, easily shocked, easily surprised into doing something they wouldn't maybe do on their own, unless they've been through some kind of training (like military, etc), or they have been toughened up in some way through hardship of some kind... It's what happens in affluent societies, no?
Most of us are soft and taught to be compliant and "not make waves," women, and men, too. As Rabbit or someone else said, we're TRAINED to be compliant.
If one is standing in a crowd and the ENTIRE CROWD starts to "say no" in some way, chances are, everyone, or most of them, will join in... Power in numbers? Courage is contagious, they say, and I think there's something to that. And if someone is clearly being bullied, chances might be higher that others will come to help, if the bully is unliked.
Anyway, Great Post!!
Obviously, some of us will need to be examples... I regret that I have only one life to give for the children, for my country, for the Earth, for FREEDOM for Humanity.
Very good point, Rob. Thank you for making it.
And in case any might think that saying "yes" 'just this once' is an effective strategy to avoid the conflict, I will shout this:
THERE IS NO SUCH THING as 'just this once'. The bullies will ALWAYS push for more concessions against our sovereignty until we give them a decisive "No."
The middle finger works good too.
Hey Rob, I know I am nitpicking, but we own two things, our body and our mind. Yes, the brain is part of the body, but the thinking mind is something we develop over the course of our lives.
Also, you mention change a lot in your piece and the one thing most people don't want to do is change. They wouldn't change anything if they can help it, including their mind.
Natural selection, over time, would help but that hasn't been much of a factor for humans in quite some time.
The more I see, hear and experience the more I realize how much I must rely on those of us who understand what is happening to keep the vigil for our rights, our freedoms and our way of life. The rest will blow with the wind. I hope there are enough of us left to allow our wonderful experiment to continue.
Absolutely