Fellow Humans

What does your freedom mean to you?. Do you actually know what being free is?

I would argue that most people nowadays think that freedom is going about your daily routine within the confines of the law. Think about it, from the moment you wake to the morning alarm clock to setting the alarm before bed, you are controlled and manipulated throughout. From birth to the grave you are conditioned as to who rules you and the repercussions of any transgressions of their orders. This is reinforced through a daily dosage of media which addresses your fears about crime and terrorism, whilst impelling you to give up more of your hard earned freedoms to combat these dangers. Cleverly worded newscasts and documentaries are supported by handpicked expert opinion, guided by partisan questioning to influence your mindset on a whole range of issues. The agenda has already been set and the problem, reaction; solution paradigm comes into play. They shock you, you scream, and then they offer the preprepared solution to allay your fears, which is what they wanted all along.

An example of this was the infamous 45-minute nuclear holocaust "problem" before the invasion of Iraq. The public got the jitters and the "solution" of invasion was announced to save us all. Does it matter that that troops were already preparing months before the justification for attack was even announced. Does it matter that these facts were, and still remain a lie and that almost the entire parliament went along without question. Does it matter that noone has or will be held accountable for this lie.

The cruel fact is that the media and our government are controlled by forces other than us. That words as F.A.Hayek wrote "become empty shells deprived of any definate meaning, as capable of denoting one thing as it's opposite and used solely for the emotional associations which still adhere to them" . The collective freedom and democracy we are being offered, in reality, means the freedom of the powers that exist behind the scenes to get on with their program. Emotive terms like terrorism, democracy, freedom, are constantly thrown around and the public dont even know what they mean. They just know what they think they ought to mean, which is rarely their intended use.

What this all boils down to is this
The citizens of this country have become lazy and have forgotten past activities and actions that led to the few freedoms we retain. We have handed responsibility and culpability to someone else instead of having the courage to take ownership for our lives, demand our rights and challenge our leadership. This road leads to tyranny. The lusting politician and immoral businessman will always be there to take up any slack we leave in the reins.

What would our ancestors think of us if they could comment on our activities today? What will our descendants think of our self-centred attitudes and the knowledge that is sure to come of our failure to secure a better future for them? Knowledge is the key to all. If you can spend just a few minutes a day to research these subjects, you will be less likely to fall for the next pack of lies. Great thinkers like Thomas Paine, John Stuart Mill and Wilhem von Humboldt spelt out the dangers we currently face and warned us against the growth in state power and its eventual impact on us all.

I appeal to you all to take a closer look before the clutches of powers operating in self interest, both in us and in lusting politicians and businessmen overwhelm our fragile lives.

Yours in humanhood