… Democracy, or self-determination, is a very vital element of society, but yet it can be very fragile. We must be cautious, not allowing it to slip between our fingers, for once lost it is very difficult to regain. …
… In order to keep our personal freedoms and rights, we must unfortunately continually defend those rights and freedoms. …
… All must have the ability to choose, coupled with the responsibility and knowledge to form their views or make their own decisions. …
… Some would have us choose between:
1.) A form of extreme socialism or communism that subjugates the individual (subjugation to the few in an illusion of serving the masses or the greater good), with the possibility of being forced to support those who can support themselves at a loss to our own. These extreme forms ultimately only result in the illusion of equality and freedom. …
2.) One of the many various forms of fascism, which seeks some form of suppression, exclusion, and subjugation as well as the destruction of equality, dismantling of individuality, and elimination of freedoms. …
3.) A form of extreme capitalism that takes advantage to the point of suppression or inflicting detrimental long-term loss and damage. A form of crony capitalism. A form of what someone from my past once referenced as “corpocracy.” Or, a form of capitalism that poses unnecessary risks to survival. …
4.) An extreme or distorted form of nationalism or isolationism, where the nonconformist or even every individual is suppressed, subjugated to the few in power, or eliminated altogether. …
… All of these extremes and others
… become ill-equipped to deal with the changing world. …
… When it comes to isolationism, nationalism, socialism, fascism, communism, capitalism, global collaboration, or globalization we cannot afford the luxury of overreaction, nastiness, shortsightedness, or immaturity. …
… Sometimes the gradual implementation is more concerning than the spur of the moment. The spur of the moment action has less true forethought and can be brought into the light for response easier than the gradual action that has an implanted foothold. The gradual indoctrination and justification into anything can be slow, incremental, and of negligible concern until it is too late. …
… Are we close to a worldwide revolution?
… If so, what type of revolution?
… How dangerous or unpredictable could these actions turn? Or is this what is needed for the advancement, or maybe even just the survival of the species?
… Perhaps, it is time for a revolution not only of leadership, but one that is also sponsored by the collective realizations of us all. A revolution of being.
… We must not think of the contemporary version of “revolutions,” but of how they may have been defined as “revelations” millenniums ago. …
… The revolutions of tomorrow may be conventional and unconventional and both governmental and non-governmental. They may happen in what first appears to be unconnected and unrelated circumstances or events. …
… But we must remember that revolution is like a wildfire. Wildfires can be so easy to start, on purpose or by accident, and once it begins, it can be difficult or impossible to control. …