Oddbean new post about login | logout "For years now, the government has been playing a cat-and-mouse game with the American people, letting us enjoy just enough freedom to think we are free but not enough to actually allow us to live as a free people. "In other words, we’re allowed to bask in the illusion of freedom while we’re being stripped of the very rights intended to ensure that we can hold the government accountable to abiding by the rule of law, the U.S. Constitution. "We’re in trouble, folks. "This is no longer America, land of the free, where the government is of the people, by the people and for the people. "Rather, this is Amerika, where fascism, totalitarianism and militarism go hand in hand." https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/the_political_matrix_sustains_the_illusion_of_freedom#:~:text=For%20years%20now,hand%20in%20hand.
This is probably the worst part, "Indeed, not only are we developing a new citizenry incapable of thinking for themselves, but we’re also instilling in them a complete and utter reliance on the government and its corporate partners to do everything for them—tell them what to eat, what to wear, how to think, what to believe, how long to sleep, who to vote for, whom to associate with, and on and on." If people are unable to think for themselves, then they are unable to ever free themselves from the shackles that have been put on them. I will continue to vote for the lesser evil to slow the slide, but I put more effort into things like homeschooling (and helping others homeschool their kids) and sharing the Gospel. The government is too corrupt to fix. Our only slight hope (if Jesus doesn't come back first) is to change the hearts and minds of the citizens.