There was a time when we were energized, excited and exuberant! We caught the scent of a new idea and jumped right in! We were SELF-motivated to reach for and grab the best that life had to offer. WE joined hands and together shouldered the wheel, building an example for the world. What happened?
We went from "Equal rights for all," to "As long as I've got mine..." We left signs for ZERO POPULATION GROWTH on the garbage heap of "opening new markets." Voter Rights have become voter restrictions. "Bring me your tired, your weary..." has become "Papers Please!" "In unity there is strength," has become shooting fish in a barrel. The Fairness Doctrine has been traded for out and out lies... What happened?
Our Egos have joined forces with our culture, claiming that we are all separate. Our Egos do it in an attempt to be special and our culture does it because it can. We live in a media controlled culture, and those who control the media, control the culture. Those that control the culture know that we are far easier to exploit if we are all: ONE MAN TEAMS. In disunity there is weakness. In disconnection there is fear. In separation there is animosity. Dissension brings apathy, dispair and cynicism...
What do we love about Superheroes? We imagine they could be us, and we could be them. The Superhero idea came on the scene in the early 1930s, during the great depression. People were being pummeled on all sides. Those in power exploited them to the max daily. They were suffering misery at the feet of the market puppeteers. These people without hope, relished a world where normal, everyday people could secretly don a mask and go out and thwart the evil, curtail the exploitation, and make things right again, even if it only existed in their imaginations. Jump to the present. We are suffering the same exploitation again. Is it any surprise then that every other movie seems to be about Superheroes? WE are clamoring for someone somewhere to put on a cape and set things straight!
The Superheroes in the movies are a reflection of us. The real Superhero lies in the indomitable SPIRIT of you and I. In the depths of the great depression, the Superhero in US, rose up and put the ALL back in ALL-American. WE need to do it again. We need to each climb out of our hole of fear, apathy and cynicism, and call on the Superhero within. WE need to get back to BEing energized, excited and exuberant! Get back to joining, sharing, caring about recreating a country, and a world where PEACE and JUSTICE and OPPORTUNITY for ALL prevail.
There is just such a movement afoot. It is for a Constitutional amendment to remove all money and special interests from politics. We need to return to "One man, one vote." As the most powerful nation on Earth, we need to once more LEAD the pursuit of human rights, with sharing, caring and unity for all people. We need to care for the Earth, and care for ALL people wherever they reside. The American people are innately good. Let's then call up the Superheroes within and get that innate goodness back into the representative government that WE introduced to the world!
Today, go to GETMONEYOUT.com and sign the petition for the Constitutional Amendment to ban money and special interest from politics. Put on your cape and take a stand for ALL, All Americans, and All the people of the world...
Duffy
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