Posted on 05/04/2023 4:52:58 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Two trend lines extend into the future. One tracks government's increased oppression, surveillance, and social control. The other tracks people's rising spiritual faith, desire for personal freedom, and determination that government should leave them alone. This is our reality. It also exposes the chink in totalitarianism's armor. The greater the government's coercion, the more convinced a growing share of the population becomes that illegitimate government must go.
The same tug of war has played out time and again. With the luxury of hindsight, there is a clear trigger point when governing authorities cross a line into such unacceptable tyranny that their eventual fall becomes certain. The only question then is how much time is permitted before the reigning power's inevitable end. The Roman Empire squeezed out five hundred years following the demise of the Republic. The Soviet Union's communist state lasted only seventy. Ever since the term "color revolution" entered into the general lexicon, volatile regime change has become more common by the week.
In many instances, outside governments play agent provocateur to sow geopolitical unrest. In other instances, domestic populations foment internal rebellion. Whether as chess pieces being used by foreign powers or chess pieces that have decided to chuck the game rules out the window and take down their own king, the people once regarded as mere "pawns" comprehend that novel tools for mass communication have changed everything. Intelligence services regularly engage in mass manipulation because they fear uncontrolled thinking.
Information is the key. Ideas are more powerful than bombs or bullets. At this point, that truth should be obvious. In the United States, the president in name only and his political colleagues still deliver speeches praising freedom of speech, while the national security surveillance State actively works with tech titans and corporate news stenographers to censor dissenting
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And the people who value freedom are labeled as, and treated like terrorists.
Reminds me of the quote:
"More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly."
― Woody Allen
Regards,
Now there’s a happy thought.
While criminals run wild in the streets, boarders are wide open, easier for illegal drugs to cross the boarder and out technocratic government puts the screws to the citizens. Great, just great.
Then there’s the people of DPRK — North Korea.
No change, no respite from utter totalitarianism.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.
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