Jon Rappoport August 8 2013
“Either you think—or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night (1934)
Remember the old saying, the map is not the territory? The map is especially not the territory when its directions and locations are symbols that refer to false paths.
In that case, using the map takes you to the wrong place. It keeps you moving toward an imitation of the destination. And when you arrive, you may think you’ve found the treasure, but you’ve actually discovered a trap.
And you’re in it. You can believe, even while in the trap, that you’ve found the gold. Because you did the right thing. You followed the symbols. You agreed to their meanings. But you ended up with an illusion of wealth.
Worse, you buy the illusion and now believe that what you originally sought was just a fantasy
In this democracy, freedom is a symbol that refers to a specific set of permissions the government grants to individuals.
And even then, the actual list of permissions is shrinking—which means the government is arbitrarily redefining what was originally granted.
Freedom is situated in the hands of those who rule from Washington.
Arguing about how much freedom the government should allow is like arguing about the degree to which you are a property owned by government. 43%? 78%?
It’s also like calling you a time-share. Should government decide it can spend two weeks a year in your mind and body? A month? Eleven months?
The symbol of freedom, for those who love big government, is malleable, depending on the latest official (vague) description of “greatest good for the greatest number,” which automatically trumps all individual rights.
“Hi. I’m a time-share named Joe. Today, I found out that the federal government can move in to my body & mind 24 days a month. That’s a new decision. I fully support it, because government is calculating greatest good for the greatest number.”