The Fourth of July and the worship of violence
Posted in Freedom's Flame by R Lee Wrights on March 16th, 2010 by Tessa Rose
Why — when people almost universally say that they think aggressive violence is wrong — and people almost universally say that they believe it’s better to believe truth rather than falsity — why, when you suggest that human beings could have a society that is not based on violence (via “government” coercion), why do the ones who like you run away with their ears covered, and the ones who don’t like you revile you and call you a terrorist?
This year, contrary to my usual habit, I actually went to my hometown flagpole ceremony on the 4th of July. Some local person always gives a little speech, and I really haven’t wanted to go since the year the speaker implied that people who disagree with the government about taxes are probably going to hell. As expected, I found the whole aura of the celebration revolting and disturbing. Revolting because all those people were openly worshiping violence — and disturbing because many of these people I grew up with and loved, and still love.
People reserve their highest praise for trained killers who obey the orders of politicians. All euphemisms and rhetoric aside, that is what soldiers are. There are other ways to “serve one’s country,” of course, but the very best, and bravest, and most honorable way is to kill people that politicians order you to kill. These people are “fighting for our freedom” as they empower the greedy, bloodthirsty gang that enslaves us all.
If you dare to suggest that our freedom would be better served by getting rid of the greedy, bloodthirsty gang that sends our brave young sons to their deaths to increase its own power and wealth, they look at you as though you just shot Jesus in the head. Which I guess, in a way, you did.
The people of my hometown generally claim to be Christian; but I believe that the true religion of most of them is state-worship with some Christian decoration on top. I believe their Christian god is subservient to their government god. Let’s assume for just a moment that religion really is about love, compassion, and people living together in peace and harmony. Why then — when you suggest that consistent condemnation of physical aggression would serve those ends better than glorification of it — why are people so determined to avoid hearing you?
People seem absolutely desperate to identify themselves with what they perceive to be the greatest power. For those who believe in him, God is the greatest power in the universe. But the government is the greatest power here on earth. People don’t want to admit that they’re siding with the strongest gang because it’s a lot safer to be part of it than to pit yourself against it. I suppose it’s hard to admire and respect yourself if you see it that way. But if you can convince yourself that the gang is good and that you really believe in what it’s doing, then your loyalty to it is righteous and honorable, rather than cowardly and self-serving.
Larken and I have received a lot of disapproval for taking a stand against a very powerful gang called the U.S. government. In this disapproval, there is a strong current of “you got hurt, therefore you were wrong.” It would seem that in this moral system, financial self-interest and personal comfort are the ideals to strive for, and any goals that threaten these ideals are bad and wrong. Never mind that two million people are in prison while we picnic happily with our families and friends in our beautiful little community. Never mind that people are suffering and dying and living in desperate poverty all over the world due to war and other coercive government “solutions.”
People live their lives as if “might makes right.” But don’t they really know, deep down, that truth is independent of power, and that aggression is evil? Why do they refuse to give up this addiction to power?
Perhaps the answer is in our biology. We all come into the world tiny and helpless. The first being to impinge on our emerging consciousness is a seemingly omnipotent, omnibenevolent mother. Perhaps it is imprinted on us so early in our lives that power and goodness are one, that most of us will never be able to reason our way out of this emotional box. Perhaps it was imprinted in our genes before we were even born, and it’s part of our animal nature to bond with the strongest leader we can find.
But it’s clear that some part of the human psyche is not satisfied with this. For hundreds of years, people have schizophrenically wrung their hands over the atrocities of war while glorifying the governments that make them happen. Maybe a better kind of society is struggling to come into being.
Tessa Rose is the wife of tax heretic/anarchist writer Larken Rose, with whom many of you are familiar. Find out more about Tessa at http://tessa-rose.blogspot.com/.
fod for thought said,
March 16, 2010 @ 5:57 pm
Anytime you have something good (creation of our Constitutional Republic), bad people try to either destroy it or twist it to their own ends (have do so by taking key positions in our government (both Democrats and Republicans). If they can’t do it with a frontal assault, then they try and do it secretly. Good people have always been lead into wars and deaths they don’t want or deserve by devious people like these. History is full of such cases. Have you ever researched the freemasons? How about Skull and Bones since your last President and his daddy were members and they started and escalated the Iraq/Afghan disasters?
Maybe you should check out this information from Catholictreasures.com information below for a little education about history you don’t get on the mainstream news (I am not a Catholic, but this information is enlightening.)”
BEHIND THE LODGE DOOR
[Large Cover] Church, State and Freemasonry in America. Paul A. Fisher. The Devil is the Father of Lies and lying is the way of those who do the work of the Devil. This book traces the secret activities of Freemasonry in America and uncovers the lie that Masonry is a harmless fraternal organization of men who spend their time doing innocent things such as holding parades, dinners and circuses, or conducting business deals during card games. Instead, we find these men doing the work of the Devil by conducting an unrelenting warfare against Christ and His Church. Their hatred of the Catholic Church in America is exposed in detail with the decisions of Supreme Court Judges, Presidents, Congressmen and Senators who were Masons. This book makes clear that the furor over Supreme Court appointments is, in reality, a battle for the soul of the American people. This is one of the best books for the average man-in-the-street that we have ever seen on this subject. Learn how God became banned in American schools. How the threat of Catholic influence terrifies Masons. See how they act in Catholic countries and during times of conflict, such as at the Civil War and World War I. Names names. Learn the history of America from another viewpoint - through the actions of famous American leaders who were also anti-Catholic. Tremendous detailed research with hundreds of footnotes. Contains information that will be shocking to most readers! A most valuable exposure! 361pp. PB. ITEM #10050 $21.00
There are also books about these type of people you should check out like:
“Secret and Suppressed’ by Jim Keith, “America’s Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones” by Anthony Sutton, “None Dare Call I Conspiracy” by Gary Allen, “Call It Conspiracy” by Larry Abraham, “Masters of Deceit” by J Edgar Hoover, “Behold a Pale Horse” by William Cooper, etc.
Also check out websites like http://www.infowars.com, http://www.hourofthetime.com, http://www.gcnlive.com, http://www.rbnlive.com, http://www.americansovereign.com, http://www.sweetliberty.org, http://www.federalobserver.com, http://www.theinternationalforecaster.com, etc. These will lead you to more websites and even more information about the real world NOT COVERED ON THE NIGHTLY NEWS. — Come out of her (MATRIX) my people, lest you partake in her sins (the killing of innocents in far off places so they can have their ONE WORLD SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT, THE NEW WORLD ORDER, comrade Bush talked about as President.)
P.S. One of the founders of freemasonry, Albert Pike, said that the god of freemasonry is LUCIFER. Look at how many of our politicians belong to freemasonry in one form or another today! It will shock you. Our country and its Constitution hasn’t lead us astray, it is the traitors within that have taken us down the wrong path and we must turn this country around before it is too late.(By the way, most low level masons are clueless about this information as well. It is 32+ degrees and above that get the real education. I say this so you don’t attack the innocent for the crimes of their elders.)
P.S.S. By the way, deception is all around us today. Heck, even the Washington Monument is a religous symbol (see phallic symbol) to pagan religions. So much for the separation of church and state!