Our choice: apathetic decay, or the decay of apathy
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By Mike Cotugno Contributing writer for End the Lie Economic, political and social strife are ramping up at an exponential rate around the world as global production and development atrophies, promising a further proliferation of civil decay. Wars rage on as the ministry of truth propaganda machine whips up the Prozac-addicted populace into a xenophobic, jingoist frenzy to send more and more of their young men and women to fight and die for vague and specious ends. We are denied due process of law while the most vile wretches in society claim power over other men through the usurpation of the state's monopoly on law and force, over which they have profound sway and influence. Millions are losing their homes and jobs and depend on food stamps for sustenance while the already opulent and affluent pigs on Wall Street are somehow becoming more corpulent and voracious. The "revolving door," the term so nonchalantly coined by the mainstream corporate whore media for the seamless flux of professional titles from mega-bank CEO to senator, is a testament to the blasé attitude of high fructose corn syrup consuming automatons to the most blatant, brazen theft in the history of humanity. Many, if not all of the regulatory bodies have been thoroughly infiltrated and captured or had been initially created to only benefit the industries they were originally intended to regulate . A well know bank executive is on record saying while the true power brokers are screwing us royally through fraud and corruption, they are only "doing God's work;" an appropriately logical conclusion to reach as these sociopaths believe their right to plunder the whole of civilization is derived from the divine right of kings. Their rapaciousness for evermore intravenous monetary injections from the fiat kingpin at the Federal Reserve erodes the standard of living for all as we become serfs in a neo-feudal society; forever bound to reap the consequences of the elite's hedonistic indulgences, indebted by the debts of our masters. It doesn't matter though. I could go on ad nauseum about the CIA getting caught trafficking drugs and running child prostitution rings or the president giving himself the power to kill anyone indiscriminately without trial . It would not change anything or change the mind of anyone who was not already aware. This type of willful ignorance is certainly bliss, and ironically, these despots rely on that same ignorance of their crimes to further their agendas, and when they see that there are no consequences to their actions, they only become more audacious and dangerous. Apathy is the true mortal coil of my generation. But fate is bullshit. We were not destined to be in perpetual debt for our entire lives, living paycheck to paycheck. Why is it that our parents could come out of high school and be successful while we are expected to spend up to 8 years in the prime of our lives to get a piece of paper that we have to pay off for years, which still does not guarantee career security? Are we the first generation in America to accept a lower standard of living then our parents? No, first you have to realize you have been fleeced. Lied to, herded and sheered. You have to fully absorb the fact that the world is not a Disney movie and we don't get to be what we want to be and have a nice house and two cars and 2.5 kids. No, in fact, statistically speaking, it’s more likely that we will be on some type of government welfare and will have to use credit cards to finance our eating habits. The gap between the rich and the poor a generation ago was merely a crack in the sidewalk that could be easily stepped over compared to the gorge wealth discrepancies have fissured into today. Ours and our siblings' futures have been mortgaged off by tyrants to stay in office just a one more term, who in turn sell their vote to the highest bidder. Our obliviousness is what these mischievous bastards feed off of. The indifference to who shapes our futures and how they plan on executing their agendas gives psychopaths carte blanche to mold society as they wish. We have to snap out of it. We have to become enraged, aware, and vengeful. Just anything so we know we are still alive. Proclaim you will not allow some pedophiles to get together in round table discussions where they extrapolate our future in secret. Stand up for yourself and herald that you are human. Your life has value. You are not in a cog in a machine that you don't understand, you are a sentient body with free will teeming with potential. It is not my goal or even my responsibility to shake people out of their listlessness; my only ambition is to offer a choice, or rather, to show people that the choice was always there. The choice is to wake up or to stay asleep, become aware or consciously choose not to think. It is an arduous task to disseminate ideas to the masses that are contrary to the status quo without economic and political support, but it is not impossible. Ideas play a significant role in society and the power these criminals have over others is largely because of public sentiment and a complete lack of engagement. As Samuel Adams once said "it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." A political and intellectual revolution is underway; choose carefully which side are you on. 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