Divided we are conquered

We have not been conquered by an external force but by an internal force, namely “The Funders”.  Laws are made more for the benefit of the donors from large corporations than for the benefit of the people.

From one of my Outlook attic messages:

“Like a fever, revolutions come in waves. And if this is a revolution, then it broke first on November 4, 2008, with the election of Barack Obama, second, on February 19, 2009, with the explosion of anger by Rick Santelli, giving birth to the Tea Party, and third, on September 10, 2011 with the #Occupy movements that are now spreading across the United States.

“The souls in these movements must now decide whether this third peak will have any meaningful effect -- whether it will unite a radically divided America, and bring about real change, or whether it will be boxed up by a polarized media, labeled in predictable ways, and sent off to the dust bins of cultural history.”

This is the opening to “A Letter to the #Occup(iers): The Principal of Non-Contradiction”, Lawrence Lessig, Huffington Post, 2011-10-13.

Lessig calls on people to stop opposing each other and look for common ground, laws to benefit people rather than laws to benefit corporations.

Quote of the day: History and Religion

"I tell you, lad, that men will believe if one says, 'The Gods say…'  They will believe if one says, 'I had a vision…'  They will believe if one says, 'It was told me on a tablet of hidden gold…'  But if one says, 'History teaches,' then they will not believe."

"The True Game: King's Blood Four", Sheri S. Tepper

And men do not believe what their historical heroes say if it does not fit their own notions.  The Revolutionary General, George Washington, warned of "overbearing military" but men want the biggest military in the world.  Adam Smith wrote of the importance of labor but men want to only believe about his "invisible hand".  Abraham Lincoln spoke of "government of the people, by the people, for the people" but men only want to believe in "government of the corporations, by the corporations, for the corporations".