Most Americans today are living on the edge of their own fiscal cliff, but this is a normal condition for billions of people around the world. It may be the times or the world economy but, so many reports from around the world state that the entire world seems on the edge of a cliff. Spain, Greece, Portugal are sliding over the edge, as their people hold on to the roots of their culture and families to survive the harsh austerity imposed on them. We see these problems in the U.S however, our media barely reports on the needs of Americans. Over 3 million homeless, 50 million dependent on food stamps, millions still in foreclosure. Even those with savings are receiving virtually nothing on their savings accounts. The desperation of so many people is almost impossible to comprehend, yet their resilience is keeping them alive.
As the winter weather settles in, the cost of fuel to keep warm is escalating as it always does in the winter. The great indifference of so many in our government and governments around the world is a crime against humanity. These government officials who receive big salaries and premium health benefits all paid for by the taxes of the people are ignoring those who elected them because it is an unpunishable crime and they create the laws that immune them from prosecution. Indifference to the suffering of others by those in power is a form of negligent homicide if anyone dies because of their indifference. Hundreds of thousands of people are dying from wars and famines caused by their own governments. It is an illusion of false security that keeps us all in some state of dependence on the same people responsible for our suffering. Dependence on those who cause the problems in society is exactly why our societies are failing. Domestic violence is rising, homelessness is rampant, serious health conditions are rising due to the nutritionless food we eat approved by the FDA and marketed to us by mega corporations as “tasty and good for us”. Deadly diseases are caused by vaccinations and harmful and contaminated foods, and cures are marketed as prescription drugs with deadly or severe side effects. The entire world system is designed for maximum population reduction and maximum profits for corporations. Eugenics advocates like Bill Gates have invested billions of their own money on methods to reduce human population and create global genocide.
I am amazed at the remarkable kindness and generosity of so many people helping friends and family members and giving to those in dire need. At the same time so many other people display obsessive selfishness, and cruelty. What possesses an individual to delight in being cruel and heartless? They may be wealthy or poor, income levels do not prevent cruelty or indifference to others. We see people fighting each other in stores over a flat screen televison or Iphone or some other consumer item. People are warned not to talk on their Iphones in public areas in American cities because of the recent rash of muggings of Iphone owners. All status symbols are in jeopardy of being stolen. Copper piping is being ripped out of homes and office buildings by thieves for the few cents per pound they can recieve for the metal. It is easy to understand why bank robberies, car thefts and burglaries are rising to unprecidented levels. What is hard to believe is how calm and seemingly indifferent the American society is to these crimes and the reasons for them. The worst crimes are corporate crimes. We see corporate CEOs stealing pension funds for their own bonuses, bankrupting companies by borrowing excessive loans against company assets with the intentions of destroying the company and laying off their workers. They steal their pensions and economically destroy entire communities.
These ruthless criminals are never punished, they are financially rewarded.
We are on the edge of disaster because we are ignoring all the signs of our own obsessions and indifference to others and what is happening around us. We burrow our heads in the wasteland of televison and video games, Facebook and Twitter, pop music, junk food, drugs and alcohol. The mind altering methods of the news and entertainment media have driven our madness into a psychosis. We believe their illusions of insatiable consumerism and corporate and governmental benevolence, while they steal from us and war against us. Our days are filled with anxiety and stresses caused by this system of world dominance by corporations and their croney governments. The world is on the edge of dramatic change, weither it is a good change or a bad change will depend upon the awakening of oppressed people around the world uniting together in a single force to strike down all that oppresses us and establish a world of individual freedom and true justice. A world where we can all live without fear or poverty or indifference to the suffering of others.
L.A. Steel
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