Forever Lost

What’s gone is forever lost. I hear so many people say they want things to go back to the way they were. However, I am sorry to tell you that once it has passed it will not return. The old America you yearn for is no more, because we have allowed it to. The ideas that made this country come into being has faded. The idea that the people are their own rightful masters has been stripped away. But why? Why has is always been that those with wealth can never just be content in their wealth and let others just be? While I am sure everyone has their own theories and opinions, all I can say is that it is a trait as old as human cognition. For some reason the gathering of wealth and power, brings the idea that it is up to that individual to reign over and correct others. The idea that wealth brings better ideas and knowledge and therefore to correct human nature – as brash and bold as it is – this education and rule must be forced on the individual people. Without sycophants praising and worshiping the wealth – in hopes to gain favor or even recompense – they would not be remembered, or be worth anything. What is happening now at the hands of wealthy elite has always happened. They want to control those who just want to be. That’s what they live on, the desire to rule and control others. They have always created institutions by which to manifest that control over others. From the idea of Kingdoms, Empires, Nations, Religions, Philosophies, Educations, Corporations, and a myriad of others.

You were taught to accept what each of these told you as truth, because it was supposed to be about bettering the whole – the tribe, village, clan, congregation, kingdom, empire, nation, globe. So we don’t ever question, because we have been trained not to. The very things we have held dear for so long, must never ever be questioned. Yet, I wonder though: If humanity is left unchecked, fully free range, ungoverned what might we do? Natives who lived in nations before the idea of forced governing, themselves formed a governing councils. Chiefs were elected, and elders were consulted. Western Civilization hadn’t pushed their ideas of governing on them. The Aztecs, and Mayans built empires without outside Western influence. The idea of the wisest amongst a group of humans has always been selected to lead, with wealth and power lavished onto that individual. Yet, many times that wealth and power corrupts the individual as they become used to the idea of being pampered at the expense of others. When threatened to lose that pampering for the sake of new leadership, that leader starts to try to maintain that power at the expense of his fellow human being.

Is it ever really possible for us to just let each other alone? I fear not, for our envy tends to always take over our senses and we feel the need to conquer others to gather comfort for ourselves at the expense of others. Those who feel they are very intelligent believe they have what it takes to better the existence of others and therefore have the duty to force others to comply with their ideas. The idea of the Original united States was a good one. States uniting together for a common purpose of self governance, with strict limitations on a central – federal – governing body. The power was to reside in the individuals States so that the people of each state would have a say as to what would or would not occur. But as with every idea of individual sovereignty, it was crushed by those who had money and power. Those with the money, always control the governments. Kings, Emperors, Presidents, Prime Ministers – titles of empty power. For the ones whom control the money, control the seats or power. Now Corporations have helped those with the wealth consolidate power to manipulate the masses who believe their voices have weight. You are more controlled than you know. We the People of the world have so chosen to not act while our individual sovereignty has been usurped, our halls of elected representatives to act on our best interests and behalves has been striped away. Because we just wanted to be left alone, our rights as individuals has been taken by those who believe it is their inherent right to rule over us. Our inaction has led us to this place of long term coercion, genocides, poisons, cruelty. The training of our inaction has not just been a recent complacency. It has been long term, for longer than you know. We were trained to not fight against the Kings, Councils, Priests, Villages. Their power was the one we should always listen to and never question. We are forced to pay them recompense for doing whatever their desires were at our expense. But it has always taken a great unparalleled train of abuses before those who are ruled to finally be fed up with it and take action.

However those whom are truly in power are hidden and not seen. They use those who are seen as a source for the transgressions, so that those who are seen can receive the backlash. Kings, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Priests can take the fall, but those who have the power carry on their plans. How do you remove their power? You don’t. We can remove money, and we can try to remove power. But selfish greed will still exist and can be used in other ways. But it does not mean that we should never fight. You cannot ever hope to diminish their power influence by doing nothing. Yet, in doing something we will still not regain what’s been lost and will have to build new. If you do anything, your comfort will be gone and you will have to struggle to survive. It is the nature of our species. We are not long governed before we must tear it down and start anew.