10 GROUNDCOVER NEWS THINK ABOUT IT Fear is a survival mechanism for a reason Do you ever get the feeling that something is off? That what is taking place before you, indeed the world you live in, has an artificial presence you can't put your finger on? And you begin to wonder if you're being screwed with. No, you're not going crazy, and you’re not alone in the suspicions of seemingly scripted events for the purpose of manipulation. I have days when I wonder if I've been psychologically toyed with to an extent. I might as well start taking the whole Matrix simulation theory seriously. Now, I'm not the type who is adamant in his somewhat paranoid belief that we are the unwilling subjects kept firmly in check by a corrupt system that will stop at nothing to acquire and maintain power in order to ensure agendas that not only lack benefits for the common man, but completely dominate him and demand his subservience. To break our will so thoroughly nobody would dare question, much less challenge, our assigned place in the world. No, I'm not exactly a hardcore enthusiast of conspiracy theories of ill-intentioned government plotting a tyrannical New World Order establishing a slave/servant class composed of lower and impoverished classes and other undesirables. I want to be clear that I hold no rock solid belief or conviction in that kind of paranoia. Unfortunately, however, though I don't anticipate such a bleak outcome for humanity, I cannot with certainty discard the possibility that the system we grant custody of our rights and freedoms would harbor nefarious intentions for the world's less fortunate. Now there are a lot of variables and factors that would make the transition into such a despicable system of governance somewhat rocky at best. And despite the embarrassingly large number of people who wouldn't be bothered by such a display of hypocrisy (at least where America is concerned) there will be people who are. I really don't think these people would embrace the total omission of their already uncertain chances of a better life. It would be a scenario that runs a very good chance of igniting a civil war. And ironically it would essentially be over the same line of ethics that the last American Civil War was fought over – human rights and America's official stance on slavery. I can see where the wealthy just love and eat such a practice up. I also see how pathetically selfish and immature such an ideology would seem in today's world. Perfect for spoiled brats who want to have JAMES MANNING Groundcover vendor No. 16 their way while operating with the absence of any accountability. That's entirely possible and probable by simply dehumanizing the lower social classes and undesirables. I can definitely see how a certain degree or legal word play would be employed to justify reverting back to the practice of outright slavery. Sure, it will be called or labeled as something different. But at the end of the day it will be outright slavery. I truly wish it was paranoia and my own mind coming unhinged that was the reason behind me making these observations, that they are baseless, unrealistic and delusional. But these fears are and have been confirmed by the simple fact that these practices occur all around us. There's no shortage of programs and organizations that take advantage of people in unfortunate situations and have no moral dilemmas taking these people and using their desperation to entrap and exploit them. And if that isn't proof enough you can always look at the market of human trafficking. That doesn't really need any explanation to tell you what the hell this is all about. You have to wonder why our country has such a vague stance on it. We're supposedly against it but I fail to see any serious effort to do anything about it. Other than the occasional raid on — excuse the expression — whorehouses here and there, like something that just happens to fall in the lap of law enforcement, a matter of convenience. But nothing ever huge, no real campaign to eradicate it. So it's back to that standard American mindset of indifference that enables the continued existence of such a thing. Can we really say with certainty that we're not being psychologically conditioned to adopt the kind of mindset that will opt to look the other way to the benefit of sociopaths that profit from these atrocities? A mindset of “better them than me.” I'm sure it's a great comfort to these victims that we're doing all we can to pretend they don't exist. The thought that we are intentionally manipulated to turn our backs on — and if need be, to destroy — each other is a fear that troubles my thoughts every day. A constant nagging suspicion that we are all being herded down a path of ruin. As negative as all that sounds I still have to reflect on certain facts that are in contrast to such a sense of defeatism. For myself, the first and most important one being that nothing is over and lost yet. Second, that anything is possible and it's not a certainty we’ll all be serving cruel overlords in the coming years. Also the fact that we're talking about the oppression of a society in which the vast majority holds a firm ideal in the concept of freedom. And like myself, there are people willing to fight like hell for it. Especially when those ideals are being attacked. So if any B.S. is pulled there is no way it's going to go on unchallenged. But really, I wanted to write this article to address my own fears in one way, and to serve as a warning in another. Because God, does it bug me when I see the levels of outright vanity and hypocrisy on display. And it makes me think of how it is exactly what’s expected of a plan that doesn't hold the best intentions for everyone. Acknowledgment to a fear that we should fight for what we cherish while we still can. OCTOBER 4, 2024 exp. 01/31/2025
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