Quote Originally Posted by grandpamoses
grandpamoses here:
I've believed in a similar theory for years. I've smoked pot for over 37 years and it's helped me to obtain a state of calm and to look at things from a different perspective. It's made me think deeper thoughts than ever before, and when you think about it, what's the biggest threat to governments; people who think for themselves! It's easier to lead people when you keep them in a state of confusion and uncertainty. My belief is that it's ok to learn from books, but if you don't learn from life you'll never know if the stuff you read in those books is true or not. Keep your eyes open. It was put here for a reason, discover why for yourself.
well yeah...free thinkers arent conformists and government loves conformity. without conformists there would be no one to fight wars. from kindegarten on your taught to fit in, thats not appropriate, you should be more like him/her, and as we grow older its keep up with the joneses, your homes should all look similiar, be a patriot, blame mexicans for everything (im wondering when we will start occupying mexico as they do have oil and a very close neighbor), republicans are Americans and nobody else is, on and on and on. i have never voted and a lot of people find that unAmerican however i simply reply "when there is someone worthy of my vote they will get it, otherwise its a waste of my time." the usual reply is "well then you cant complain about whats happening." my reply "yes i can because its the same idiots doing nothing every time, again show me someone worthy." it usually falls on brainwashed ears. still, people ask me "are you a dem or republican?" i reply "im an American." they usually have some dumbfounded look on their face. really, have we forgotten who we are as a people? we can be patriotic however we should also have the fortitude to correct what is wrong and simply voting is not enough when decades of political inbreeding has corrupted the system that we hold so dear. our justice system is now a profit based entity as is our politcal system and a lot of people consider this acceptable as conformists so as not to be condemned as a traitor or anti-American. as a world its the same no matter your borders this is why we have war. i grow weary of all the greed and idiocy that surrounds our globe yet in the end we must hold true to ourselves and educate properly, our youth.