NB
Commentary: American Exceptionalism is a hodgepodge of deluded definitions of
what it means to be exceptional. In reality, there is no real value in this
exceptionalism except that it is highly overrated and seriously undermines any
reality that one might wish their brain to travel through.
The
Media hype about how great America is, which probably should be stated the USA,
is the burning flame of this delusion. It tends to give folks the idea of being
better than the rest of the world and that in and of itself gives them the
right to impose their "betterness" on the less fortunate creatures
who don't have a clue about how to run their lives without the help/ better
known as intervention from the USA.
This
bandage over the eyes of the citizens of the USA has them sullied in the eyes
of those who meet the brunt of the swift hard kick that comes from American
Boots on the ground. How great is great and what does it mean? I could add a
few more to this list of ways that America ain't so great, but suffice it to
say, that without mentioning the pervasive inequality between the haves and the
have-nots, the USA does a serious disservice to its credibility when trumping
around telling others to run their governments and live their lives as
Americans do.
Unfortunately,
there are enough other folks out there, who risk their life and limb to come
here, as they too, have swallowed the hype that America is better than any
other "free" country in the world. They soon find out that that is
not the case, quite the contrary. They see that they too will be stepping over
the homeless, subjected to bigotry, inequality, low wages and disruption in
family life as they attempt to assimilate and get their Lion share of the
American pie.
This
dichotomy can only create a nation filled of delusional, paranoid,
socio-pathic, psychopaths swimming a a pool of cognitive dissonance. So Yeah,
What does the 4th of July mean? Ask Fredrick Douglas.
Happy
4th Of July: Here Are 10 Ways America Is Number 1 — That Are No Reason For
Celebration
JULY 4,
2016
By Matt Agorist
As
Americans don their red white and blue sequence bar-b-que aprons and raise
their flags, ironically made in China, in an effort to “celebrate their
freedom,” we should be asking ourselves this 4th of July, what freedoms do
Americans really have?
We are
under constant surveillance, our every move under a microscope by government
goons, “protecting us” from “terrorists.”
We are
under the constant threat of violence from the State for possessing a
plant, or having a tail light out, or simply walking down the street.
Americans
are constantly paranoid of those blue and red lights popping up in the rearview
mirror that most always end in extortion and could very well end with a visit
to the hospital, being locked in a cage, or worse.
In the Land of the Free, police killed more people in just
one month of this year than the United
Kingdom has in the entire 20th century.
In the Land of the Free, we are told to “fear the
terrorists” but US police kill 58 times more
people than all terrorist activity against US civilians since 9-11!
State-sanctioned deprivation of rights, liberty, and life, is
that what we call “Freedom” these days? The exact opposite of what the founders
meant when they signed the Declaration of Independence.
Sadly,
when people do begin to question this paradigm of violence against the citizens
and the usurping of freedom, blame is quickly associated and directed toward
whichever corporate puppet is in charge, then they just go back to sleep —
resolute in the notion that they can vote
those bastards out and it will all be fixed.
Boobus Americanus then slips back
into la la land, cheering on the police state as if they are fans on a football
stadium sideline. “My team is winning! USA! USA! USA!”
But your
team is not winning, Boobus!
Just for
a moment, can we stop chanting that “USA is number one”?
Can we
remove the patriotic blinders for a moment and take a look at the categories in
which we are actually number one?
Because it’s certainly not freedom.
Because it’s certainly not freedom.
According to the 2014
Legatum Prosperity Index released in
November, in the measure of personal freedom, the United States has fallen from
9th place in 2010 to 21st worldwide—behind such countries as Canada, the United
Kingdom, Germany, Uruguay and Costa Rica.
Other such rankings systems show
the US as low as 46. Yet somehow, Americans still
believe their leaders when they say that terrorists “hate our freedom,” as if
the ‘terrorists’ took down the first 45 freest countries and are just now
getting to us!
No, we
are most assuredly not number one in freedom.
But, we
are however number 1 in,
Prison Population:
The job of law enforcement in America today is enforcing
every arbitrary edict in the land to maximize profits for just a few private
prison companies who are paid with stolen money (taxes). Because order
followers don’t question any of their orders, it has lead to 65
million Americans (about 22% of the population) having criminal records.
Obesity:
Child abuse death rate:
The United States has the highest child
abuse death rate in the world. Many of these
deaths happen in State-approved foster homes after children are ripped from
their parents’ arms because their parent took part in some arbitrary victimless
crime, like
smoking marijuana.
Hours
spent in front of the television:
Nobody watches more television per week (28
hours) than Americans do. Americans are far
better at keeping up with the Kardashians than
they are about putting an end to government corruption.
Teen Pregnancy Rate:
The US leads the world, by a wide margin in
teen pregnancies. This is in spite of public
schools offering vaginal implants for birth control to 11-year-old girls without their parents’ permission.
Prescription Drug Use:
Americans are not even close to being in the top
10 healthiest countries in the world, despite
consuming far
more prescription drugs than the rest of the world.
Citizens Killed by Police:
In Canada, the total
number of citizens killed by law enforcement
officers in the year 2015, was 23; 52 times less than the U.S.
If we look at the United Kingdom, police
killed 3 people in 2015, one person in 2014, and 0 in 2013. English police reportedly fired guns a total of three
times in all of 2013, with zero reported fatalities.
From
2010 through 2015, there were eight fatal police shootings in England, which
has a population of about 52 million. By contrast, Albuquerque, N.M., with a
population 1 percent the size of England’s, is approaching 40 fatal police
shootings in that same time period.
China, whose population is 4 and 1/2 times the size of the
United States, recorded
4 killings by law enforcement officers
in 2015. Police in America killed 302 times more people
than China!
Debt:
The United States has accumulated the biggest
mountain of government
debt in the history of the world.
As for the citizens, there is more credit
card debt in America than anywhere else in
the world. There is more mortgage
debt in America than anywhere else in the
world. And, there is more student loan debt in America than anywhere else in the world.
Crime:
According to
nationmaster.com, the United States has the most
total reported crimes in the world, by a long shot.
Arbitrary, immoral and downright evil laws:
How ironic is it that the Land of the Free has the
most laws on the entire planet?
Attorney Harvey Silverglate argues that the average
American commits three
felonies a daywithout even knowing it. Although
it has been estimated that there are over 3000
types of federal criminal offenses, no one knows
the exact number for sure.
At any given time, a police officer could walk up to you and find you in violation of some arbitrary law. It is a mathematical certainty.
At any given time, a police officer could walk up to you and find you in violation of some arbitrary law. It is a mathematical certainty.
So, next
time your chest begins to fill with patriotic puff, stop for a second and
realize that Americans are number one, but in such a bad way.
In the
meantime, however, we still have the freedom in this country to inform
ourselves and others. Only through a lesser ignorance will these horrid
tyrannical traits subside.
Humanity
is involved in a struggle, as we have always been, but there are much more of
us now. Inciting peaceful change has never been more important. However, so
many well-meaning individuals go about inciting this change with blunt force.
This has to change.
If you
truly want to make the world a more peaceful place, you have to become a more
peaceful person. Petty infighting, personal attacks, vitriol, and hate are the
tools of tyrants and also of those who only claim to be awake.
Peace is true professionalism.
Next time you’re cringing in a public setting, listening to
Joe Six Pack spout off NFL stats like an ESPN commentator, wait for an
opportune time and plant
a seed.
Hey Joe, speaking of the Kansas City Chiefs, what do you think
of wide receiver, Dwayne Bowe and his arrest for having weed? Do you think its
cool that he was deprived of his freedom for having a plant? How can we
legitimately call this country the land of the free when that can happen to
someone?
Be the
change that you want to see in this world.
Matt Agorist is the co-founder of TheFreeThoughtProject.com, where this article first
appeared. He is an honorably discharged veteran
of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This
prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government
corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent
journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks
around the world. .
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