tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post6651912093135983256..comments2024-03-29T04:05:35.407-07:00Comments on We Live In A Political World: #226 / I Believe In MiraclesGary A. Pattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-20191727994985577102014-08-13T21:13:11.956-07:002014-08-13T21:13:11.956-07:00If "we" (the citizens of the United Stat...If "we" (the citizens of the United States) create freedom, it is not a miracle, it is action by individuals united in a cause.<br /><br />Unfortunately, in the human built world, action by principled individuals united in a cause is overwhelmed by economic action by billionaires and their corporations, united in the interest of keeping their consumers ignorant, apathetic and ineffective. The task assigned to the groundlings is to reproduce unthinkingly, accept meaningless low-paying jobs, spend most of their money on unneeded products, go deeply into debt, and accept a corporate oligarchy posing as a democratic representative republic.<br /><br />Cynical? No matter how cynical you are, you can never keep up.Michael A. Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980105313542633114noreply@blogger.com