Our Proud Badge of Political Apathy is a Joke on Us

Special thanks to a special person who inspired these observations, thanks for visiting the "Front Porch" and I hope the thoughts may be of use to you as well!!

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When a way of thinking is paying us back with undesirable results, Ayn Rand has the RX: "Check your premises." There are a lot of "us" who have spent most of our lives wearing our disdain of "politics" like some kind of badge of honor. The joke's on us...

Fact is, our eschewing concern about the ruling class plays directly into the bad guys' hands If we're apathetic, we're not vigilant. Our self-protection is our responsibility and cannot be delegated. By 'self-protection' I do mean vigilance. You wouldn't turn over your guns to some phony claiming he's your 'protector'---you're too street smart for that. Well think of our brain as a mighty 16" gun turret. They have rotated the beast, turning it on ourselves. We have ceded our brain' to the people we rightfully distrust, loathe, and would love to strangle. And they're 'protecting' us right into poverty and slavery. Who let's them do it? We do. We who bought the BS that someone else is better equipped, better intended, to protect our life, liberty and property than we are. The same "us" that felt safe turning our kids' education over to the public schools. How's that been working for us?

Being "Right" is a growing process. Cementing ourselves in old beliefs and perceptions ends in humiliation and regret. There's no magic day when we can stop doing our own due diligence.

"WHO is right?" Wrong question, although it tells us what we need to do to rearrange our thinking. The correct question is, "WHAT is right?" It's a question that should not be evaded by a simplistic choice of deciding who to believe. Doesn't work long term, never will. The work, responsibility, and rewards or pain, are all ours.

There's no 'easy' path out of the woods. No one to carry us on their shoulders. We're going to have to choose between slashing our way through the thickets individually, or we can just lie down and quit. Regardless of which, we control the outcome. Kind of like Eddie in the storm at the end of The Christmas Sweater, no?