Any society, large or small, that accepts the glorification and acceptance of ignorance and stupidity, will end shortly thereafter.
As an eleven year old entering sixth grade I was greeted with a first period class where I studied pre-algebra. One of my classmates was twelve. She had a nine-month old child at the age of twelve. I believe the father was fifteen. Why do I tell you this? Well as I live in a part of the country that is overrun with ignorance and stupidity, I have come to feel like the average that I have come accustomed to, the average male and female that I think of in my head, is the underdog in the population. Not because of average intelligence or whatnot, but because the average and smarter generally repopulate less than the lower end of the bracket. This is a huge problem for everyone because most of us are average and live in the same world as everyone else.
Note: There are always exceptions to the rule. I know many people who are educated, ambitious, intelligent, moral, etc. and have a few kids themselves. Don’t take offense.
The way it used to work (as I’m told in my nifty science book) is that the strong survive. The very intelligent and physically weak die because they couldn’t handle the physical. The physically strong and ignorant or stupid couldn’t survive. So what you ended up with, were the average. The mentally above par, as well as physically above par, flourished.
As anyone in a modern society can see, nobody today (especially America) dies because they’re not in great physical shape. Honestly the country is pathetic as far as its diet and health is concerned. If we were still on a system of natural selection, we wouldn’t have a population of three hundred million. On that same note, nobody dies because they are of lower intelligence. You will see people working minimum wage jobs until they’re dead. They’re not rocket scientists but they survive just fine.
You’re probably thinking, well hell, he’s now going to say lets kill the stupid and weak. Wrong. It would be a tremendous loss to kill our brilliant people who are physically weak. Think of Stephen W. Hawking and what he has brought to our classrooms and minds without the ability to move without his wheelchair. Well what is the solution? Enable cultures that promote intelligence, education, arts, freedom of thought and expression. At the same time, destroy the negative, complacent, freeloading, and destructive cultures that are rotting our population’s brains.
You cannot change the rate of which people multiply. Trying to do so is very… well have you ever heard of a man by the name of Adolph Hitler?
So how do you fix the problem? Find the problem first. Here I will give you a few examples of what is wrong with the American society.
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From a rational, open minded adult mind, you can find something ridiculous in each of those ten examples. How does this affect you? Look for examples in your daily life. Look for someone being extraordinarily:
selfish - should be easy to find on the drive to the office, no? you will probably be cut off at least once on the drive there by someone who obviously thinks they are more important than you enough to jeopardize your health with their four ton suburban assault vehicle.
simple-minded - you probably know at least one person that speaks before thinking
lazy - childhood obesity has quadrupled since the 1970’s. how far will you have to look?
complacent - you can find people in very high places who lack fundamental grammar, spelling, arithmetic, and basic scientific skills. the fact that they are where they are without caring enough about themselves to become educated and cultured shows the painful reality of complacency. “when will I ever have to use algebra in real life?” … I’m sure no one has ever heard that one before. how many are guilty of saying it?
illogical or naive - when people hear something like a politician saying America’s foreign policy contributed to the recruiting of terrorists for the 9/11 attacks, they can tend to think, what? how could you blame America for what terrorists have done. the problem in this is not the immediate blame pushed onto the politician. the problem is that the thought process wasn’t correct. the thought process should be, who attacked us on 9/11? what were we told about their motives? what did they tell us about their motives? is there any validity to their complaints? did our own country really do what they claim? I’m not saying that you should agree with the politician automatically, or even agree after you research the facts. what I’m saying is, there is a problem with the thought process when you blindly accept the information shown to you by the media, a friend, a family member, or anyone. if you’re so incredibly naive to think that people don’t have their own agendas and want to influence you for their own gain, you have a lot to learn. this is especially painful when it comes to politics and the numbers game.
if the average person is naive or illogical, the person they vote into office is not ideal. if the average person is logical and self-thinking, there is a greater chance of a true improvement and progression in their government.
It is getting late. You can tell by the quick typing and lack of capitalization in the last few paragraphs. I will sum it up.
Lately I have felt that the country I live in has passed the point of no return. I have always been preached to that this is the greatest country in the world. If that were the case, the world would be in terrible shape. Americans live under a government that was put into office after numerous questionable elections. It went to war illegally. It is borrowing money from foreign countries to pay for the war at the cost of the modern rate of inflation and blood of their own citizens. Health care is a for profit game that costs us our brothers/sisters/mothers/fathers/sons/daughters/friends so an insurance company can make a buck. Complacency has been woven into the fabric of society to the point where most people don’t care about the other guy. They don’t care about their fellow citizens. They are more worried about making their own buck while dodging bullets on the way to the top. We have become a nation who accepts corruption in our government, ignorance in our children, complacency in our homes/businesses/churches, and political correctness running our lives. The system is broken. We all know it is.
Our health care system is broken. More expensive than ever.
The dollar is broken. Worth less in comparison to foreign currency in a century.
The American family is broken. Do I even have to remind you?
The voting process is broken. Please watch the documentary Hacking Democracy for a look into modern American voting.
The borders are broken. Once utilized as a tool to increase the population, now used for achieving labor at pennies what it should cost.
The President is broken. Example one and two.
Our children are broken. Obesity is at a horrendous level. School shootings are all to common. More and more they are growing up in families that are split in so many creative ways.
The people are broken. This is so evident in the daily life of the average American.
Our culture is broken!!!
We need to change ourselves. We need to change our thought process. We need to rid ourselves of complacency. We need to rid ourselves of ignorance. We need to rid ourselves of greed. We need to focus on the greater good of all of us.
We need to change each other. We need to remove destructive elements of our culture. We need to remove mindless acceptance. We need to remove selfishness. We need to remove laziness.
We need to change our country. We need to give a voice to everyone. We need to engage in intelligent discussion and debate. We need to negative the ability to be censored by people or companies or media outlets. We need to treat other countries like we would like them to treat us (not invade, bomb, and attack for the sake of natural resources). We need to fight for what is important. We need to do more than stand up, we need to fight. We need people who are willing to fight to get the truth in front of the republic.
The choice is clear. I’m not going to promote a political candidate. I’m not going to tell you what to do. I’m not going to hold your hand. It is time to put your big boy/girl shoes on and create what it is you want to have. If you can only sleep at night knowing tomorrow you have to deal with what was created today, what choice do you have?
When you wake up tomorrow. Open your eyes and your mind. Pay attention to the people around you and how they treat you and others. Pay attention to yourself and how you make the world around you better or worse. Pay attention to your government and realize the media has their own agenda.
Ignoring the problems of the present only increase the depth of the quicksand.
Good night.
