I live in the United States, aside from living in a few third world countries for months, I've lived here my entire life. I've lived in Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, New Jersey, New York.. I've seen every single US state either driving through it or staying there visiting someone.
I can say without a doubt that most Americans lack something called "personal responsibility" (including me at one time). We like to blame other people for our lack of vision and insight into the deeper meanings of our existence here.
Let's explore personal responsibility shall we?
Personal responsibility in this world is rare, most people do not have it, nor do they want it. The result of this lack of acceptance is systems designed and put in place to take away your rights and freedoms; since you're not using them anyway why do you need them? You are then left to either complain about what has been put in place or become a personally responsible human, responsible for all of your thoughts and actions and your impact here everywhere you go. If you believe this is impossible then you have either not tried it due to laziness or you have tried and given up. Being totally personally responsible is not easy, nothing of any importance is. It takes determination, will power, strength and a calm assertion to achieve it. It can and will take years to perfect because it involves completely reorganizing your life and thoughts. Who you associate with, what items you put around you, where you live, what you eat, what you buy/consume and most importantly how you treat others. Realization of these facts alone can cause distress, thoughts of hopelessness, anger, fear, delusion and resistance. These things can nearly always be expected at first. Most tend not to get past these barriers because they are too weak to assert themselves. It is not impossible to accomplish, but it will most certainly not be easy for anyone.
Taking all of this into account, we can see in any given help forum a number of users that will ultimately choose no self responsibility and demonstrate this repeatedly in their refusal to follow sound advice, constant argument and resistance to logic even when the facts and evidence are clearly laid out before them by multiple people. Likewise, many people will have stopped reading this after the first sentence and see it as a "lecture" on how they should be or something being "forced" on them. In reality, no one can force another person to do or think anything they do not choose to do. Even at gunpoint you must choose to comply with the demands laid before you or deny them without fear of death, simply saying "I didn't have a choice" is not a valid excuse.
I'd love for all of this to be some fantasy in the world.. but the FACTS are unmistakable the "thinking fearless" among us. I like to analyze, examine and consider every opinion, fact and detail I can find. I am not afraid to question my world and most importantly I am not afraid to question myself for errors and think that I maybe wrong or have the wrong idea.. now ask yourself, can you say the same?
i wish everyone in this thread peace in their lives, well being in their families and happiness in this world. without each other we are all lost.
-opsec
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