Yesterday I finished the book, A Gypsy in Auschwitz. It is the true story of a Sinti family that lived in Berlin in the 1920’s, 30’s, and 40’s. The protagonist speaks Sinti, German, and Russian. I share that because we continue to hold the stereotype of Gypsy’s (Roma, Romani, Sinti) as ignorant, illiterate, dirty criminals. The German Sinti worked hard and took pride in their work.
As Americans we have been fed stereotypes and lies that we rarely question. The sin of America is that we don’t think critically about what we are spoon fed. We simply accept what we are told, become true believers of the lie and wreak havoc after the fact. This active ignorance will be our downfall. Ignorance and sloth have historically proven to be the downfall of many people’s as they fall sleep and let the greedy power hungry people take the reins.
We wonder why we feel hopeless or powerless? History repeating itself and not just ancient history. Live long enough and history will repeat itself two or three times within your life span.
Pay your taxes or else. (And we will do our best to hide where your money goes).
Justice Matters. (Bullshit)
Why don’t the pope and the Dalai Lama and great leaders go to Gaza and STAND IN THE STREET and yell out, Enough is Enough!? (Well you just can’t do that. It is best to make speeches from afar right after lunch.)
Why doesn’t some country blow the fuck out of the Rafah gate holding back the trucks and drive them all into Gaza? People are dying by the ten’s of thousands. (Oh we can’t do that because Israel would be angry and you’d have to go through a process of permissions or maybe the IDF would shot back.)
I could go on and on. So could you. We are fed bullshit. The masses are fed bullshit and just like Sheeples we go along for the ride.
One night in Auschwitz the Sinti became aware that the Gestapo was coming with trucks. Their intent was to pack the Sinti into the trucks, gas or shoot them all, and burn their bodies that night. The Sinti knew this because nights prior this had happened to other groups in the camp. So the Sinti gathered as many weapons as they could and determined they would attack the Gestapo and not be sheep.
The Gestapo arrived … and I will leave it to you to find out what happened. But I will say this, when we get distraught enough we have SIX options. Six behaviors. One behavior is Submission which is the behavior most prisoners fell into due to the terrible conditions, lack of food and the psychology of breaking down relationships. The other five are attend, befriend, posture, fight or flight.
We have become a country of submission. We submit to the clowns like Gates, Boerbert and Greene. We listen and believe the information we are told regarding Israel and Gaza…information derived to us by sycophants.
We don’t DO ANYTHING because we have been made to believe we are sheeples. Helpless sheeples that should just go about our business. That ‘things have always been done this way.” or Justice Matters and Justice Will Prevail. Im not even from Missouri but someone please SHOW ME that those statements are real. Please.
We need to not just wake up but look around and make a move. Or the rich, greedy and lifelong politicians will. At our expense.
Truly, who we are and what we have become: "As Americans we have been fed stereotypes and lies that we rarely question. The sin of America is that we don’t think critically about what we are spoon fed. We simply accept what we are told, become true believers of the lie and wreak havoc after the fact. This active ignorance will be our downfall. Ignorance and sloth have historically proven to be the downfall of many people’s as they fall sleep and let the greedy power hungry people take the reins."
Americans love to talk tough and strut about like John Wayne, but when it come down to it, Americans really are a timid herd of sheeple.