Divided We Fall...

P. , yes the original structure. All MEN were created equal and yet Jefferson owned slaves. I guess the slaves did not consist of men. As women did not have the vote, they were also not equal. Then there were those pesky Indians who were not considered human. We started in a divided system that has become increasingly divided with time. We have not been to the point where UNITED WE STAND, because we are divided on so many levels.

E., the system is fucked up and I will say so in plain English. Engaging here in dialogue may or may not open people to see the two evils and perchance think to remove what is and start again. The Declaration of Independence clearly states so. My notes are in brackets.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men (This should read humans.) are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator (This does NOT say god as NOT ALL people believe in the same god and NOT ALL people, myself included, believe in god.) with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty (If we have true liberty, business owners who choose to have smoking within THEIR establishment, should be allowed. The government should not dictate such. It is also none of the government's business what a woman does with HER body in regard to abortion. Where is the liberty for gay people to marry? Religion is at the base of two of these issues and it SHOULDN'T be. Somewhere along the line, "their Creator" turned into GOD and it is in politics, law, and currency.) and the pursuit of Happiness (In this case happiness means property and should be noted as such as it is misleading. Property does not equate to happiness.).--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men (humans), deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed (There is much we do not consent to, however, since when do the people count? The corporations count; you don't. Money talks.), --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it (It should be abolished.), and to institute new Government (Yes!), laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness (Again, this should not come down to property.). Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable (The masses are more disposed to suffer.), than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed (People are happy in their misery.). But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism (It is coming in case you can't see it.), it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. (Indeed!) ~ Arachne ~ September 8, 2012 in the PM