Thanks DO help a lot and I appreciate them!! THANK YOU!!! You mentioned Dr. King, and last night on Tavis Smiley I was reminded that the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March for Civil Rights on Washington D.C. is coming up soon... hard to believe that I was there way back then, and yet for some unknown miracle, still here!!
On Jun 1, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Glenn moyer wrote: > > > Thanks Rick. I think the people, who take great risks with unpopular > positions required by their principles, are driven by something far stronger > than any possible recognition or thanks. The great heroes, Bradley Manning > and Julian Assange, risked their lives to awaken people in the attempt to > save the future! > > > I think the banality of evil, which Hannah Arendt analyzed in the rise of > German fascism, is the true crisis we face. Individual healing and > connection to the sacred, or continued enslavement through addictions; in all > neighborhoods within the body politic of the military empire, will determine > the survival of humanity or extinction. > > > Our shared principles as Americans and humans have collapsed due to a > pandemic of addictions. It's not simply the insatiable greed of our > pharaohs, nor the tactics and manipulation of corporate media destroying > hope, but the normalization of what the healthy human mind would immediately > understand as evil. When I risked my happiness in this neighborhood, I was > terrified at how far "normal" had sunk in neighborhoods and the direction > American society would inevitably take as a result. Part of me wanted to > move to South America long ago, but I simply couldn't shut up and be a good > boy. > > > As we sprint toward extinction, the shame is that "human nature" is not the > cause, as the neoliberal dictators insist. Desire and attachment is the root > of all human suffering. I was lucky to discover the truth of the dharma at a > young age, which allows me to see our consumer culture and human possibility > differently than those in "denial." (Denial, as a function of addiction) > > > The mass addictions in consumer culture, which have been popularized and > normalized, allow the exploitation of both greed and fear among the masses. > Unless the masses can overcome their denial of the suffering inherent in > grotesque materialism, they cannot take that "first step" toward recovery. > So you see, protesting around single issues, while remaining addicted, is the > game of the powerful 1%, and will certainly lead to human misery as well as > extinction. (The severely addicted consumer cannot understand the importance > and sacredness of justice and equality.) > > > The sad part is that humans can thrive and survive, when they set themselves > free from the demands and laws of materialism and worship of neoliberal > capitalism! True happiness and true contentment is never found in slavery to > materialism, electronic hallucinations, addictions, etc. True joy comes with > freedom from desire and connections to all other life. As humans, the > physical location that allows that interconnection is the public commons. > Whether it is at the natural activities open to all in a public park, public > universities and schools, public libraries, etc., it is in the public commons > that real community develops and real joy is possible. (Happiness through > materialism is a dangerous delusion for the individual and when it becomes > the only shared value in society, dooms humanity.) As the public common was > being destroyed, I became radicalized and could no longer play along with the > fake "civility" that was really a demand for obsequiousness to power. > > A series of private fortresses on private property leads to isolation, > addiction, suffering, and perpetual wars. > > > > As the ancient Greeks understood with the concept of leisure, and Freud with > the super-ego, the ability to reach the higher levels of human possibilities > can only come when the basic animal needs are met. Pharaohnic or neoliberal > capitalism seeks to enslave the 99% by making their animal needs (e.g. food, > water, health, education, shelter, etc.) constantly under threat. And to > control the middle classes, they exploit the addictions and insist upon > coveting the luxuries of the plutocrats and oligarchs, as the only route to > happiness. What a complete and terrible lie!!!! > > I think many folks have come to understand that hope for America and the > planet requires a massive uprising or revolution, and I believe that is not > possible against the power of the police state unless the "revolution of > values" (MLKing) occurs. And a revolution of values depends upon freeing the > masses of people from the chains of addictions and materialism. Overcoming > denial is the 1st step. > > I better stop now, because folks have generally lost the ability to > concentrate on anything more than 140 characters. > > > Always a pleasure, and keep speaking truth to power; > Glenn > PS: Coincidentally, I just got back from Charleston and a pilgrimage to the > recognized house of Denmark Vesey. > PS 2: I'm not on PFSNI since I left Penn, but feel free to share my > responses with them. But please don't share with the censored list, > UCneighbors. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Conrad > Sent: May 30, 2013 3:12 PM > To: Glenn moyer , [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: [UC] Re: [UC] Re: [UC] Fwd: Nestlé draining watershed > >> Thank YOU Glenn, > >> If political is r/t power then Monsanto unfairly using our governments, >> courts, and armed powers to control planetary food (or as seems to be the >> case too often, to indeed jeopardize our food and our health) is nearly as >> much political power as you can get. Then add Nestles and others controlling >> water... Thank you Glenn Moyer, Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, and others >> who protest! > > On May 30, 2013, at 9:57 AM, Glenn moyer wrote: > >> Rick, >> >> Thanks for courageously speaking up as a citizen! Underlying all the >> problems destroying humanity and the planet is the training we Americans >> have silently accepted. >> >> Doing one's duty as a citizen is relentlessly attacked and marginalized. We >> are trained to talk publicly about our favorite brands and sports stars, but >> never to speak about democratic processes, scientific method, or truth. >> It's cool to attack truth tellers and real journalism, but totally uncool to >> speak of anything labeled "political." Truth tellers are stinky whiners and >> sex perverts like Bradley Manning, Glenn Moyer, and Julian Assange, whom >> should be executed. >> >> And then, people wonder why the corporate noose continues tightening and new >> wars begin. They think George Bush caused the vast and ongoing war crimes >> instead of looking in the mirror at their sealed lips and cravenness! >> >> On this list, neighbors were relentlessly attacked as "processaholics" >> during the gentrification, until UCneighbors and censorship put the final >> chill on citizenship and free speech locally. Most of our neighbors are >> terrified to speak up about anything important, and there are many serious >> real problems we face!!! >> >> >> The Bolivian revolution finally occurred because of corporate ownership of >> water. Common people were forced to pay half their income or lose access to >> drinking water. >> >> Thanks and keep speaking out. There are still some fellow citizens among the >> sea of happy consumers! >> >> Glenn, a citizen > >
