“Land of the Free,” You Say?

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “End the War on Drugs,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"This year's winner in prison population (prisoners in millions): USA - 2.0, China - 1.5, Russia - 0.8. The United States has less than 5% of the world's population, but nearly 25% of the world's prisoners. Let's meet the champions: (Three Strikes, and other mandatory sentencing laws, not higher crime rates, are responsible for the 800% increase in federal prison populations since 1970.) (Louisiana, has the highest incarceration rate with 1619 per 100k residents, more than 2x the national average. Nearly 2/3 of their prisoners are non-violent offenders. This is largely due to the laws voted into effect by voters.) (Private prisons, are the for-profit prisons that hold over 10% of all federal prisoners. The problem: they spend millions each year lobbying for stricter sentencing laws to increase their profits.) Share better. Share this. Upworthy."

“This year’s winner in prison population (prisoners in millions): USA – 2.0, China – 1.5, Russia – 0.8. The United States has less than 5% of the world’s population, but nearly 25% of the world’s prisoners. Let’s meet the champions: (Three Strikes, and other mandatory sentencing laws, not higher crime rates, are responsible for the 800% increase in federal prison populations since 1970.) (Louisiana, has the highest incarceration rate with 1619 per 100k residents, more than 2x the national average. Nearly 2/3 of their prisoners are non-violent offenders. This is largely due to the laws voted into effect by voters.) (Private prisons, are the for-profit prisons that hold over 10% of all federal prisoners. The problem: they spend millions each year lobbying for stricter sentencing laws to increase their profits.) Share better. Share this. Upworthy.”

My Commentary: “Land of the Free”?

Exposing the Religion of Statism

The following debate originally took place upon my Facebook wall, after I posted artwork artwork being shared to the page, “Truth Beckons” by a fan…

Rayn:

"Church: do as we say or you will go to hell. State: do as we say or you will go to jail. Any institution that seeks your compliance through intimidation obviously doesn't have any actual authority or there would be no need for such coercive means."

“Church: do as we say or you will go to hell. State: do as we say or you will go to jail. Any institution that seeks your compliance through intimidation obviously doesn’t have any actual authority or there would be no need for such coercive means.”

Adam G.: Frankly, as little as a fan as I am of either, I think the issue is more complex than simply this.

Katherine C.: Well, isn’t “church” the same thing? It’s mostly just the ancient world’s form of trying to maintain order…and somehow the damn thing just stuck!

Rayn: I believe you’re right, Adam! The artist should have found a way to incorporate at least A FEW of the Church and State’s mass graves into the work!

Katherine, thank you for asking such an important question! The Church and State shown above are, indeed, both hierarchical, pyramid schemes, functioning as control grids, institutionalizing the math of tyranny! My position can best be summed up, here:

All throughout history, humanity has fought to retain natural-borne liberty in the face of systemic oppression. And, our worst enemy has always taken the same form: CENTRALIZED KNOWLEDGE, hoarded by the few, to the detriment of all. Once information is bottle-necked within a given system, and governed from top to bottom, on a “need-to-know” basis using “trickle-down” methods, ignorance prevails, and exploitation is only inevitable! FREEDOM cannot live within a compartmentalized, hierarchal, hive-minded SCIENTIFIC DICTATORSHIP. As human-beings, we must RESIST this unnatural, abominable DRONE-MINDED INSECTOID-SYSTEM before it completely desolates humanity ONCE AGAIN! PLEASE LIVE UP TO YOUR FREE-WILL! Embrace INDIVIDUAL SOVEREIGNTY and REJECT this HOUSE OF BONDAGE!

All throughout history, humanity has fought to retain natural-borne liberty in the face of systemic oppression. And, our worst enemy has always taken the same form: CENTRALIZED KNOWLEDGE, hoarded by the few, to the detriment of all. Once information is bottle-necked within a given system, and governed from top to bottom, on a “need-to-know” basis using “trickle-down” methods, ignorance prevails, and exploitation is only inevitable! FREEDOM cannot live within a compartmentalized, hierarchal, hive-minded SCIENTIFIC DICTATORSHIP. As human-beings, we must RESIST this unnatural, abominable DRONE-MINDED INSECTOID-SYSTEM before it completely desolates humanity ONCE AGAIN! PLEASE LIVE UP TO YOUR FREE-WILL! Embrace INDIVIDUAL SOVEREIGNTY and REJECT this HOUSE OF BONDAGE!

The “War on Drugs” is Too Profitable for Too Many to Simply Come to an End Without a Lengthy Battle

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Voluntaryism,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"Q: Is it time to end the War on Drugs? No. (police, bigger budgets $), No. (banks, laundry $), Ditto. (drug cartels, profits $)

“Q: Is it time to end the War on Drugs? No. (police, bigger budgets $), No. (banks, laundry $), Ditto. (drug cartels, profits $)

My Commentary: The Prison-Industrial-Complex, and the American “Justice” System also say, “NO”!

George Bush: Professional Liar and War-Criminal, Extraordinaire!

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Psychopaths Rule the World,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"See, in my line of work, you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in... to kind of catapult the propaganda." - George W. Bush, May 24, 2005

“See, in my line of work, you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in… to kind of catapult the propaganda.” – George W. Bush, May 24, 2005

My Commentary: Professional Liar. War-Criminal.