Mass Hypocrisy
Lately I’ve been amazed about the sheer amount of people, even in my direct social environment, who seem to have completely lost track of what’s going on these days. It seems the mass hysteria has done it’s job well. Since my birthday in 2001, the day the WTC and the Pentagon were attacked, the western world sacrificed everything it held dearly and plunged itself in a bloody war for vengeance. This war wasn’t only fought on the battlefield abroad, it was also present in our living rooms. Constant pro-western propaganda flooded the news channels every day. People have been brainwashed into patriotic maniacs who will do anything to defend their freedom.
There’s nothing wrong with defending your freedom. But what if this freedom you’re fighting for is actually a strict regime? Just think about it. What does freedom mean in our modern world? Are you free to say whatever you want to say? Are you free to educate people, are you able to choose your favorite religion? Can you go anywhere you want to? Are your personal secrets confidential? Can you start a political movement? People have been giving up their freedom they say to defend. So to defend your freedom, you just give it up? Let me illustrate this for a moment.
The islamic states that have been granted the status “evil” have no freedom at all and we should liberate these people, right? Ok, so what do we have to offer instead? They have a violent way of dealing with their enemies, they kill people using suicide bombers and other terrorist activities. We invade their country, kill hundreds of thousands innocent people, completely disable their infrastructure and economy and carpet bomb their asses with depleted uranium to be sure their children will still feel the wrath of our vengeance just to take out a few thousand fanatic people loyal to a guy we didn’t get the first time we destroyed their country.
The “evil” states forcefully subject their people to islamic laws. That’s a bad thing, right? We do exactly the same. We’ve got christian laws to abide. It’s only allowed to have one wife or husband. You aren’t allowed to have an abortion at all times. You aren’t allowed to end your own life. You aren’t allowed to publically humiliate fictional characters used in christian religion. We’ve even got “God zij met ons” (God is with us) and “In God we trust” printed on our currency.
Islamic dictatorial states don’t have an unbiased educational system. Children don’t get to learn the entire truth about their past. Again, it’s the same in the western world. Here in the Netherlands kids don’t learn about the slaughter the Dutch christian soldiers did in the middle east during the crusades. Children don’t learn about the eradication of entire cultures in the Dutch Indies during what we call “the golden age”. Children don’t learn about the prosecution and torture of catholics in Holland. Due to international pressure our role in slavery has been introduced in our history classes, or else we would have still denied it.
Oh, and a few more things. We uphold justice. But justice doesn’t count anymore when you’re a terrorist. The same can be said about human rights or the Geneve treaty. We defend laws we only abide when we see fit. Can’t you people see we are fighting to defend and spread or hypocrisy instead of freedom and democracy?
Why even fight abroad when we can’t even use our own countries as bright shining examples of how great the western world is? Why would these “evil” people give in when the only alternative they see is an unlawful, corrupt and hypocrite society? The thing we need right now is a revolution. A revolution with the same goal as what we have in the middle east. Let us first cleanse our own countries before we tell others how to behave.
Good point, but we actually learned about the things you mentioned in history class. At least in my history class that is.
We both shared the same history teachers, and I’m sure we didn’t learn about these subjects. During the crusades only the Spanish and British crusaders were mentioned. History class about the Dutch Indies were merely positive and the “beeldenstorm” event wasn’t even nearly covered in detail.
Not true, I actually had a different profile ( do you call it that way ? ) than you on high school.
So I had more history classes than you. The “beeldenstorm” actually was covered in detail.
We’ve used exactly the same books, our class just skipped some stuff. Anyway, the point isn’t based upon personal experiences alone. It also covers research by several human rights organisations which concluded that the western educational system still has some coverups going on. It was even covered by the NOS (I guess) not that long ago. I’d never make biased accusations just like that.
Reality is an illusion, freedom is a joke. History is being rewritten by those who are in control, the people with power.
Many people don’t know any better, they beleive what they’re told, they beleive in that ‘illusion of reality’, and ignore anyone who doesn’t because that’s easier for them. Easier to live in the illusion they live in a free world.
A revolution? Yeah, that’s what this world needs, but how? As long as the mass people beleive in the illusion of reality and won’t see what’s past the end of their noses, as long as the people with power continue to spread their lies, who can support the relolution.
This is really cool… Sometimes I can’t help but show you my glad basin I have a nice joke for you) Did you hear about the flasher who was thinking of retiring? He decided to stick it out for one more year!