In the past I have watched A Little Princess with my daughter and my granddaughters. It was such a good movie. It opened the door to a thought process which took me around the world, as it was in 1914.
The world…darkest Africa, exotic India, far away Persia; just these names conjure up scenes in our mind of unexplored jungles and strange land unseen by Western eyes; stalls of merchants hawking rare spices and carpets, the culture of India, with elephants used for transport, taking armies from one spot to another. Just the imagery is breathtaking, if you can get your imagination to cooperate. Each continent and every country within were unique. They were not ‘polluted’ by a blanket of outside influence.
Up until the latter half of the 20th century there has been the unexplored, the unexplained, the untouched. Then: enter MAN and lightening fast ‘progress’. But is it really progress? Man has lived in the relatively same idea of existence up until the industrial revolution. Then…bam! Progress happened so quickly, one invention at a time, from railroads to the telegraph and telephone, radio, mechanization, ground breaking ‘vaccines’ and penicillin, television, air travel, outer space exploration, the launch of satellites into orbit..and the list goes on.
This progress includes the internet, which is either the best or the worst thing that has happened to the world. Gone are the little discoveries of a special place you found on your honeymoon or that one of a kind store full of rare books. It is now expensive, crowded and ruined thanks to the big mouth of the internet.
I still have a passport full of stamps from the individual countries in Europe. France, Switzerland, Austria, West Germany etc. I remember when you had to get francs, marks, lire or pesos at banks before you could buy anything after crossing a border. And nobody took credit cards. NOBODY. No, it wasn’t the 1800’s, it was the late 80’s. The EU has stolen the individuality of each member nation. NATO is fostering “sameness” as well.
The UN, WHO, WEF and all the other nefarious pTB desire that all the world be the same and people are falling for it. Today’s travelers want to land in Namibia and eat at McDonald’s. There is no more adventure. The unknown of trying new foods and experiencing a totally different culture is gone. It is near impossible because the individuality of nations is being stolen and replaced by one world. How absolutely dull! How predictably sedentary to always have the answer to any question at our fingertips. We say “I wonder….” and promptly pick up our phones to find out the answer to our “wonder”. Gone are the days of going to the library or tackling questions with a set of World Book encyclopedias. Buh bye.
You can go almost anywhere on the African continent and easily find a Kentucky Fried Chicken. I kid you not. KFC.
America finds itself lacking a cultural identity and you are hard pressed to find any ennobling enrichment in America-2023 . The statues have been torn down and the cities gutted. Metropolitan areas are something to be avoided, due to the rampant crime and homelessness. Once beautiful cities like Seattle now resemble Beirut. I don’t blame Jeff Bezos for moving to Miami. The American city used to be a center of enrichment, with museums, concert halls and parks. No more. The politicians are busy stripping Americans of their rights while telling us to look at Ukraine. We need to be looking for the rot in our own backyards. Gladys Small can’t afford to buy a home because they are so un-affordable. Interest rates are climbing and the American dream is disappearing.
Our complacency is going to be the end of us if we let this go on. Just because we believe we are in the ‘right’ doesn’t mean that we won’t be in the ‘wrong’ tomorrow. Being right is fluid…just look at the jabbed vs. the unjabbed. Who is crying now? But, my faith in humanity is a tattered rag. It is practically non-existent and teeters on the edge of my next disappointment from my fellow humans. It is just a matter of time.
America needs to find the common ground and stop being pushed around by a bunch of elites who think our bodies and our land are theirs for the taking. This land is your land and this land is my land. Do you honestly think TpTB are going to stop? I really think it will get worse, this curtailment. We are forgetting the freedom we once took for granted and our children and grandchildren will never know…unless. Unless we step up to the plate and make the changes now, because if not us, who? If not now, when? Little victories in the battles can make all the difference in the war.
Very well said. I like your last line too!
Except for Bozos moving to Miami. He helped create the hell hole that is now Seattle. He helped push young people to liberal socialism which is really communism….he isn’t innocent of anything that has happened with his very large platform. Should he be allowed to vacate the hell hole he helped create with placating to the baristas demanding $20 an hour to serve coffee? Well, ya. I guess. It’s still America and we should be free to relocate wherever and whenever. But if I’m being honest, deep down in my bad thoughts hideaway….I think any person who helped create the hell holes should not be allowed to leave, but instead live in the consequences of their stupidity. All of them should have to live where they shit. I bet our cities would look better real quick.