Our
Trash
Speaking in general, the people of this world can be categorized in
four types: “Upper Class”, “Middle Class”, “Poor”, and “Trash”. It is the “Trash
Class” which I wish to discuss here. Not only does it permeate the other
classes “across the board”, it is a chronic detriment to us all and a threat to
our world—yours and mine.
Just what is the “Trash Class”? Whom does it include? What are its
fruits? Not unlike the first mentioned classes, at first glance those belonging
to the “Trash Class” are invisible. They are seen only through their characteristics;
they are recognized by their beliefs—their behaviour.
First and I believe their worst characteristic, they believe only in
themselves to the exclusion of others. Greed, avarice, and selfishness are their
primary features; thinking only of themselves and their superiority to others, they
believe in survival of the fittest and may the devil take the hindmost—to hell
with the losers, lacking any appreciation for the many opportunities and
advantages with which they were born, failing to recognize that, contrary to
what we are told, all men are not created equal. To the contrary,they are equal
only in the eyes of God. That’s not an opinion. It’s reality. We are all born
with different strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.
Second, they are devoid of personal values, i.e. love, caring, forgiveness,
and sharing. Rather, they lie, cheat, steal, and deceive—the smile on their
faces, their hidden motives and daggers notwithstanding.
Third, they exhibit a lack of conscience. They seem to have little
or no sense of guilt.
I could continue, but why. One either understands by now or one
doesn’t. If I may say, God forbid that one reads this and “looks across the
aisle to point to others” as “the guilty. Now is the time for every one of us
to search ourselves within and without and clean off our own doorsteps before
that of others. In some quarters that is referred to as being “born again”. Then,
we need to put our priorities in order and, through our vote—only through our
vote, “clean house”, ridding ourselves of this “Trash”.
We may disagree on some things; but let there be no doubt in your
mind about this: This nation, our nation, The United States of America, cannot
and will not survive in today’s world as a free and prosperous people, i.e. a
roof over our head, food on the table, warm and secure, free to breath, speak, worship,
and come and go as we please, if we fail to remain united as a people with
values and love and respect for our neighbor “evvvveeerryyyyywhere we turn”, —black,
white, brown, yellow, purple, green, etc. (We are already on a downhill track).
We will, instead, succumb to the dictatorial rule of others only to become a
blot in the history of time like other great empires of the past and our people
serfs.
Let there be no doubt about another fact. Our loyalties and
allegiances must first be to Almighty God, Family, and Country, in that order, before
any political party. Without a doubt, when you think about political issues, it
is not the party, the politician, or the issue on the table that are really at
hand (these are the “seen”). The real issues and motives are very often those
that are “unseen”, those around the corner, down the road, over the hill, or some
Sunday after some Tuesday, etc.—the reasons that compel you to study, learn, contemplate,
and “Think”.
I hope you understand. Political parties promote group loyalty and
thinking, providing a “cop-out” for in-depth thinking of the individual. As
such, they are primary tools of mind control, people manipulation and crowd
control in any given society, the worst aspect of which is that party objectives
frequently change, leaving its members voting for one objective, thinking they
are voting for another. An example of this is the familiar saying “My
grandfather was a Republican, my father was a Republican, by gum and by golly I’m
going to be a Republican”. As we all know, the party of Reagan was not the same
as the party of George W. Bush, the party of whom was certainly not the party
of Trump. Neither is the Democratic party of today the same as the Democratic
party of Franklin Roosevelt. What I am trying to say is that, if we want our
country to remain a Democratic Republic, we must look beyond party politics,
study, think, and learn. We can no longer look wholly to political parties and
elected representatives most of whom, after they are elected to office, do not
represent us anyway. Rather, they represent the lobbyists who represent those
who really are in control, i.e. pull the strings that really decide the
direction of our nation (The best example which presently comes to my mind is
the NRA, to name just one). Do not forget! With freedom goes responsibility.
There is nothing Free. Somebody always pays the bill. Either in the beginning
or in the end, that somebody is you. Lose sight of that and you lose your
democracy.
There is another important fact here. As a people and a nation, we
have many very serious problems. You know this. You also know that we cannot
begin to really solve them until we rid ourselves of the “Trash” that permeates
our minds and our people—that about which I write here. I suggest to you that
which you see on so many bumper stickers, “Let’s Take Back Our Country”; but, I
also submit that we will never succeed unless we assume our personal
responsibility as citizens and, to the best of our ability, admit and discard
our prejudices, keep ourselves informed, and participate in the process of
government. One hundred percent of us should vote and vote with knowledge.
Think about it.
Respectfully,
Ronald Miller
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