Basically, he claimed to have been part of a massive, coordinated “mind-bomb” that destroyed America from within. He claimed to have basically corrupted the media, destroy American schools, and set along a path of moral corruption of our society.
They were interesting videos – but I don’t believe them for a moment. I mean – who is that guy? Yuri? Ex-KGB? Talk about delusions of grandeur…
Is there corruption in the government? Yes.
Is there corruption of the media? Yes.
Does the government control much of what we see in the media? Yes. (And if you think otherwise, just look at their policy toward media and military caskets – or look closely at the Pat Tillman case).
Do major corporations have way too much power in America? Yes.
Are the school systems a corrupt system designed to indoctrinate a population? More or less – yes.
Yet it’s not Yuri’s fault, Osama Bin Laden’s fault, or anyone else’s fault. It’s ours. And when I say “ours” I mean me. And you. And your friends, and everyone you know.
See – in this country, we have lots of problems. Deep, horrible, secret problems that we like to blame on everyone else.
Back in the day the President seemed to blame everything on gay marriage. “Gay marriage is causing the corruption of society!,” many leaders seemed to say.
Then gay bashing got old, and we moved on to something else.
Right now the great evil of the nation is illegal immigration. But let’s not forget that when they say “illegal immigration” they are really talking about any immigrants that don’t look like white folk.
The other day on the radio, as an ode to Father’s Day tomorrow, all the problems of society were blamed on fatherless families.
When there are no “hot topics” involved, it’s a lot of fun to blame liberals, right-wingers, secular progressives, pro-life, pro-choice, religion, Janet Jackson’s breasts, or any of a dozen other things I can list right here.
So what’s my point? My point is that we (and that I mean me too), should stop blaming others in general terms. We’re not screwed up as a nation because of Yuri and his beer buddies. We’re screwed up as a nation because of apathy – because we’re always blaming others. “If only the democrats had control of the House and Senate! Then things will be different!”
Remember that? I cheered that morning, when the Democrats won, pumping my fist in the air, cheering for “my side” like it was a football game.
What has it done? What the hell have the Democrats done since?
This squirrel is not the root of America's problems...
It makes me realize, just like Howard Zinn believes, politicians in power don’t change things.
We do.
Remember the civil rights movements? What was the government and the so-called “leaders” of this country doing to improve the rights of the minority population of America? NOTHING. They, in fact, opposed doing anything at all – until millions of people were marching and rioting in the streets.
Finally they said, “Shit – some guy just set himself on fire on our front lawn – this sucks!”
So don’t get stuck in the blame game. Don’t tell people we’re a screwed up nation because that guy down the street with the “pro-life” sign in his yard is corrupting America. Don’t blame him, and don’t even blame George Bush.
Look in the mirror. Evaluate your belief system. Talk to people about a positive vision of the future.
And sooner or later, when more and more people see that there IS hope in this world, and that the politicians and corporations are actually very, very afraid of us, then maybe one day we can rattle some cages and make some real changes in this world.
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