This morning someone posted this picture:
I usually try to scroll by, maybe click a quick like and then move on to avoid being sucked into the dangerous world of the interwebs. But this morning, perhaps because I had less sleep then normal, I not only shared it but I added a comment:
How did Rome drag out the fall and milk the population dry? by distracting them at the coliseum. As in pro sports, movies, reality tv... get the picture yet?
This is something I have been saying for a few years now as I see America descending down the path of Rome and every other great civilization. This post is not about the reason for the decline. I don't want to talk about which political view is right or wrong, or what group is "ruining" America.
What I want to focus on is what both sides are doing to keep us distracted to allow themselves to get away with the destruction they are causing. From the founding Fathers, to visiting dignitaries, to recent presidents we have been warmed over and over that American can never be beaten from without, but only from within can our strength and resolve be destroyed. How does that happen, when we have been warned so many times? Because we are not looking.
Just as Rome built a giant stadium and found ever greater means of entertaining and distracting the people with it, we to are being deceived. We are not yet fighting battles to the death, or pitting slave gladiators against all manner of beast, but we are bombarded with an endless supply of distractions.
Professional sports. How the war will rage on the facebooks about this team is better then that team. Or this athlete is the greatest ever. Does it matter? Will a regular season win, or even a championship change one thing in your life? Hardly. But we battle on, doing nothing really except devoting our time and energy.
Reality TV. How many ladies can that dude get to make out with him before he eliminates them one by one? How hard can those trainers work those poor people without killing them? Maybe if instead we pursued real reality relationships with the people around us, perhaps even our familes we would not feel so empty. Maybe if we got up and just moved ourselves we would have the energy to face the work day and then spend time doing things we like instead of just crashing for the evening.
Movies. What are they telling us. What influences and messages do they give our families and children that we may not even notice. What are they costing us, and how lavishly those in the movies are treated,but at what value to the rest of society. I guess the answer is simple: "Are you Not Entertained".
We are entertained, distracted, uninterested in the decay all around us. Corruption exists on all sides. And they are getting fat off us. Like all parasites, they know they are kiling the host but they hope they can keep us distracted long enough for themselves to step away and live comfortable while we try and pick up the pieces.
I challenge you to look around. What is right in the world, and what is going wrong? What can you do about it if you took the time and made it a priority to make changes for the better? We can recover, we can Transform into a strong nation that does the right thing for its citizens and is a positive influence for the world. But not if we keep returning to the coliseum to watch the show, and ignore what is happening around us.
Truth and Transformation!
David
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