Saturday, September 18, 2021

Forced Segregation in Modern Times

What Is Segregation?

A legally or socially enforced separation of people into groups in daily life.

Segregation in Fiction

The story of The Hunger Games is about a dystopian society where the elite live with wealth and affluence, and all the other colonies live in isolation, constantly fighting for survival. The oppression of the people in the twelve districts is highlighted by the annual selection of two youths from each district, who compete in the Games to the death. The victor is given food for their district. The entirety of the Games is entertainment for the Capitol, where people watch and bet on the lives of the children that are being seen killing each other.

The question is how did this start? In the story, this is the 74th Games that are being held; how did this barbaric practice continue for 74 years? It started with the punishment for the rebellions of the Districts when they lost the war, and they were forced to split up into the separate Districts. The divide was enforced, and travel between Districts was forbidden, and by keeping them all separate they were controlled. The Districts had no choice but to comply, and struggle daily to survive.

The majority of the people in the Capitol don’t really know where their products and goods have come from, and don’t know the living conditions the Districts are subjected to. They comply with government orders and believe all the news reports without even knowing how to investigate the truth for themselves. Censorship is key. We, as the reader of the book or viewer of the movie, know what is going on because we see both sides, so it is easier for us to discern the lies and half-truths. In the end, we are rooting for the rebels, wanting them to win against the oppression, unfair treatment, and general evil that has become the Capitol.

Segregation Throughout History

The story of the Hunger Games is a fictional story but has its roots in real Earth history (a “what if” scenario of England winning the war against the 13 Colonies of America), and many parallels can be drawn from real world events. Learning and understanding both the fictional narrative and our own history should be used to determine the best course of action today.

Racial Segregation in the United States

The racial separation of blacks and whites in America started with the abolishing of slavery, where three new Amendments granted newly freed African Americans legal status: the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, the Fourteenth provided citizenship, and the Fifteenth guaranteed the right to vote. Despite these amendments and the civil rights acts to enforce them, the American Supreme Court handed down a series of decisions between 1873 and 1883 that virtually nullified the work of Congress, and blacks were regarded by many as second-class citizens at best.

By now everyone should have seen photos, watched video, read reports, and listened to stories of the many years of segregation of blacks in the United States. The Underground Railroad was used to help Blacks flee to Canada where they were offered freedom from racial persecution. Brave people like Rosa Parks stood up against this tyranny, and eventually necessary changes were made to allow black people to live (arguably) peaceful lives with their white neighbors.

Indigenous Segregation in Canada (and generally the Americas)

The early European settlers called it the “Indian Problem”. They wanted to push the indigenous peoples out to make room for the white settlers. This eventually led to the development of the reserve system, residential schools, Indian hospitals, and other programs designed to separate the native Indian from, well, everyone else. This paved the way for the complete eradication of social, economic, cultural, and political systems of Indigenous Peoples, while also allowing Europeans to expand their settlements across the country.

In the last couple of years, more light has been shed on the tragedy that the residential schools were, and the thousands of deaths of children that were a result of it. Sadly, there are likely thousands more to still be uncovered, and this is only one program that was established – what will we find when start to investigate the others? What horrible acts might have been committed in the Indian hospitals that we are unaware of?

Segregation of People Globally in WW1 and WW2

The separation of people during the two Great Wars did not just happen in Germany and its owned territories; it occurred globally. In Europe during WW2, German work and death camps were created, and Jewish people were forced into them simply for being Jewish. You may think that this was a military strategy only, but most of the citizens of Germany were compliant with the government rules. They relied on their citizens to report on their neighbors if they saw suspicious behaviour, like trying to save a Jewish person, or giving food or safe passage to a Jew. And the root of the problem is that the people of these countries were compliant, even when many of them knew it was wrong, but they felt they had no choice. If you want more evidence on this, watch the videos (links below) on The Wave, an actual event that took place in California in 1967, where school kids were turned into a fascist thinking group within just a matter of days. It was an experiment designed to answer the question "how could the Germans claim not to know about the killing of the Jews and how could they have let the Nazis come to power?"

But this issue of segregation was not just limited to Germany. For one example close to home, Canada and the United States separated Japanese people from regular society and placed them into internment camps. Why? Because there was a fear that Japanese people who lived here would find sympathy for their culture and families back in Japan and end up attacking from within. Was there a possibility that these fears could have been true? Yes, it is possible, but the problem is that the vast majority of Japanese people living in North America at the time had no desire for war, as they had jobs, businesses, property, and community built here that they did not want to lose. They valued everything they had built and did not want to lose that. As a result of their internment, however, most Japanese-Americans lost their livelihoods and homes, because when the war was over and they were released from the internment camps, the jobs were gone, the homes had been sold or appropriated to others, and the businesses had long since disappeared, in many cases still charging the Japanese people interest on bank loans that they had not been able to earn money for or pay since the beginning of the war.

What Does This Mean for Us Now?

There are, unfortunately, many more examples of this throughout history. Something very important to note is how each of these issues started – in most cases, it was not a sudden axe that fell. It was a slow transition, where the general populace was asked to comply with one small decision at a time. Look through the examples above and you will see this model fit each scenario.

·        Step One – tell you what to fear, usually based on either partial truths to make it sound factual.

·        Step Two – tell you who is to blame for that fear.

·        Step Three – get you to comply with the government mandated “solution” to make you safe.

·        Step Four – get you to snitch on neighbours and point out those who are not complying.

·        Step Five – single out and separate those who do not comply.

·        Step Six – the Government can now do whatever they want to those who have been separated out. Why? Because the rest of society thinks they are evil, they are to blame for everything that has happened, so whatever they get they deserve anyway. They deserve these consequences. Plus, it becomes out-of-sight, out-of-mind, because you can’t see what’s happening to those people anymore. Thank goodness, society can get back to “new” normal for those that have complied.

Sound familiar? What step do you think we are on now with our current pandemic situation? Somewhere between four and five.

If you don’t believe me, lets take just one example from above and see if it fits. The Indigenous Peoples of North America followed a similar pattern.

  1. Indian people are unclean barbarians, uncivilized, and will attack or kidnap your children!
  2. Be afraid of the disease they bring, and the strange, weird, and dangerous spiritual beliefs. They are the ones to blame for the lawlessness and danger in our new settlements.
  3. “The Indian Problem” requires us to force them away from our settlements, for your safety.
  4. They are not our friends – they need to be educated in the “right” ways of our higher society! We’ll put the adults into Reserves, and we’ll steal the children away to put into schools so that we can teach them properly and get them away from barbaric practices.
  5. Anyone harbouring natives will be punished! You are not allowed on their land, lest you become corrupted by their evil ways! All natives are now secluded on their own Reserves – this is for your safety!
  6. Most people don’t interact with or know many natives. Countless punishments and deaths occur across the continent as native Indians are forced into the “right” way of societal thinking. Most European citizens and settlers don’t even know what is happening to the native Indians, or worse, they know but turn a blind eye to it.

You can see the pattern here.

Germany indoctrinated people into believing they were doing what is right. Jews and anyone who supported them lost their jobs, businesses, homes, friends, families, property, and lives.

White people in America were taught that Blacks were a threat, of a different, lesser species of human.

Canadians were told that Japanese people were to be feared and so had to be placed in internment camps for everyone’s safety.

Pol Pot turned Cambodia into a communist country and, using the Marxist-Leninist thinking to hold power, resulted in the death of an estimated 2 million people through genocide.

Stalin used the same Marxist-Leninist thinking to enact mass repression, ethnic cleansing, wide-scale deportation, command hundreds of thousands of executions, and craft famines, all of which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 50 million of his own people to establish his rule.

And the tactics for each of these is largely the same.

Right now, on a global scale, this has become “The Unvaccinated Problem”, and people are being asked to turn in their neighbors if they haven’t been vaccinated, are being told to comply with the vaccine mandates and passport systems, and it is all “for their own safety”. Whenever the authorities are being questioned, the response is to continue to vilify the people who will not comply.

There are hundreds of doctors, nurses, researchers, and politicians around the world who have spoken out against either the threat of mandates, the vaccine, or the virus itself, and if you look at their stories you will again find a similar pattern. Previous to 2020, these people don’t have a single stain on their record. They have been in their profession for many years, sometimes decades. They raise their voice with questions and concerns, and suddenly they have pages and pages of material brought against them to discredit their claims, their research, and to conduct character attacks against them. Again, look above at the historical examples – does this look familiar?

What step are you willing to let the current issues climb to before you take notice?

1.      Step One – Fear covid! We are in a pandemic.

2.      Step Two – Fear your neighbour. They might have covid.

3.      Step Three – Take this vaccine. Fear anyone who doesn’t.

4.      Step Four – Snitch on neighbours and point out those who are not complying.

5.      Step Five – Segregate those who do not comply. They present a danger and there must be consequences. Unvaccinated lose their jobs and businesses, homes, property, friends and family.

6.      Step Six – The Government has full power over the movement of the population. They can effectively mandate any treatment they want of the unvaccinated who are in quarantine, for the greater good.

 

Seriously, You Are Going to Go There?

I know, I know, people will think I am being paranoid. People will want to call me names or start to discredit any of the sources I will share, or something. But I just want to conclude by asking you this: what if I am right?

What if there is an agenda, a narrative going on and you are one of the ones being compliant, going along with the wave of government enforcement? Watch the video of "The Wave" below, and then try to tell me there are no similarities here.

What if the internment camps start showing up again, and “The Unvaccinated Problem” is proposed to be solved by taking anyone who is unvaccinated and forcing them to move and live in those camps? (See the Australia links below for confirmation of this already happening.)

If you don’t think that is possible, look at the following posts in the links below, and then look at the steps outlined above. Think about where the line must be drawn to stop history from repeating itself…again.

Related Article and Video Links

Australia Forced Quarantine Situations

South Australians are being forced to get this app on their phone to prove they are at home, and self-quarantined. From the Australian news and government: “The state will text them at random times, and thereafter they will have 15 minutes to take a picture of their face in the location where they are supposed to be. Should they fail, the local police department will be sent to follow up in person.” Does that sound like a free country? Or does that sound like it is starting to look familiar from the steps above?

https://www.rebelnews.com/south_australia_residents_now_forced_to_download_quarantine_app_that_randomly_requires_picture_proving_they_are_at_home

In the already created Australian quarantine camps, life is not very happy.

https://rumble.com/vm6902-covid-quarantine-camps-in-australia-with-incredibly-draconian-rules.html?mref=4pvd7&mrefc=2

 

Video Links for “The Wave”

If you don’t believe how easy it is to have groups of people be manipulated, or are just curious to watch for more information, I recommend the following short movie that is based from the true story of how “The Wave” came to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICng-KRxXJ8

As a follow up, this short documentary from January 2021 is a written short story from the teacher, Ron Jones, and his thoughts on how it all happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwfDrG6UwqE

Finally, some additional resources about The Wave – consider these both the TLDR version of the above two videos, as each of these is only a few minutes long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM7zC6aS4pQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKJPKIwy9cU

 

Police and Emergency Services Warnings

A retired forensic investigator speaking of the dangers, and what the global unity of police is now trying to do to educate others and stop the unethical laws that are going into effect.

https://fb.watch/860BvuptO9/

 

Is Science Showing That Natural Immunity is Better?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/09/15/natural-immunity-vaccine-mandate/?fbclid=IwAR1-k2iIzRoE7TAdtquyRI2Zpuf1PRr_yMv_Uh4iVeix1a8Pf-zOlWsGpE4

 

What Are the Real Risks?

This doctor once fully supported the vaccine, and even administered it to many patients. Several months later after reviewing the research and the ongoing case studies, he could no longer support it, and had to stop promoting them.

https://rumble.com/vhp8e1-massive-world-renowned-doctor-blows-lid-off-of-covid-vaccine.html

 

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Democracy - Suggestions For Better Politics and Politicians

Churchill is quoted as saying, "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others." How right he was! I believe the main cause is because democratic politics, the way they are currently designed, will inevitably lead to a two-party polarization that happens with the parties, which results in many trickle down problems. 

I have some thoughts on this, and potential 'fixes'. Please read and comment with your suggestions to improve it further.

Terms of Service

In many conversations I have had and articles I have read, I have often found a phrase that intrigues me. It goes something like this "The best person to have in government is the person who doesn't want to be there". In most professions, I would say this is a mistake, after all wouldn't you want someone who is passionate about what they are doing to be fixing your car, building your house, or performing your surgery? I know a lot of people who are fantastic at their jobs, but do they want to be there? Not really. They are passionate about doing their job right, and excel at it, but they would be the first to tell you that the work they do isn't where they would prefer to be.

Politics should be the same way. There are too many "career politicians". A politician should be there to serve the people they are working for. Instead, we have a picture of the people of the county, province, or country holding the politicians up on their self-made pedestal.

Government leadership roles at all levels (Mayor, Members of Parliament, City Council, Prime Minister, etc.) should be allowed to serve a maximum of 2 terms, and then must step back or move to a different role, and cannot go back to the same role for at least 2 terms. In addition to the pay changes described below in the Updated Pay Structure section, this would prevent some of the "career politicians" from exploiting the current structure.

I don't think it is right to have someone serve their 2 terms and never be able to return. That experience merits they continue to serve if they want to, but there also needs to be time to step away and remember what its like to be a "normal" citizen.

Allow for a Non-Confidence Vote

Public Voting

I have heard many times people say things like

  • "There is no one good enough to vote for, so I am not voting for anyone!"
  • "I am tired of having to pick the 'best' of all the evils, so I am not voting this time!"
  • "I read the candidates/parties, and they all suck! I am not voting"
But what does this tell the politicians? What does it say to anyone doing analysis and reporting on the vote after the fact? Not much. It tells them that a certain percentage of people did not vote - and that is pretty much where the story ends. The same can be said if you just spoil the ballot so no vote is cast; it doesn't really send the message someone might hope that it does.

Imagine, though, if on every ballot, at every level of government, there was a "Non-Confidence" box that you can mark. Imagine a vote that is counted, and the "Non-Confidence" entry wins. What message does that send to the people who are running for those positions? It sends the message that the citizens who voted do not trust any of the candidates, and they all need to go back to the drawing board to re-write their platforms. And that would require that the candidate and parties get out and speak to the people in their constituencies to find out the details, why was the vote Non-Confident? What are the issues that are pressing that need to be addressed? When the next vote is held, you can be sure the parties will have done their homework, and revised their platforms.

Party Voting

This should also apply to members of parliament who are casting votes for bills. In the current system, if even a single member of the party in power votes against a bill that was proposed, this is considered non-confidence in the party in power and a new vote is held, and everyone is basically out of a job. This is not a good environment for political discussion and freedom! 

Party members should be allowed to vote against a bill if they have strong reason to disagree with it, without fear of losing their job and upending the current government. This would send a message back to the party leaders that maybe the bill needs to be revised before it is brought forward again. 

If maybe ~20% or more of the party votes against it, then the non-confidence should go through. But this should possibly be a vote for new leadership in the party, and give that party a chance to clean things up a bit internally. If a second non-confidence vote happens again with the same bill that is over 20% of the party, then it would be obvious the party is having internal problems, and a new full vote should be implemented by the citizens to elect a new party to the leadership position.

Cabinet Make Up

This is supposed to be a democracy. But what happens when the Prime Minister gets into office? They appoint whoever they want to the roles that are available. This does NOT represent democracy! Here is a suggestion: what if the leader of the party is required to appoint cabinet members that represent the way the voting went? 

For example. lets say there are five parties that are in the federal election, A, B, C, D, and E. Party A wins, and the breakdown is like this (I know that in the real world it is based on seats and other factors from the provincial level, etc., but I am just using some percentages here for easy example):

  1. Party A - 40%
  2. Party B - 30%
  3. Party C - 15 %
  4. Party D - 10%
  5. Party E - 5%
Using those numbers, the cabinet should be made of (assuming 36 members):
  1. 14 from Party A
  2. 11 from Party B
  3. 5 from Party C
  4. 4 from Party D
  5. 2 from Party E
Again, I know this is an over-simplified example, but I hope the point comes across: this more accurately would represent what the people of the country actually voted for. What does this accomplish? Certainly in the beginning, arguments and frustration. =-)

Of course it would! Because we are so used to whatever the current leader says, everyone in opposition just tears it apart, even if that leader was actually correct. But what would a cabinet (or council, or oversight committee, etc.) do when they are forced to work together in a model like this? They would be forced to communicate, refine their ideas, and work harder to come to decisions that appeal to all involved. Yes, there would be concessions made, but it would stop some of the polarization of the voting system the way it currently is, because the new leader would be required by law to ensure that members of other parties were included based on the actual vote.

Updated Pay Structure

I borrowed this from another post I saw, and wanted to include it here. I think that the pay structure certainly needs to be fixed as well. This would be a good start.

1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Member of Parliament collects a salary while in office and receives a 3 month pay when they are out of office, in order to allow them time to return to other work.

2. Members of Parliament participate in the Canadian Pension Plan. All funds in the Parliamentary retirement fund move to the CPP system. All future funds flow into the CPP system, and Parliament participates with the Canadian people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Members of Parliament can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Canadians do.

4. Members of Parliament are no longer able to vote themselves a pay raise. Parliamentary pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3% per term. Serving in government is supposed to be an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term's, then go home and back to work.

5. Members of Parliament must equally abide by all laws they impose on the Canadian people. There are too many cases of MPs or government staff not having to be accountable for their abuse of governmental process or power, when in fact they should be held to a higher standard overall.

Conclusion

I am not an political expert, but I am sick and tired of our current political mess, and think that things need to be overhauled in order to make them better. And I think there are a lot of people in our country that would, at the very least, agree with that sentiment.