THE FORCE RESONATES

The “force” is alive and resonates …

The original George Lucas … Star Wars trilogy … and the movie trilogy … Lord of the Rings …. these movies along with … Mr. Smith goes to Washington … JFK ... All the President’s Men … The Candidate … Primary Colors … Nixon … The Pelican Brief … The Manchurian Candidate … Seven Days in May… Fahrenheit 911 … The Corporation …Citizen Kane … The Best Man … For Whom the Bells Tolls … The Magnificent Seven …Open Range … Dances with Wolves … The Last Samurai …Network …Norma Rae … Dave … Gandhi … “V” for Vendetta … speak to and address aspects of the darker side of the - “force” - to borrow a term George Lucas popularized.

History taught in American schools at all levels continuing through college and beyond is based solely upon popular myths always denoting Americans as benevolent and honest. The prevailing perception instilled in Americans since “we” first landed in “numbers” on the shores of the North American continent has NOT been to openly and honestly admit we chose to subjugate all indigenous nature cultures. The need to subjugate any indigenous people is not unique to “we” predominately “white” Americans who so proudly established and imposed our culture upon others. It is, I propose, a human trait engrained in our DNA over the ensuing millennia.

The perception that today “we” Americans are a nation comprised of benevolent honorable and truthful citizens is exposed daily for the “phony” myth it truly is. The precepts as foundation beliefs are manipulated minute by minute by the powerful over those without power, not only upon those in our nation, but by force of will upon citizens of many sovereign nations.

The “darker” side of the “force” dwells as an insidious malevolent entity within each of us, acted out by those whose inner voice leads them to conclude they are entitled.

The notion that some are entitled to more than others has over the millennium given rise to voluminous number of rules, regulations, laws, decrees, proclamations, actions, policies, declarations, assertions, edicts, affirmations, statues, claims, allegations, charges, directives, guidelines, parameters, limits, restrictions, constraints, checks, controls, orders, commands, dominion, supremacy, muscle and power all designed to project and create fear thwarting any notion of rebellion by those enslaved to these oppressive but totally cosmetic and artificially promulgated concepts.

Since 2000 in the ensuing nearly eight years the people of our world have witnessed an unrivaled proliferation and infusion of “fear” in all of its many forms. The once cherished notion of “common ground or common good” has given way to hardened polarization of perspectives devoid of the opportunity to choose to attain mutually advantageous resolution. Today, we need identify the winners and we need most assuredly to identify the losers and in the process castigate them making damn sure they know they are the losers and to be rightfully subjugated at the sole discretion of the winners.

The so-called winners in America today comprise approx. one percent (1%) of the total population of our nation based upon financial wealth and the power which flows from wealth. With impunity, this extremely selective minority are able through the exercise of “fear” to effectively control the lives of the remaining 99% of us.