Monday, February 15, 2010

Patriotism, Pacifism and A real example of modern government slavery



A good video from Utah Phillips on Hennacy and Pacifism.

I have some questions for you Christian readers.

As a member of your country, what makes citizens of your country more valuable than citizens of other countries?
Do we have the capacity to judge the value of one child of God, over another? Is the Cambodian worth more than the Russian, is the Chinese citizen worth less than the American citizen?
What about Christians of different nationalities. Is one Christian's life less valuable than another's? Is the Palestinian Christian worth less than the American Christian?

If you answered no, then to some people you may be described as unpatriotic.
The equality of humans in America is very limited—it is limited to the political rights of American citizens. Economic equality is framed as immoral and fascist (ironic, seeing as Fascism is the extreme end of an authoritarian Capitalists State: Corporatism). Global equality is seen as traitorous/treasonous. This last description should very well describe most Christians, for we should be sufficient with the laws and guidance of our one spiritual King and Kingdom.

I'll leave this post there.

Also, here is a rather long article/book in html text (you can read just the first page though) on how the U.S. government
enslaved the Aleuts of the Pribolof islands for about 70+ or so years after slavery was abolished. I had never heard of this before, although Jessica told me that she had been taught it in her Alaska studies class in high school. It makes me wonder what kind of atrocities and crimes are being perpetrated right now—that we won't find out for another 50 to 100 years from now.

Grace and Peace.
Grace and Peace.
Amin.

p.s. I hope you like the collage of pictures on the side, if you have any recommendations or additions that might fit with the theme. please don't hesitate to suggest!

1 comment:

Mamasita said...

a couple of collage pics of John Perkins, some communities like The Simple Way...