"Alas, when the freedom of the individual is defined and woven into the freedom of an imaginary whole, the individual ceases to have any freedom uniquely their own. It is no longer your freedom, but our freedom. It is no longer about your health, but our health. It is not about you, but us."

~ Aviel Oppenheim

The bane of society lives and breathes in the fog of collectivism. Collectivism is the essence of nationalism, and nationalism is the essence of irresponsible support of evil. When humans gather in herds, intellectual cognition and moral sanity are lost. No one can be exempt from evil just due to the fact that they are not physically carrying out that evil. Supporting the State governing entity that can only produce evil and authoritarian madness is little different than participating directly in that immoral system of rule, and therefore becoming responsible for the terror it causes. As Jakub Bo?ydar Wi?niewski so correctly stated: "For the common good" is the most common excuse for uncommon evil."

The descent into darkness and the psychotic acceptance of unconditional rule is leading humanity to the brink of extinction; mostly accepted by the majority, although admittedly in many cases not personally intentional, but based on indoctrinatory policy through 'educational' propaganda techniques over long periods of time. This does not lessen the responsibility for individuals to overcome this intended result, but it does outline the basis for this contemptible circumstance.

In the U.S., it has, at least in my lifetime, been the prevailing attitude that one should pledge allegiance to, and openly claim a 'love of country,' which in most every instance means a love of the State and what it does in your name. This is insane of course, as the reasoning relies on a worship of government as 'god,' and not just a love of the countryside, the beauty, and the people. This attitude is meant solely as the underpinning of a controlled, obedient, and compliant society that has not the ability to question or scrutinize the heinous nature of the tyrannical and totalitarian nature of government and rule. This false passion that accompanies this 'belief' in State, is rampant, as can be seen at every single bread and circus event held in America, in support for 'war' and aggression, as well as in the completely fraudulent 'patriotism' shown for the military; the enforcement and murdering arm of the government that only functions on following the orders of the ruling oligarchs, regardless of the heinous nature of such orders.

This mass attachment to State has brought about an intended phenomenon whereby most all in this country have been programmed to believe that they are an extension of the State, instead of vital individuals in their own right. Possessive terms such as "we," "our," "my," and "your" government or country are prevalent, and indicative of this erroneous self-identification with the State. The danger in this thinking should be obvious, but it has been continuously drilled into the minds of the population to such an extent as to be a psychological impediment to critical thought. Claiming 'exceptionalism' is an example of this nonsensical idiotic 'belief.' If one desires to understand why this country's citizens have become subservient to rule, have become obedient serfs, it is simply a matter of indoctrination and mass voluntary acceptance of a search for a 'leader,' or master instead of relying on and being responsible for themselves.