STORY TIME! 📖
2004 was the first year I was eligible to vote. I paid little attention to politics before that, my family didn’t talk much about politics, and I generally believed it never really mattered much who was elected. 🤷🏻‍♀️ But in 2004, I wanted to fulfill my civic duty in the off chance it did matter. Ironically, I realized I was incredibly uninformed and I didn’t even know what political party I might align with. I had really ignored it all. I wondered, “what party does my family align with?” But I really didn’t know and was estranged, so I went to the computer and internet searched, “what political party cares about poor people?” because I was certain my family voted for that party. Who would vote against their interests, right? Well, I was even more confused after that internet search because as it turns out, both political parties care and also neither care about the people. (GREAT!) I remember the feeling then that we are all being bamboozled. 🤡

So I continued to research and learn, and decided I don’t align with a political party, because what I believe in will ALWAYS be the people and both parties were anti people from my perspective (pro war and exploitation). I decided to share my story today because with the growing political disparities, it seems my experience is unique and could be helpful. Most people know what political party their family (or friend group) aligns with and most people stay on that train. It’s easy, it makes sense due to shared values, so I understand and I harbor no judgment that most people do that. But the 2 parties ALSO understand this!

I say all of this to encourage everyone who reads this to pretend you know nothing about any politics and do your best to look at it with fresh eyes today. Pretend you are an alien visiting earth for the first time or imagine what heaven on earth might look like for you. What do you see? The team mentality in the political arena of the US is dangerous because it has removed critical thinking from the average voter’s toolbelt by using propaganda to invoke emotional reactions from the voters to respond with fear, not intellect or a core value system. “Vote blue no matter who” and “red waves” are designed to encourage folks to blindly support their team color. Kind of like Pepsi and Coca Cola. (Isn’t it ironic they use the same color scheme?) We all must realize the two parties are multi-million dollar conglomerates with think tanks that are churning out data on the people with detailed plans on how to effectively manipulate us to their (and their sponsors) benefit. Please understand that manipulation and control has always been the goal.

Do your homework and ask yourself the harder questions about how your personal values align with your political ideology and remember you aren’t required to choose a box to mold yourself to . You are unique and likely don’t fit the mold of a Democrat or Republican. Consider what issues both parties always agree on (ie war, banks, stock market) and ask yourself how do your values align- how much do you really know about these things? It WILL be uncomfortable to analyze your values against your actions (and inactions) but it’s a necessity. No one should be blindly voting anyone in because of party affiliation. We are still thinking animals, so let’s THINK! (While we can)

I have so much hope for the people all over the world to finally realize that we create the world we live in, whether it’s by conforming or by being true to ourselves. All governments know that the collective people hold the power - they just don’t want YOU to know that.

❤️ ☮️ 🌍
We can have a heaven on earth. We just have to act like it’s possible, because it is. #wearethepeople

“Be the change you wish to see in the world, we need not wait to see what others do.”

  • Mahatma Gandhi