Unity because of Division

We are living within the pages of history. The division increases by the day. From here, we have two options:

• 1) We can go along with the corporate media that begs us to loathe one another and increase division. 

OR

• 2) We can find the common ground that is all around us.

The fact is the vast majority of the “other side” is full of good people who want what is best for the nation.

But how is the latter even possible when the former is shouted from all the largest platforms?

Here is how…

Incredible unity is ONLY created because of incredible division. Only when we are so separated in passion, principle and practice can a remarkable unity even exist. If we all agreed, it isn't unity; it's conformity. True unity can only stem from our di-fferences, our di-versities. Let's not get it twisted.

I think it is clear that as a nation, we have not been this divided since the civil war. It is important for us to be cognizant of where this fork in the road might lead.

Before anything else, it is important that all sides lean into our most noble beliefs. Beliefs like; “love thine enemy” or “The greater the diversity, the greater the perfection.” We should, with great intentionality and resolute purpose, pursue whatever inspires us to prefer mercy over judgment, connection over division, restoration over destruction, friendship over lies.

Remember, there is no more thorough destruction of your enemy than to make them your friend. And there is no more holy truth than the reality that with different circumstances, your most bitter enemy might be your most dear friend.

I am so sick of all the calls for unity that are just calls for conformity; this is masked tyranny. Every malicious dictator has a population that from the outside looks united, yet internally are slaves. We all need to call conforming unity what it is; controlling, manipulative, immoral, and fraudulent. Real unity is celebrated, embraced, and enjoyed diversity. 

Here are two very similar paragraphs for both sides. This is diverse unity; this is what equality in hard times looks like:

• Are you skeptical towards Donald Trump? Do you think he cheated to win in 2016? Do you think he started an insurrection to maintain power? Good. You should be skeptical of those in power. There is a ton of precedence for this type of behavior. You are fighting for the rights and hopes of free people; your skepticism is fighting to protect vulnerable groups. Even if you are wrong, good on you; we need to be skeptical because someone most certainly could steal control over a government. For all of history, it is governments that have committed the largest human atrocities; second place isn’t even close. We should take every measure possible and then some to ensure that what is happening in our government is on the up and up. It is a good thing how the DJT administration was the most scrutinized and investigated administration in American history. This is how it should always be. And these were aggressive investigations started by his own party but carried out by his opposition. This is also good. We want people investigating power who are motivated to find criminality. (Now, that's not to say we don't need honest oversight as well because things can get carried away) The difficulty comes when our preferred flavor of power is being scrutinized. Through this difficulty, we must each have the backbone to stand firm and allow for this absolute necessity which alone can maintain propriety. If there is nothing to hide about DJT then there is nothing to hide. 

• Are you skeptical towards Joe Biden’s handlers? Do you think that the JB team cheated in the election? Good. You should be skeptical of power. There is a ton of precedence for this type of behavior. You are fighting for the rights and hopes of free people; your skepticism is fighting to protect vulnerable groups. Even if you are wrong, good on you; we need to be skeptical because someone most certainly could steal control over a government. For all of history, it is governments that have committed the largest human atrocities; second place isn’t even close. We should take every measure possible and then some to ensure that what is happening in our government is on the up and up. It is a good thing about how the DJT administration was the most scrutinized and investigated administration in American history. And the JB team should be looked into with the same veracity of aggressive investigation. These investigations should also be supported by his own party and carried out by his opposition. We want people investigating power who are motivated to find criminality. (Now, that's not to say we don't need honest oversight as well because things can get carried away) The difficulty comes when our preferred flavor of power is being scrutinized. Through this difficulty, we must each have the backbone to stand firm and allow for this absolute necessity which alone can maintain propriety. If there is nothing to hide about JB, then there is nothing to hide. 

That is how we win. We win when we fight for the other side's equality. We win when we hold ourselves to the same standards. We win when we allow for unity to be diverse. Deep down, people understand that equality is the only way forward, and when they see fairness, they are drawn to it in masses. What is right might not be easy. But what is right is real, and it works.

Equality comes from culture more than it comes from government. Politics has always and will always look to culture for its marching orders. Equality comes more from we the people than any ink on paper in Washington. So when many drift with the shifting winds of fear and favor that move the goalposts of equality, dare to be an immovable pillar of stone. With chin high and voice loud, dare to champion equality. In our incredible diversity, we must too have equality. Diversity without equality is the opposite of morality. Diversity without equality harkens back to separate but “equal.” Diversity without equality is tyranny. 

It is, we the people who extend or withhold the trajectory of an equal diversity. 

With every unequal demand, we purge justice a little more; with each inequality, we establish a further injustice.

Equality is treating each side without fear or favor, regardless of policy or party. It takes bravery, for there will always be a side with less societal favor. There will always be a side in the wrong, yet supporting them will bring material wealth; there will always be a side in the right, yet supporting them will cost you considerably. Position yourself to do the right thing when it matters. It is the wish of every deathbed to have a testimony of courageous risk; in that moment, all the accolades and ribbons of ceremony are meaningless compared to the eternal fruits of a fortified self-actualized soul who faced wind and wave, who stood on the strong shoulders of our mighty ancestors. For if our tribute to King, Kennedy, Adams, Revier and the countless others ends in memory and not inspired action, we both dishonor their efforts and disgrace their legacy.

Our test comes when our preferred side holds a majority of societal favor. What will we do with it?  Will we excuse each act of unequal treatment with the faux grace adorned by every perpetrator of injustice? Such men and women will ever use their perceived correctness as sufficient validation for unequal treatment. 

Or will we stand in the breach for those who possess less favor and demand equality both in the court of public opinion and under the law? It is this courageous equality that times like these demand in order to avoid the ever-repeated horrors of history. It takes intentional bravery to bear the tension between our perceived correctness and our opponents’ right to equal treatment. 

We know we are on the right side when our side benefits from equal treatment. 

We know we are on the wrong side when our side is harmed by equal treatment. 

Who can you criticize to a roar of applause? Who can you not joke about?

An important question to ask is, what is tomorrow's hindsight? What will we in time see clearly that we now are blind towards? Another important question is why does separation of time cause us to see more clearly. It is logical that the further from a situation we get, the less clear the facts become. In an investigation of a crime, it is better to arrive 1 min after than 1 day after, it is better to arrive 1 day after that 1 month, and so on. The more time that passes, the less clear the evidence becomes. Why is this so different when examining the morality of the events of our times? 

With the future clarity of hindsight, we understand where we have treated different groups with different standards. But again, what is it that allows us to see events with clarity when removed by time? Our ability to see reality is tied to the relativity of our viewpoint. Our current events are overwhelmed by the influence of the corporate mainstream. Seeing outside of the corporate mainstream is like trying to taste something less sweet after eating pure sugar. The lack of relative difference ruins our ability to note any difference. Saturation destroys distinction. 

• I say corporate mainstream and not just mainstream because the fact of the matter that sadly sails a mile over many of our heads is that… WE are the mainstream. People like Joe Rogan, the Nelk boys, and Dan Bongino are the mainstream.

Only when the corporate mainstream has released our attention from one flavor due to the introduction of another does the relativity of our pallet allow for any distinction concerning past events. This new viewpoint is what allows us the relative position to see anew. Like the moon, the corporate mainstream has a gravitational pull from such an altitude that like ships in the open ocean, we are unaware of its effect. It is only with the relative viewpoint from the rocks that this overarching power can be noticed. 

For us to think openly and independently as individuals, we must first recognize the weighty influence of the opinions we have been exposed to repeatedly in the corporate mainstream.” Denial of this certainty is an insurmountable obstacle to enlightenment; it is to guarantee that we miss significance. 

Do you think with the corporate mainstream? I can prove that you do. 

I can control how you think.. Ready. Just read this next phrase.

Conspiracy theory. 

Look at what that word does to your psyche. Conspiracy theory is such a dirty phrase. You likely felt that to some degree, you should stop reading this post. The deepest parts of our subconscious know that nothing good comes from being associated with this phrase. We want to run from it. Reading that phrase brought about a certain level of your defense response because deep down, we all know that when we associate with this phrase, we are most certainly vulnerable to attack. 

If it is even possible, let us try to remove ourselves from this corporate mainstream-controlled notion that this phrase is too dirty to touch. Let us look objectively at the evidence. 

At what point in history did powerful people not conspire with one another for their own benefit.. I’m waiting...

Never is the answer if you are still looking. 

History is a never-ending story of powerful people maneuvering their influence for their own benefit. Don’t believe me just read a thing, read any book. It’s that easy. 

Each side obviously feels that their conspiracies are true and that others are laughable. The only thing that is for certain is that some are true. The only option NOT on the table is that the elite among us today magically halted their will to dominate, ending over 10,000 years of unanimous precedence. 

A summary of what Ron Funches would say:

• You don't believe there are any conspiracies? So you’re saying the government is batting 1,000, telling us the whole truth? That's a strong stance to take! The government is in charge of all of us… I have one son... and I lie to that kid all the time. 

Here are some conspiracies that up until recently were considered by the corporate mainstream to be evil, shameful despicable lies; government spying, exposed by Snowden, an elite underage sex trafficking cabal, exposed through Epstein.

In both of these cases, the corporate mainstream pulled out its age-old magic wand of influence, causing both of these exposed wrongdoings to be absorbed into our common knowledge with little difficulty. In our dogmatic adherence to the corporate mainstream, we tweeted and talked about how horrible these things were but did not unite to demand recourse; we did not protest or riot. When the corporate mainstream and those in power did nothing, we wittingly followed them. Did they apologize to those who championed these hidden truths? Of course not. They have reshaped our minds to such a degree that brave truth-tellers hold no more societal value after they have been proven right than when their claims were in doubt. 

A simple search online for examples of proven conspiracies will with ease certify that many such conspiratorial notions have been dead on. We have all the evidence we could ever need to prove that powerful people use that power behind closed doors for their own benefit. So why then do we attach so much shame to yet proven ideas? Why do we self-suppress from asking honest questions? 

Isn’t that what all science, innovation, and invention are… unproven ideas? Who benefits from us not asking questions? The corporate mainstream does. These same powerful few are the ones who need us to stop asking questions. They need us to be addicted to the certainty of their narrative. For without their tool of our self-suppression, they can not so dictate our worldview.

Again, even when they get caught, nothing happens. Lying to congress is a crime unless you are lying to the American people. @Snowden. And even when the public agrees there was certainly a conspiracy, still nothing happens. For instance, NOBODY believes Epstein killed himself. NOT A SOUL. If the corporate mainstream narrative were honest, we would have had wall-to-wall coverage and the largest investigation in human history.  We wouldn’t change the subject until those who were involved were exposed. Because it is obvious that anyone with the power to have Epstein thus dealt with also holds the power to commit other consequential wrongdoings. Instead, the whole thing was swept under the rug to make room for discussing more significant topics like Trump’s or AOC’s social media posts. 

When we examine the facts, it is clear to a thinking mind that those in power have end goals. And anything that gets in the way of these goals is ignored, laughed at, or destroyed. 

The saddest part of this story is that despite all of this evidence, we are collectively unwilling to stand in the face of their obvious lies and demand recourse. Were there protests and riots after Snowden? There damn well should have been. Were there protests and riots after Epstein? There fucking should have been. This alone shows how every single protest and riot is brewed up by them and not us. If they don’t want us to protest, we won't. If they didn’t want us to riot, we wouldn’t. Collectively we only get mad for them. We never get mad at them for us. That would take clarity, that would take equality, that would take a diverse unity. 

It is up to us to restore equality. It is up to us to reject conformity and demand unity in diversity. 

The mainstream will never hold itself accountable.

It is up to us. 

Hold Tension, Be Vast.

Remember, restoration alone brings victory.