I have completely lost focus on my daily 20 minute writing challenge but in the spirit of perseverance I will pick it back up.
Today I thought I'd write a bit about one of my ideas. This is a much larger topic than I can completely cover in a 20min free write but regardless I want to hit on it because it's been pressing on my conscious thoughts.
Since working through my Prison Series I have spent a decent portion of time researching the failures of the judicial system in America but I've also been looking at the resilience of individuals. A person will always find a way to get what they want.. what they "need" and also what they actually need.
The issue comes in when that opinion of what it is they need is distorted or manipulated in some way.
Which each and every single one of us is a -victim- of. (I don't like that word "victim" but for lack of better means to convey the mentality I will use it).
Now, depending on where you were dropped on this planet you have been installed with certain opinions of what you need to "survive" (another ridiculous word.. either we are eternal beings or NOT.. either there is no such thing as survival because you think when you die it's over.. and then in fact no one can EVER really survive -OR- you choose to think the soul is separate and eternal so why worry about how long you live in this particular body in this place and time?)
Anyways, I digress.. the main point here is all people alive today and or born in tomorrow will become mentally distorted-programmed if you will, with the system by which this world works, about how society works as well as their individual family units operations.
My idea here is that there is a Global virus that infected our system. Somewhere along the way... way back when, a virus took hold of our operating system and rewrote the code. They installed new programs, like updates gone wrong.
I believe there are 2 Global System Failures.

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These malfunctions are so deeply ingrained into the Matrix that it's believed this is the only way "civilized society" can even work. If you ask people to imagine the world without these makeups they are dumbfounded.
I see each and every problem the world faces as a byproduct of these two system failures.
#1. Illusion of Sovereignty / False Freedom
I use both sovereignty and freedom because it seems to many the terms are interchangeable. I disagree but that's a conversation for another time. For this purpose I am talking about both and the overhanging, always present authority figure. This system failure falls into the hands of every user because we eagerly submit to it every day. We happily turn our responsibilities over to the next person up the chain of command instead of taking on the decision for ourselves.
This system failure has made each person believe that they can never be a sovereign adult - there is always a boss, a higher up, who tells them what is acceptable behavior, goals, or "good for them".
This No Man is above the Law type of mentality has pushed each one of us into a life of servitude - yet when asked on a individual level about their personal morals a huge majority of people agree on the same basic code of ethics.. so why would we need so many laws, overseers, judges and armies?
The illusion is so jaded - the failure so subtle that most people think they are free to do as they please. But I ask you how as a sovereign, experienced adult are you not able to choose what you put in your own body? How as an adult home owner not allowed to grow food on your front lawn?
We have been programmed to believe freedom/sovereignty is a tier system where some people are better "judges" than others, some people's "freedoms" are less important than others, because this person holds this "job" they hold authority over us, our families, our children.
It is all a lie. We do not need government officials to keep the peace for us if we keep the peace ourselves.
#2. Pay to Live Cycle / Debt-based economics
Debt-based economics might be a newer term but the pay to live program has been running for thousands of years. Now, I'm not talking about bartering, growing your own food and trading or skill sharing- those are integral parts of the true ecosystem I'm talking about money. Assigning values to goods and services seemed like a good idea - as most phishing links usually do.. but once initiated this system has only continued to branch out into all types of areas it had no business. It is so far gone that we now assign monetary value (on an HOURLY rate none the less) of human life.
We were all born on this planet in the same way. The Earth provides everything needed for life to grow: food, air, light, shelter. The land will out live us all yet we think we can by it with fiat currencies that mean nothing to any being other than man.
Somehow entropy has brought us to the present world where you must pay a tax on everything you "own", pay a tax to make transactions, pay a fee for needing a drink of water. We literally allow people to die of thirst because they do not have a fake piece of paper in their hand. We allow millions of homes to sit empty because God forbid someone lived in a house they did not have the illusion of financed credit to back their right to that home. Children eat garbage (literally and figuratively) because their parents' HOURLY worth is deemed minimum and therefore they are left scraping together what little they have to buy the cheapest food available.
It is not even about the original/actual COST of building, making or providing whatever service anymore. Because of ridiculous concepts like inflation and interest these "costs" grow to monstrous amounts fairly rapidly and when you add in the cruel crediting system you cannot even qualify for many items unless you can prove you are financially worthy.
The pay to live system makes no sense. It is a set up, the mother of all pyramid schemes. It is one thing for a community to determine the value of a human by what services or goods they provide to the community but that is done at a human level where skills and products can be traded for other needed services. This only works when there is a human element of mutual respect and need happening. Otherwise it turns into what we have today: Corporations running the world like businesses and treating each human like an employee expense on their report.
Well this was a tad over 20 minutes but I guess I'm back with a bang lol as always thanks for reading.

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Fantastic post! This is maybe the best thing I have read in days (maybe that indicates I need to up my reading game). Your point of freedom and sovereignty in particular is spot on. Everyday I watch people give away their individual freedoms, delegate their power of thought to others, duck their heads, and go back to the wheel. It's as if people have happily embraced serfdom again all the while exclaiming how free they are. Crazy irony. I found you through the #payitforward contest. You were featured by @davemccoy. I will definitely keep reading your posts. Congratulations and best wishes.
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@energyaddict22 thanks so much for stopping by and I'm glad you liked my post!
This is probably the most epic explanation I have seen yet and man, are you spot on. It is such a conundrum. I'm beginning to think perhaps sovereignty never did exist and we're all chasing unicorns .. but to me it's the one thing I want - it is the ultimate dream - so it has to be based on something real? right? I hope..
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I'm tired of paying to live. Not one other species on the planet does this.
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exactly.. It's robbery and totally senseless. Thank you for reading @mikkent
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There are so much truths here @amariespeaks. The illusion of freedom and power are the tools with which we are led by the nose and made to do what is needed of us.
Paying to live is indeed where we are at present. People's lives are now worth pieces of paper backed by lies. It is funny how we battle, kill, break ourselves all in a bid to secure freedom, financial freedom. If we but knew that there is nothing like that. If we but knew that it is just another type of prison with a pleasant name.
You have written words that will make one think and I will be doing that this night. Thanks for this.
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thanks so much for reading! This is a lot to think on.. I have been brewing on these 2 system failures for many months. All my childhood I thought one day I'd become an adult and I would be free.. then as I got older I realized there is no such thing as true freedom in this world. This made me think either it is a myth or that it is the one truth and therefore the powers that be have been working to dilute and deny each one of us our fundamental truth.. who knows! not me.. (Que that Bowie song) lol
On the topic of paying to live.. this seems to be a wide lens which we then turn and focus on many different levels.. The tier extends from the smallest: that of which the single person paying for their own needs, all the way up to the largest scale on which each country must pay the world powers to occupy their own land, to market their own resources.. ?
It doesn't make any sense.. it seems like the classic abusive relationship where the little violations slipped in so subtlety over many years become unnoticeable to abused but when an outsider looks at the relationship they wonder how it could even get that far in the first place...
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Money is the illusion OF that feardom.
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yes, it definitely is.. and there's never enough - cause heaven forbid you just "print more" or... how about giving it out with an interest rate ? NO that could never work...
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OE OE OE OE AHAAA ... ILLUSION!!
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Could it be that it's just an illusion?
Putting me back in all this confusion?
Could it be that it's just an illusion now?
(2x)
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there must be some kinda solution
to disinfect this global pollution
could it be that it's just an illusion?
and some day humanity will come to the honest conclusion
that these contusions
are self inflected
could it be we picked this illusion?
and now the questions consume me
putting me back in all this confusion..
could it be that it's just an illusion now?
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:-O
:-O :-O
Nice one!
Would be nice if LeeeJohn would read this post. :-)
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thanks! random freestyle moment lol no idea who leeejohn is ?
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the lead singer. :-)
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This really was great. I wish it wasn't too late to upvote it.
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Thanks! It's the message that matters anyways avrew the payout lol let's just get more people questioning the systems and the way they are set up.
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Haha Fair enough.
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This was way too much to cover in one post, let alone a 20 minute post, but I love where you were going with it!
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thank you @whatamidoing 🙏 it's been stuck in my brain lately.. I can't comprehend how we aren't trying to fix these system failures. It seems like an obvious fix to me... but what do I know. I'm just an average human, a regular person so how would whats good for me ? Only those in the government know enough about "how things really work" to determine whats good for the average person.. 😂😂 utter nonsense
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It all starts in the classroom. It’s not that teachers teach the wrong thing, it’s that we put them in the front of the room and let them dictate how class is gonna go
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yeah.. I honestly feel terrible for teachers today because they are forced into teaching for statistics not teaching so children actually learn - plus we put all value on memorization and regurgitating of those answers not on the actual problem solving skills that come with learning how to think on your own. It's a very shallow form of learning.. in my opinion lol
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I have told you that you are wise beyond your years.. And that is so true... I think you have completely figured it out at such an early age. It took me much longer, but I definitely see exactly what you do. You have also condensed a very complex problem down into its essence. Bravo @amariespeaks... You are simply a savant when it comes to life! :)
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thank you @davemccoy !! I just call it like I see it lol ;-) thanks so much for your kind words I really appreciate it ! now if only I could turn this into some kind of solution, but that seems to be a whole lot harder
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Yep. I need to message you over at the chatroom,which I will do now. I have a story .
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What a clear mind can do when being fully aware of a situation. :-)
The TRUTH is stronger then the bullshit. The system runs a OS that is build around bullshit and needs to be replaced by an OS based ON truth.
Then REBOOT
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standing ovation !!! now who will build an OS based on truth? and how.. we need to recruit some more matrix hackers :)
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I happen to think that humanity is already building it and rebooting smaller filesystems all over the place.
But the big reboot... that will be an exiting one. When big energy wasting dinosaurs will nolonger be able to load.
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woohoo!! hopefully they don't turn us into nano-neuro bots before then and switch all us woke people off.. hahah yes, this video I watched freaked me out about geo-engineering and nano-particulates.. :-[ have you seen this concept?
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Everything nano i find questionable... Look what plastic 'particles do to sealife' what will happen if engineered nano particles get into the food chain.
Industry wants to cash in on the nano- buzz word add nano to your brandname and it goes up in value. They don't care... more money! Lets do nano!
Just like a icetea company rebranded by putting blockchain in the name.
Snonsnense?
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hahaha this isn't real is it?!? - I agree they have no idea what these particles can/will do to us, the food chain, the water.. the planet. lol we are all just guinea pigs for their experiments.
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:-D
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"We do not need government officials to keep the peace for us if we keep the peace for ourselves." It seems to me you are saying that if we are self-responsible and abide by an agreed upon moral code we need no outside authority to rule over us. I agree 100%. However we are not self-responsible and we don't all abide by the code of "do no harm to another or to their possessions." (Oh my! I can see this is not going to do well as a comment. I'm going to write a blog post in response to yours and then link it to your comment section. But rest assured I am not challenging you, I am simply offering additional information for you to consider.)
As to your second premise you are essentially addressing economic systems, and as you've stated entire governments and empires and cultures are based upon these systems. For me to give a reasonable response here would be impossible. However you deserve a well thought out response. I'll attempt it in a blog. Rest assured if I can accomplish it I'd be a genius. But at least I'll try and see if I can make sense.
Just a quick note: you seem to be in part at least questioning Keynesian economics(and we all should). Essentially in its barest bones it is a means whereby governments, corporations, businesses and individuals can use credit to create prosperity or wealth. Just look around you and you'll see the fruits of this system. Essentially everything in our modern world from the cars we drive to our dental care to our homes and militaries came about through credit/debt. It's all seems a great idea until one has to pay back the debt. Case in point: the Federal government is 20+ trillion dollars in debt, with future obligations of over 100 Trillion in unfunded liabilities. Individual and private household debt in the US is now over 13.25 Trillion dollars, and thats just the capital not the interest. I will attempt to shine some light on this system and perhaps suggest some alternatives. I'll link that too.
Anyway, my thanks to you for bringing these issues up. Will give me something to work on!! Blessings.
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Thanks @mistermercury ! I'm so glad I have sparked your wonderful brain and I cannot wait to read your blog! I'll keep an eye out for it!
I don't care whether I'm right or "wrong" or whether these things can in fact be fixed or never will.. I just want people to start seeing them and questioning them.. questioning something other than whether or not their facebook has any new notifications.
I choose to create my own reality and in mine people are inherently good. The mainstream wants us to believe there are terrorists and psychos around every corner just waiting to steal your identity or kill your youngest born like the "good people" are on the losing side - but I don't see any evidence for this in my own corner of the world.. if more people would start judging the world from how they see it and not how the media circus chooses to display it we might actually have a place to start. However, that seems dismal, but I'll keep trying because it's my way to do my small part.
Thanks again so much for reading and please tag me in your post when it comes out :-D
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You bet. May be a couple of days. Have company. Blessings.
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@amariespeaks go to general chat over at rocket chat-steem chat and I'll message you there.
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@luanne I've never used the steemit chat - I do have discord though if you do? amariespeaks#9425
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Well I can't find you over there so I'll just give you the short version here. Back in 2013, I was picked up on a bench warrant and put in holding over the weekend. The bench warrant demanded about $6500 cash and cash only so nobnfsman could help me. I was basically pit there due to debt. I had a house that was in the midst of remod when ilost my job, thus putting the house in forclosure etc. The city came after me for building code violations, and brought a lawsuit against me for fees, which I then included in the bankruptcy I was going through. The city decided to ignore the fact I had included it in bankruptcy and issued the bench warrant when payments weren't being made. Basically they put me in debtors jail for 3 days. It's a long story...what all I went thru. A nightmare at the time. I swore to never live in that town ever again, and I haven't. I probably had a case for the ACLU but never pursued it.
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oohh wow @luanne that sounds like a real life nightmare! I've had my share of struggles do to debt, bad luck and low credit scores.. it gets so frustrating when you're trying to stand up against the system when you know you're in the right. I'm sorry to hear about your struggles - I hope things have worked out for you in a new town.
Sorry I missed you on the chat - if you use discord feel free to find me over there :)
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No worries! Yeah it's an experience I should probably share over here
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Definitely. Everyone can learn from your story - I think the more each person starts to stand up and speak out about these sort of injustices done to each of us the more we can wake the masses up to seeing this system is not working.
If everyone could see how good people are being manipulated and tormented by debt and credit alike then maybe we could see we don't like these fake systems that confine us into slave jobs and/or jail
I say share it! Write a whole post about it and encourage others to share any way they felt the judicial system, the city or state boards or whoever has screwed with them. These "positions" are supposed to work for us for crying out loud..
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I know!! I so hear you!!
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You are a talented writer @amariespeaks ...I enjoyed reading this post, indicating that you possess great insight concerning this life and world, as it appears to be these days.
Thank you for visiting my post with a vote & comment as well...I followed you back to 'here' Regards.
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@angryman thanks for your kind comment :) not sure if my perspectives are great incite or some kind of a mental curse LOL the system seems indefinitely tied to these malfunctions, unfortunately.. trying to stay positive and believe there may be some changes coming - working to wake people up is with writing is my small way to bring change but it's a change that has to happen on an individual scale lol so here's to hoping more people see the world as it is and start to stand up and say no more.
You're welcome for the vote and comments on your page - I like your sarcastic, witty style! I will definitely be reading more
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Oops...I meant to say "insight" not incite (correction made) Glad that you'll be coming back to my page as well. Check out some of the anti-socialists I interact with here as well. I think you might find them interesting. Many regards, AngryMan.
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lol I didn't catch that incite/insight either and I repeated the mistake haha oh well! I guess either word could do if you think about it lol I will definitely check around at the other anti-socialists ;-)
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@amariespeaks AWESOME blog. I am so glad I am not the only person that feels this way. I am just going to stay with that. My response could equal your post LOL. I completely agree. ❤
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lol thank you @tryskele I'm so glad I'm not alone in seeing these problems :)
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Damn, this is a good read. You've pegged the two paradigms that we've been programmed to not only accept but protect since birth. I can't imagine how far we'd be as a species if the select few hadn't designed a system by which future generations would inevitably assimilate to due to not knowing any better. Itd be something to marvel at if it wasn't so insidious. Stifle anyone, place, or substance that promotes free thinking then promote hedonism and ignorance.
The question I've always wondered is as people who have been born into this system, realize what it is, and make as much effort as we can to abandon it, do we have the right to judge people who can't even see or don't care to see the wool pooled over their eyes?
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I don't believe judging or condemning them is a wise choice.
You can't wake the dead.. but you can rock the sleeping. This is something we must do carefully and with a different approach than we've ever used before. The firewall, the "antiviruses" for this system know how to put an end to all uprisings and that is by using the divide and conquer technique. We need to find a way to stand together despite out differences.
We must shine the light into the dark places because we have hands able to hold the flashlight but it's the light that does the real work not the flashlight. Leave judgement for the light - shine the beam in every direction and over every person, sleeping and ignorant alike.
At least that is my thoughts.
Thank you @ozioziozio for stopping by and reading my post and also for holding your own flashlight :-D
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