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Someone on SodaHead.com posted this video and ask for people’s opinions:

Warning: VIDEO CONTAINS FOUL LANGUAGE (It's George Carlin, what did you expect?)

It got me to think and this is what I wrote:

The monetary system is screwed and it was the politicians that did it, but they were only able to get away with it because the American people allowed them too. I point way back to us getting off of the gold standard.

It is true that the corporations and politicians run things, but there is a major difference between the two. We have a choice to no to business with the corporations. If you are opposed to something Acme Corp. does, STOP BUYING THEIR PRODUCTS/SERVECES !! It really is that simple. But people are quick to sell out their principles for the latest gadgets so they then go running to the government to make things “fair”. They give the government more and more authority to “fix” things but that just leads to more problems.

We The People are ultimately responsible for ourselves. No matter what any politician promises you, you are the one who is in charge of your own life, and no, life isn’t fair. Now, whenever there is something wrong in your life and you are looking to someone else to resolve it for you, you will remain a victim. Every time we ask the someone else to fix something, we are in essence giving away some of our personal responsibility (By the way, personal responsibility and Freedom are two sides of the same coin) to someone else. If you hire a corporation to solve a problem for you (health insurance companies for example), you give them some decision power over your life, it is the same thing with governments except for one MAJOR difference, you can fire the corporation and regain your personal responsibility, government NEVER gives up power.

As long as people continue to give power to the government, to fight the power that they give to corporations, they will remain powerless.