Tag: New World Project

Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky?

Posted on by philipdodson

What ever happened Leon Trotsky….

Well I know that was called ‘no more heroes’, but it could be called ‘no more rebels’.

What happened to the Che Guevara’s?
What happened to the Gandhi’s?
What happened to the John Lennon’s?
What happened to the revolutionaries? The rebel rock stars?

What happened to the students on the streets of Paris?

What happened to demonstrations?

What happened to any form of disobedience?

Where is the lone man in Tiananmen Square standing in front of a tank?

Where are the Martin Luther King’s, who inspired 250,000 people before the internet and Google maps to travel to Washington DC to hear ‘I have a dream’?

The system has made us all so fearful of disobedience, we have become so apathetically compliant.

There is so much more than ever to rebel about, yet silence, and our freedoms are being taken from us without a struggle.

What will it take for a rebel to rise? How much more war, inequality, poverty, abuse, destruction of the planet and much more are we willing to take?

Different opinions and freedom

Posted on by philipdodson

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There are those that advocate banning people, who are deemed to be ‘extreme’ or have opinions that are ‘inappropriate’.

The problem with that is, who decides what is ‘inappropriate’ or ‘extreme’.

Let’s hear all opinions, and then in a true free society, we can then decide for ourselves what is acceptable or not, without the need for others to decide for us.

If opinions that are aired by some, are truly unacceptable to many, then the majority can choose not to follow them.

The danger of silencing any particular view is, who decides who performs the role of arbiter of suitable views?

For example, I really do not care for the views of Donald Trump, but I would have a big problem with him not being able to air them. Thankfully he has been able to speak freely and that has enabled me to know exactly what he stands for and that he is a person, whose opinions I do not care for in any way.

We live in dangerous times in terms of threat of censorship for our ‘security’ and ‘safety’, with many governments looking to restrict access to alternative websites, and with trade agreements looking to prohibit any criticism or challenges to large global corporations.

It is vital that we protect freedom of speech, regardless of whether we agree with the opinions or not. After all, there is no right or wrong, as that is myth that we humans have created.

Hidden opinions are far more dangerous, than ones out in the open for all to hear and for everyone to have a chance to decide.

Without this freedom, we will have an Orwellian, single voice of the establishment only.