Home of the brave?

I gave a copy of the movie 'Freedom to Fascism' to a few people I know. The common comment that I received was: "I am still going to pay my income taxes because I am afraid of the IRS."

We live in fear. We are no longer "the home of the brave" like our national anthem claims. We do things, not because they absolutely make sense to us but because we are afraid of what will happen if we don't conform.

Income taxes. Driver's License. Automobile registration. Social Security. Etc.

I am in the same boat.

However, I am getting closer and closer to throwing myself overboard and making my own boat or finding a better one.

The We Control

It is interesting that it seems that we, as consumers, are gaining more control. At least that is what we are being told. For example, CURRENT TV. You can upload a video that you have made and people can vote if it is worthy of TV. If it is, it gets aired on a cable station controlled by CURRENT TV which is GOOGLE.

So YAY we have control. But do we really? Control of what? Control of our choices but not necessarily our options. Sure we may be able to some what control what we consume and what we buy...

It is not exactly clear to me what is going on BUT it does seem that if I were the one who is really in control and I had other people who wanted to be in control; I would simply give them the illusion of control. This way they may be satisfied and not take away my control.