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Why Do We Allow Government To Define Our Reality? November 13, 2005 I am a believer in the possibility that extraterrestrial life exists somewhere in this infinite Universe though I have my doubts if any aliens have made it to earth. I am open to the possibility that it has happened or can happen. But as of yet I have seen no definitive proof that allows me to proclaim, “yes aliens have visited earth”. There is of course a heaping pile of circumstantial evidence, first hand accounts, photographs, and even video footage which strongly suggests some sort of advanced technology exists (perhaps alien in origin, perhaps not) or that unexplained natural phenomena are witnessed by countless thousands of people on a fairly regular basis throughout the world. It is not out of the realm of possibility to entertain such ideas as Government Black Ops programs being mistaken for Alien UFO’s. It is also not out of the realm of possibility that Aliens from some other part of space have visited Earth. What is fascinating to me is that the Government fully denies the existence of Alien UFO’s and because of this simple fact most people believe the sightings of Alien UFO’s are nothing but the by-product of a person’s wild imagination, elaborate hoaxes, drug or alcohol induced stupors, side effects of mental illness, or mere fabrications for the only purpose of making a profit. It is no big secret that the Alien Industry is huge; millions of dollars are spent every year on extraterrestrial books, TV programming, movies, seminars, conferences, and other related paraphernalia. One of the more fascinating discussions I had with a friend recently centered on our conditioning as a society to not believe anything unless our Government acknowledges it. This came up one day as my friend and I discussed the possibility of the existence of Aliens. I made some off-hand remark about how the United States Government still denies Aliens exists and because of this most people in the United States do not believe extra terrestrials have ever visited Earth. My friend was shocked, appalled, and borderline offended by my statement. “Why do we need the Government to tell us when something is real or not?” He shot back at me. I had no answer except “what do you mean?” He went on to say: “Why is it that no one believes something is true until the Government says it’s true? What makes it so that the Government has the final authority over our existence and reality? On top of that, why do we insist on believing that whatever our Government says is true?” I honestly had no answer for my friend. I understood his questions, its relevance to the discussion, and felt his frustration but I could not answer his question directly. As time went on I thought more and more about how we as a society in the United States require Government to validate nearly all aspects of our existence. Examples of this phenomenon can be found in all aspects of our lives. Many people will refuse to believe global warming is real as long as our Government says it is not real. Many people still believe Saddam Huessein had ties to AL Qaeda, links to the 9/11 attacks, stockpiles of WMD, a fully reconstituted nuclear program, and was an imminent threat to the United States. Why do people believe this? The reason is because our President keeps saying these things as if they were fact. The reliance on authority in defining our realities is nothing new. For the longest time dogma told people the world was flat and the earth was the center of the Universe. It took over a thousand years to change this world-view. Why? Because the powers at be told the masses that the earth was flat and the center of the Universe. There is a certain psychological pathos that exists in nearly all human beings. This pathos is a need to be told not only what to do, but also what to think, and how to act as well. The majority of human beings are followers and do not think for themselves. For too many years authorities have taken advantage of this trait and continue to do so to this day. The Native People’s of the Americas were viewed as a threat because governments told us they were. So, we systematically exterminated them while thinking we were doing God’s Will. Women were thought to be second class citizens because our Government told us this was the case. It was not until Government granted women the right to vote and more recently made the conscious move toward equal rights that women began making in-roads in such a male dominated society. Communism was a threat to the United States. Why? Because the Government told us it was. Slavery was acceptable to most people in this country until Government told us it was wrong and subsequently made it illegal. This process of allowing Government to define our realities permeates all aspects of our existence. Many of the Government’s perceptions for our reality have beneficial affects. We all look to the FDA to determine which medications we take are safe and which ones are not. Most of us that eat meat do not think twice about consuming that meat if it has passed inspection by the USDA. Some of the permeations of Government into our realities do not have beneficial affects and may even have negative consequences. Our Government has an agenda and that agenda is not always what is in the best interest of The People. Sometimes the Government lies to its People and The People believe the Government no matter how obvious the lie is. Most people just cannot believe the Government would lie to them. Others may accept that the Government may lie to them from time to time but they still think that the Government has The People’s best interest at heart. Because of these forces at work in our reality and because of the modern age of media we must learn the discipline of investigation. We must learn to critically think about problems related to our perceptions of reality. We must not take what any entity, Government or otherwise, says as fact until we have performed our own investigation into the matter. With the advent of the Internet, information flows freely around the world. The next time you have questions about something or have doubts and reservations about what a person says do your self a favor. Do some research and make an informed decision. The most effective way to change our reality is to gain knowledge and become a better informed citizen. If we become better informed as a society I believe our reality and how we perceive it as a society will change for the better.
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