From Trust to Treachery: The Unraveling of America's Institutions Demands a Paradigm Shift
by Annette Dion
We live in an age where there is a dire need for Americans to make a significant mental paradigm shift. This is essential to our understanding of what is happening right now to America.
Shifting our habitual view of things, to what is “right-now-real” can potentially lead us into thinking more clearly about what we need to do about the crisis we are in. And, it must happen immediately.
A simple Google search defines “paradigm shift” as a major change in the worldview, concepts, and practices of how something works or is accomplished.
Precisely.
To start with, most of us grew up with the idea that ruling bodies of government in America could be counted on to be reasonable, fair and logical to some degree. This is no longer something that any one of us can continue to believe. Doing so risks finding ourselves in a state of delusion.
Yes, it is “Paradigm shift” time.
Let’s go.
The United States Supreme Court, for many, many decades was able to be relied upon to make decisions that took into consideration the greater good of our country and her citizens. The Court was at one time known to issue decisions in the interest of supporting our democratic principles for the betterment of most or all. The United States Supreme Court, symbolized by the image of a blindfolded justice, was initially born to be non-partisan and neutral; not influenced by other interests.
The Justices, selected by the President; were entrusted to act in accordance with their earned expertise in the Law and our Constitution. SCOTUS Justices decisions were expected to be fair, and reasonable.
Okay. Shift.
This Supreme Court today is highly corrupted, defiant, and, dare I say “murderous?”
Consider just two of several decisions of this Court. Let’s start with reversing Roe. This law, which once gave women the human right of choice to end an unwanted pregnancy, including in cases of rape, incest or the inability for her to physically carry a child; that right, was actually stolen away by this Supreme Court. The right to women's essential medical reproductive care was robbed. Thousands of clinics closed. Those finding themselves in real medical crisis that could, prior to this, been easily provided for these women, have been abandoned. It remains horrifyingly stunning.
The decision to overturn Roe stole away the assurance that a pregnancy-gone-wrong, one heading into the potentially lethal category, could be medically and safety ended. Women would die. Many women have reported nearly dying. (I, myself have a family member who fell right into this category when at 6 months it was medically determined the fetus would not survive outside the womb. Tragic. That incident had me on my knees in gratitude that I live in a state where abortion and the abortion pill is still legal.)
As if that decision was not “murderous” enough, just last week The Supreme Court decided to remove the ban on gun bump stocks. The ban, when it was in place, had made it at least a little safer to be an average American roaming around in America. Let us be clear. The function of a bump stock is maximum return in the form of dead bodies on a madman’s investment of pressing on the trigger. I am certain that the madmen currently in possession of a weapon of war designed for no other function than to obliterate people, like the AR-15, were elated and had celebratory parties in their domestic terrorist group meetings last week.
Just a few short weeks ago the story of “Justice Alito” flying the American flag upside down in support of the deadly attack on our Capitol and its insurrectionists broke. What is that saying we have gotten used to? We were shocked, but not surprised. And the other? “When somebody shows you who they are, believe them.” ? I’m sure Maya Angelou had no idea how meaningful and frequently repeated those words would be, in 2024.
The Supreme Court, in this shocking and heinous decision, during which criminal Justice Thomas feigned confusion and lack of clarity as to what a machine gun actually is (gimme a break, evil man, WE are not that stupid), basically said “Have at it, madmen! Shoot away! Let’s kill more people, not less!”
Paradigm shift.
We must readjust our lenses. Focus.
We have to deal with what is happening.
It is necessary to have a new vantage point.
Add to our current list of horrors a shocking and substantial number of members of our United States Congress who have pledged, and I mean “pledged”, their undying fealty to a cognitively failing madman, a past POTUS who incited said violent and deadly attack on our Capitol when he didn’t get his way, one who can be relied upon to constantly praise and adore murderous dictators. This monster-running-for-President, (which continues to cause ME to lose sleep at night), over and over again, openly rejects the United States Constitution, promises repeatedly that he will install himself as dictator-in-chief on “day one,” refuses to concede if he loses (he will lose) as he refused in 2020, and declares he will call for violent revenge for his perceived “misfortunes” and order the assassination of his perceived enemies.
Things are different now. Shift.
Instead of a functioning government, we have cowardly and spineless members of Congress who have abandoned the Republican party and replaced it with “hell-bent-on-destruction” MAGA. (Putin-influenced “Make America Go Away” party). They have consistently demonstrated they have absolutely zero honor to speak of. Every minute of every day they violate the oaths of office they took on the Holy Bible, all the while calling themselves “good Christians.” Everything out of their mouths is a constant stream of shameless lies. They support of Putin. And, make no mistake Putin is smiling. Widely.
Paradigm shift?
The actual truth is staring each one of us in the face. The question is, are we looking? Or are we looking away, unsuspectingly hypnotized by our unconscious program that everything is “still the same”?
One last thing to activate you, hopefully, and at least for now.
The media has, especially recently, been overrun by dangerous, Russian-generated propaganda. Russia and other enemies of America have been taking what we once found reliable, local news and trusted newspapers and blanketed them with fake stories; similar to the National Enquirer. Except this is not innocuous, and not limited to a couple of sensationalist articles and stories. It is everywhere. And, it is beyond dangerous.
Paradigm shift once again! The news is not the news anymore. It is not the Truth. The news has been infected, on a very large scale, by ginormous lying forces of evil. It has carefully and sinisterly lulled the American people into a hypnotic trance. The fake news is designed to cause us to unknowingly self-destruct ourselves; to work against ourselves doing what is in our own best interest. It is a hypnotic trance of unforgivable lies, misperceptions scientifically and psychologically designed this way. It is meant to divide us, and, let’s be honest, it has.
It is out-and-out mutilation of the Truth.
Take heart, I know it’s a lot of mental gymnastics and mental energy to make the paradigm shift. Those who have been able to do the work and pay close and careful attention throughout are finally now speaking out much more loudly and consistently. Our democracy is at great, great risk, but WE are taking serious action. Let’s come together!
Our miracle-working President Joseph R. Biden, the man who holds the position of being the #1 reason that America is still a democracy, is campaigning on calling them out. He is campaigning on ACTUAL truth.
If we want to continue to live free it means that we have to do everything we can, every single day, to support and defend our right to live as free humans. Freedom is NOT free. Never has been and never will be.
To leave it to “them” means that we potentially could bear witness to the end of human civilization. Think about it.
Do you have children around you? Look at them. In their wide-eyed innocence, unbearable cuteness and amazement at the wondrous world around them, they depend on you to make this a livable world for them.
Make the shift. Make it matter. Because, frankly right now facing the actual Truth and taking action is the only thing that DOES matter.
May we keep the faith. May we all take action. Today.
Each Tuesday at 7p ET, our group meets online for a 20-minute guided meditation for a healed America. I invite you to join us. Email grassrootsofdemocracy@gmail.com to express your interest and to receive the Zoom information.