miércoles, 1 de enero de 2014

In a chess game, a pawn can become any one of the royal pieces,



Thinking for ourselves



The rewards of independence and common sense are many



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In a chess game, a pawn can become any one of the royal pieces, if it can make it to the other side of the board. The opponent will do almost anything to keep one from reaching its goal, because that would interfere with the power structure. If they can keep the pawns on “their side” of the board, where it is much safer, the status quo can be maintained. Although no analogy is perfect, it is pretty easy to see the point here. By keeping large groups of Americans complacent and afraid to challenge authority, the position, wealth and power of those in authority can be maintained. The last thing those in authority want is independent-thinking citizens who wake up to the reality that this country was actually designed for them and not for a ruling class that thinks it knows what’s best for everyone else. They dread the possibility of people actually scrutinizing their words and deeds, and holding them accountable for same. By using strong-arm tactics and a sheepishly compliant news media, which originally was supposed to be the guardian of truth, they have been very successful at pawn control.

I can’t remember how many times during my medical career I was told, “You can’t do that” or “No one has done that before” or “Do you think all the incredibly bright people who have preceded you didn’t think of that?” Certainly if I had listened to those comments instead of critically analyzing the problems and using both the triumphs and mistakes of others from the past to produce innovative solutions, my career path would have been considerably different. We have these magnificent brains with outstanding reasoning ability in order to be creative and in order to be able to critically analyze what we hear and see. All of us as citizens must stop acting like pawns and start acting like masters of our own destiny.

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