The Good Ole U.S. of A; What in the Hell Happen?? Commentary by Mac Hiil

Mac Hill

There was a change in this Country which began with the Reagan Presidency. We went from a manufacturing society to a pure consumption based society.
All of a sudden "rich" became the goal. Remember the TV sit-coms from back in the 60's and 70's? What did

they all have in common?

They all featured hard-working, blue collar, unionized characters who represented the "manufacturing" society. Jackie Gleason was a bus driver. Mel's Diner was a diner. Lucy was a housewife and they lived in moderate means. Leave it to Beaver, Brady Bunch, etc, etc.....all were working class families who didn't strive to be "rich". And of course, "black shows" featured a junk man (Sanford and Son), a project family (Good Times). Hell George Jefferson
owned 7 cleaners yet lived in a 2 bedroom apartment.



Well, that changed with Reagan.



Next thing you know, we have "Dallas" featuring oil tycoons, "Dynasty" which featured rich white women, and "black shows" were nothing more than The Cosby Show who were themselves a lawyer and a doctor.



But remember what happened in the 1980's. Our neighborhoods were FLOODED with guns and drugs by the CIA as they openly admitted during Iran-Contra, not to mention championing the "food stamp" era.



Simply put, we as a society have been conditioned to strive to be "rich" rather than just being productive members of society living modestly an in a community form as war propagated in the 60's and 70's.



We began to look down and point fingers at the "have-nots" ignoring the CIA's role in their poverty stricken lives, and began to separate ourselves based on "class".



Meanwhile the "Government" was hard at work destroying the Union labor this nation was built on, and enacting legislation that would further increase the gap between rich and poor. Remember the Savings and Loan scandals from the 1980's? That was the first step in stealing money from the generation that proceeded the "baby boomers".



And what was the "fear" tactic used in the 80's to keep the general public unaware of what was happening? "The Cold War!" which was a pile of crap. Then came the 1990's when "derivatives" first reared their ugly heads. You may not believe me brotha, but as far back as 1994, it was reported that there were over 800 trillion, yes trillion, in derivatives floating around the market!



However, the problem with collecting on that money, was the Glass-Steagall Act, which of course former UBS CEO Phil Gramm did away with with the "Commodities futures and modernization act".



Now, the corporate structure had the barrier removed that prevented them from turning this nation into a literal oligarchy. So of course they needed another "pearl harbor" type event to once again distract the public so legislation designed to strip away the rights and civil liberties can be passed.

9/11 happened and the nation fell for it.

Then came Patriot Act 1 and the complete liquidation of the US treasury coupled with a war that is being paid for off of the books at the rate of about 30 million dollars per day for nearly

an entire decade now (longer than Vietnam). Of course it was all blamed on "the housing market" which is a pile of monkey s***.

We are now being conditioned to accept "security" from those who place us in danger. It is literally a psychological experiment that is taking place.

We are being conditioned to fear everyone, besides our own government and it works because American would rather remain ignorant and pay some f****** attention to what is happening around them.



We sit around thinking our goddamn face book group holds the answers to the ills of the black community. We sit around arguing about gay people. We sit around arguing about non-sense that keeps us oblivious to the world around us. And that is EXACTLY how they want it.



This is why I no longer participate in the partisan political system brotha. It is diseased on both "wings" and neither side care about the general welfare of the public.



But you know who I blame for all of this? Ourselves.



One of my all-time favorite quotes is....



"We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.”



And we have created the situation we find ourselves in.