Hope and Defiance

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HOPE and DEFIANCE

Jim Quinn

December 13, 2013

A Lot of Hope is Dangerous

President Snow: Seneca why do you think we have a winner?

SenecaCrane: [frowns !hat do you mean?

President Snow: " mean, why do we have a winner? " mean, i# we $u%t wanted tointimidate the di%trict%, why not round u& twenty'#our at random and e(ecute them a)) atonce? "t wou)d be a )ot #a%ter* [Seneca just stares, confused

President Snow: +o&e*

Seneca Crane: +o&e?

President Snow: +o&e* "t i% the on)y thin %troner than #ear* - )itt)e ho&e i% e##ective* -)ot o# ho&e i% danerou%* S&ark i% #ine, a% )on a% it.% contained*


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Seneca Crane: So?

President Snow: So, contain it*

/re%ident Snow and hi% chie# &ro&aandi%t, Seneca rane, have a di%cu%%ion that

cou)d be takin &)ace between &re%ident bama and hairSatan the ernank today*+o&e i% a #unny thin* "# the ru)in &ara%ite% remove a)) ho&e, then the ma%%e% bein to#ee) they have nothin to )o%e and revo)ution become% a #oreone conc)u%ion* or the&ara%ite% o# /anem, ho&e i% u%ed a% a method o# contro)* /re%ident Snow under%toodthe daner o# a))owin the downtrodden mu)titude% too much ho&e* 4he +uner 5ame%a))ow% one chi)d to %urvive out o# 26* 4he di%trict% are #orced to remember the iron ri&o# the a&ito) every year, whi)e rootin #or an un)ike)y ho))ow victory o# one chi)d%urvivin*

4he &arent% o# chi)dren in the di%trict% ho&e their chi)dren aren.t cho%en* 4hey ho&ethey.)) %croune u& enouh #ood to %urvive another day* 4hey ho&e they don.t et ki))ed

in a mine e(&)o%ion* 4hey ho&e the &eacekee&er% don.t break down their door% andim&ri%on them #or i))ea) huntin* 4hey ho&e they can endure another week* Snowknow% that a% )on a% they have on)y a #aint ho&e to maintain their %ub%i%tence )eve))i#e%ty)e, they are un)ike)y to rebe)* Seein a %i(teen year o)d ir) o&en)y de#yin thea&ito) and awakenin a %&irit o# humanity and courae in the %ub$uated ma%%e% i% ahue threat to the ru)in &ara%ite%*

7atni%% 8verdeen inited the #)a%h o# ho&e in the di%trict% when %he be#riended a younir) #rom Di%trict 11 named 9ue* 4he conte%tant% are %u&&o%ed to ki)) each other, but7atni%% &rotect% the youn ir)* !hen 9ue i% ki))ed, 7atni%% decorate% her body with#)ower% a% a mean% o# memoria)iin 9ue, which the te)evi%ion audience in the di%trict%

view% a% de#yin the a&ito)* -% %he wa)k% away #rom 9ue.% memoria) and back into the#iht, %he turn% to the camera% and ive% a three #iner %a)ute* 4he three #inered %a)uteo# Di%trict 12, a e%ture rare)y u%ed, mean% thank%, admiration, and ood'bye to a )ovedone* +er me%%ae to the &eo&)e watchin i% they have a common enemy* 4hey don.thave to #iht each other becau%e a tyrannica) overnment command% them to do %o*nce the beaten down and %ub$uated ma%%e% bean to under%tand the other di%trict%were not the true enemy, the #)ame o# )iberty wa% kind)ed*


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7atni%% had e(&erienced an act o# kindne%% and mercy ear)ier in the nove) when %hehad reached the end o# her ro&e and had #ai)ed to %cavene any #ood #or her he)&)e%%mother and %i%ter a#ter her #ather.% death in a mine e(&)o%ion* +er thouht% were darkand dire*

I couldnt go home. Because at home was my mother with her dead eyes andmy little sister, with her hollow cheeks and cracked lips. I couldnt walk into thatroom with the smoky fire from the damp branches I had scavenged at the edgeof the woods after the coal had run out, my hands empty of any hope.

"n the wor)d o# Di%trict 12 bread %ini#ie% ho&e* ood %ymbo)ie% ho&e a% #reedom #romhuner* !hen /eeta %ee% 7atni%% and her anui%h, he %how% com&a%%ion #or her* +e&ur&o%e)y burn% %ome bread #rom hi% &arent%. bakery and throw% the bread to 7atni%%,who i% hudd)ed out%ide in the rain* ;ater on, a% 7atni%% think% about the meanin o# thi%interaction with /eeta, %he %ay%,

!o this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, "eeta #ellark,and the bread that gave me hope.

ne o# the key undercurrent% o# the +uner 5ame tri)oy i% what ha&&en% in a wor)dwhere a)) ho&e %eem% to be )o%t* 4hrouh %ma)) act% o# kindne%%, )ike &rovidin a #ew)oave% o# bread or honorin a de&arted conte%tant, ho&e can be %&arked, and a %&arkcan turn into a #)ame, a


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&eo&)e are iven a choice o# #)avor% in what &a%%e% #or e)ection% by the cor&orateintere%t% that choo%e the candidate%* nce a &o)itician attain% o##ice and doe% what theyare in%tructed by the #inancia) intere%t% that #und their cam&ain%, they become rich and&ower#u)* 4hi% i% why 0@ o# incumbent% are re'e)ected de%&ite onre%% havin a 12@a&&rova) ratin in &o))%*

4he )a%t 13 year% ha% con#irmed the country i% run by one &arty, a% the 9e&ub)ican#iurehead ro))ed out new tri))ion 9A entit)ement &roram%, #ouht undec)ared war%,created an rwe))ian oraniation to %&y on -merican%, and drove de#icit% to %taerin)eve)%* Aow the current Democrat #iurehead ha% ro))ed out a di%a%trou% new tri))ion9A entit)ement &roram, continue% to #iht undec)ared war%, drone% innocent &eo&)e in#orein countrie%, %ecret)y co))ect% data on every -merican, and ha% driven de#icit% toe&ic heiht%*

4he ri%i% bean in 200B with the !a)) Street created wor)dwide #inancia) im&)o%ion,%&urred by the reate%t contro) #raud in hi%tory* 4he bank%ter% and &o)itician% have

im&)emented


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4he /arty &ut #orth an unknown ho&e and chane te)e&rom&ter #)im'#)am man in 200B ina )a%t ditch attem&t to %ooth the ma%%e% and a))ow the #at cat% to continue #ea%tin, withthe &eriodic &urin in the vomitorium when their u))et% were %tu##ed* 4he &roo# o# a%in)e ru)in &arty ha% never been c)earer, a% a %u&&o%ed)y )ibera) &o&u)i%t democratha% #a))en into )ine and #o))owed the order% o# the inancia) "ndu%tria) om&)e(, Fi)itary

"ndu%tria) om&)e(, and Sickcare "ndu%tria) om&)e( by not &ro%ecutin one crimina)bank%ter, )ettin !a)) Street write the B00 &ae Dodd rank bi)), ram&in u& our war% inthe Fidd)e 8a%t whi)e %&endin more on De#en%e than u%h, and )ad)y a))owin thein%urance and dru indu%try to write the 1,000 &ae bamacare abortion o# a )aw* -tthe %ame time he ha% taken the rwe))ian %urvei))ance %tate to )eve)% that wou)d havebeen con%idered crimina) and im&eachab)e in 10* 4he two head% o# the ru)in &arty&)ay their &art% to kee& the ma%%e% di%tracted, be)ievin votin actua))y matter%, whi)e#ihtin the wron enemy*

4he &ara))e)% between the +uner 5ame% nove)% and our current %ituation areinnumerab)e* ut the dehumaniation o# a %ociety i% the mo%t %ini#icant ana)oy

between the dy%to&ian cu)ture o# /anem and the reed and materia)i%m o# our )ate%tae dec)inin em&ire* "t wi)) not be war, &)aue or #amine that %et% the %tae #or ourco))a&%e* - mora) %ickne%% ha% enu)#ed the %ou) o# our civi)iation, %&read by the dark#orce% o# wickedne%% occu&yin the throne o# &ower on !a)) Street, !a%hinton D,and in the boardroom% o# mea'cor&oration% acro%% the )and*

It neither kills outright nor inflicts apparent physical harm, yet the e'tent of itsdestructive toll is already greater than that of any war, plague, famine, or naturalcalamity on record + and its potential damage to the )uality of human life andthe fabric of civili&ed society is beyond calculation. or that reason this sicknessof the soul might well be called the -ifth orseman of the $pocalypse. Its more

conventional name, of course, is dehumani&ation. / Ashle !ontagu

4he #inancia) &ara%ite% have u%ed the &ower o# ma%% media &ro&aanda and $uri%diction

over the &ub)ic educationa) %y%tem to turn accountab)e thinkin citien% into

irre%&on%ib)e irrationa) con%umer%* 4he u)tra'rich men, con%titutin the invi%ib)e

overnment de%cribed by 8dward ernay%, have u%ed their contro) o# the #iat currency

and monetary %y%tem to create a &)antation %ociety o# en%)aved debtor% who have been

trained )ike monkey% to con%ume when they are not #aceberin, twitterin or twerkin*

4hi% dehumaniation i% in #u)) di%&)ay on 4hank%ivinG)ack riday a% the cor&orate

#a%ci%t% %tir the ma%%e% into a #renied materia)i%tic ory o# &andemonium #or chea&

e)ectronic% &roduced by %)ave% in hina, doin $ob% #ormer)y &er#ormed by -merican%*or&orate &ro#it% have reached a))'time record hih% a% the "vy ;eaue F- 8%

have u%ed )oba) wae arbitrae to de'-mericanie their work #orce, convinced the

)ow)y wi)#u))y inorant -merican %er#% to %&end money they no )oner have on cra& they

certain)y don.t need, and &aid them%e)ve% bi))ion% in bonu%e% #or %ucce%%#u))y de%troyin

the #ormer midd)e c)a%% by the book*
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4he /arty ha% uti)ied the cude) o# edera) 9e%erve created in#)ation to #)eece the math

cha))ened ma%%e% #or the )a%t 100 year%* 4he modern day #inancia) mad %cienti%t% u%e

in#)ation, con%umeri%m, debt, and media &ro&aanda to kee& the rat% in their rand

e(&eriment runnin #a%ter and #a%ter around the mae, %eekin an ever dwind)in hunk

o# chee%e* 4he rat% are tra&&ed in thi% e(&eriment and have not the time, enery,

re%o)ve or enouh chee%e to e%ca&e* 4he rat% wi)) never breakout and their &roeny are

born into the mae, a)%o with no ho&e o# ettin out a)ive* 4he mad %cienti%t%

&eriodica))y reorient the mae, ad$u%t the %timu)i to e)icit new behavior, and increa%e or

decrea%e the reward% a% they deem a&&ro&riate* 4hrouh their contro) o# the #inancia),

&o)itica) and media center%, the ru)in &ara%ite% not on)y mani&u)ate %ociety, they

convince the rat% they are rea))y #ree and not con#ined in a mae, with no &o%%ibi)ity o#

e%ca&e* 4he ru)in &ara%ite% ha% %ucceeded in ca&turin the %y%tem to %uch an e(tent

that they are %y&honin o## the income o# the nation at a rate on)y %een &rior to the

5reat De&re%%ion*

4he rea) median hou%eho)d income o# the bottom 0@ i% )ower than it wa% in 1HB, a%

in#)ation ha% de%troyed the &urcha%in &ower o# the &ro)etariat* !hi)e wae% have

%tanated due to mea'cor&oration% o##'%horin -merican $ob% #or the %ake o# Euarter)y

&ro#it% and %tock &rice &er#ormance, the &rice o# midd)e c)a%% e%%entia)% )ike #ood,

enery, %he)ter, tuition and medica) care have %kyrocketed* 4he demented -merican

nobi)ity have di%rearded centurie% o# hi%tory with reard% to ineEua)ity borne o#


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"n the mo%t di%turbin %cene o# the movie, the o)d man i% rabbed by the &o)ice thu%,

draed to the &odium and %hot in the head, whi)e the other thu% beat and &umme) the

crowd into %ubmi%%ion* Shade% o# the !S beatin% by the AK/D are c)ear*

4hi% i% how an rwe))ian %urvei))ance %tate react% to the di%content cau%ed by thea&&a))in treatment o# their %ub$ect%* 8very di%trict i% ke&t under the thumb o# theironica))y named &eacekee&er%* 4hey en#orce the dictatoria) mandate% o# the a&ito) atthe &oint o# a un and threat% o# im&ri%onment, or &ub)ic beatin%* 4he techno)oica))yadvanced a&ito) u%e% %urvei))ance camera% and %&y aircra#t to monitor the di%trict% anden#orce their dictate%* Since the &a%%ae o# the &arado(ica))y named /atriot -ct, the

-merican %urvei))ance %tate ha% been &er#ected to a )eve) that wou)d im&re%% rwe))*

!ith the AS- atherin every &iece o# e)ectronic data enerated by every citien,%urvei))ance camera% monitorin our every movement in ma$or citie%, %&y drone%&atro))in the %kie%, #a%ci%t% attem&tin to di%arm the &ub)ic, and &o)ice %tate thu%roamin the country%ide en#orcin the dictate% o# the o)iarchy, we.ve de%cended intoauthoritarian ru)e* 4he on%titution i% no )oner a va)id document* 4he /re%ident i% #reeto %end boy% to their death in #orein countrie% without the a&&rova) o# onre%%* +e i%


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#ree to inore )aw% and u%e e(ecutive order% to im&)ement hi% aenda* -ny doubtreardin whether we are %ti)) #ree wa% ob)iterated by the &o)ice %tate cru%hin o# the!S &rote%t% and more recent)y the door to door i))ea) %earche% conducted by heavi)yarmed -merican


10/15

!he great fear that I have regarding the outcome for $merica of thesedisclosures is that nothing will change. 1"eople2 wont be willing to take the risksnecessary to stand up and fight to change things3 $nd in the months ahead, theyears ahead, its only going to get worse. 1!he 4S$ will2 say that3 because ofthe crisis, the dangers that we face in the world, some new and unpredictedthreat, we need more authority, we need more power, and there will be nothingthe people can do at that point to oppose it. $nd it will be turnkey tyranny. / Edward Snowden

Aow we et to the mo%t im&ortant theme o# the +uner 5ame% tri)oy and a theme thatwi)) drive the reeneracy %tae o# thi% Fourth TurningL Defiance* 4here can be nochane un)e%% %omeone ha% the courae to make a %tand* 5enerationa) archety&e% wi))need to &)ay their a%%ined ro)e%, $u%t a% they did in the +uner 5ame% nove)%* 4heoomer% %hou)d be %eekin a new vi%ion o# a better #utureI 5en'M %hou)d be %eekinrea)i%m and im&)ementab)e %o)ution%I and the Fi))ennia)% %hou)d be %eekin the &owerto chane the cour%e o# a terrib)y mi%uided country*

"t wi)) not take a ma$ority to &revai) durin thi% ourth 4urnin, $u%t an in%&iredcouraeou% minority wi))in to %acri#ice them%e)ve% #or the reater ood* Suanneo))in% may not have meant to &)ace her character% into their &ro&er enerationa) ro)e%,but they &)ayed their &art% a% wou)d be e(&ected durin a ri%i%* /)utarch +eaven%bee,a >0 %omethin /ro&het 5eneration vi%ionary, i% the )eader o# the rebe))ion who e(&)oit%the &ower and courae o# 7atni%% 8verdeen, #rom the +ero 5eneration, to in%&ire and)ead the rebe))ion* +aymitch -bernathy, the 60 year o)d drunk #rom the Aomad5eneration, i% the brain% behind the &)an to %&ur rebe))ion and de#eat the a&ito)* +emade it hi% &ur&o%e in )i#e to &rotect and %u&&ort the youn heroe% who were reEuired todo the heavy )i#tin durin the ri%i%*
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4he theme o# de#iance and it% abi)ity to undermine an evi), yet #rai)e, authoritarianreime i% &ortrayed throuh the %ymbo) o# the mockin$ay in the nove)%* 4hemockin$ay i% a %urvei))ance %tate b)under, accident)y #a%hioned by the hubri%tic a&ito)*

-#ter the #ir%t rebe))ion, the a&ito) )e#t the $abber$ay%, a bird they created to %&y on thedi%trict% and re)ay who)e conver%ation% to the a&ito), in the wi)derne%% to die o##*

"n%tead, the $abber$ay% mated with mockinbird% and a %&ecie% ca))ed the mockin$aywa% born* 4he mockin$ay wa% a %ina) o# weakne%% in the armor o# the a&ito)*Fockin$ay% had the ta)ent o# bein ab)e to re)ay any %on or tune they hear to any%&ecie%* 7atni%%. #ather u%ed to )ove to %in %on% in the wood% whi)e huntin and )ovedto hear the mockin$ay% re&eat hi% tune back to him* 7atni%% and 9ue u%ed themockin$ay% to communicate durin the 5ame%* Fockin$ay% were a hardy re%i)ient%&ecie% that cou)d %urvive in the har%he%t o# environment%*

4he mockin$ay become% a %ymbo) o# de#iance, rebe))ion and ho&e amon the di%trict%*e#ore the 5ame%, a #riend o# 7atni%%. #rom %choo) ave her a o)d mockin$ay &in a% atoken #rom home* 4he te)evi%ion audience %ee% the &in on 7atni%%. c)othe% durin the

5ame%* -#ter the 5ame%, the %ymbo)i%m o# the mockin$ay become% a ra))yin &oint #orthe %ub$uated ma%%e% in the di%trict%* -% the rebe))ion ather% %team, the rebe))indi%trict% u%e the mockin$ay %ymbo) a% a &rimary method o# communication* 4he rebe)%bake the bird %ymbo) into bread%, cracker%, and other thin% that cou)d ea%i)y be eatenor hidden Euick)y* 4he mockin$ay become% %in o# re%i%tance, a %in o# u&ri%in, and a%in o# ho&e* 4he bru%h #ire% o# rebe))ion are )im&%ed by 7atni%% durin the victory tourand ce)ebration be#ore the >thanniver%ary 5ame%* /)utarch +eaven%bee, %u&&o%ed)ya hih )eve) a&ito) a&&aratchik, attem&ted to win 7atni%%. tru%t by %howin her hi%watch, which viewed in the riht &o%ition you cou)d %ee the %ymbo) o# the rebe))ion L themockin$ay*

4he de#iance o# a youn ir) ver%u% the #aNade o# an a))'&ower#u) %tate, throuh herhumanity, the mockin$ay %ymbo), and the wi))inne%% to eat &oi%on berrie% a% theu)timate act o# rebe))ion aain%t the ru)er% o# the ame, i% the de#inin moti# o# our time*

!he bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress thatburst into flames. I am the mockingjay. !he one that survived despite the%apitols plans. !he symbol of the rebellion.L %atniss E*erdeen ' CatchingFire

!hat i% not immediate)y a&&arent to the va%%a)% o# a tota)itarian reime i% the interna)rot, in#ihtin amon the )ieutenant%, and %u&er#icia) )eve) o# %u&&ort amon thecitienry* - overnment racked by corru&tion, de&endent u&on #inancia) immickry andma%%ive )eve)% o# debt to ive the a&&earance o# %o)vency, on)y ab)e to &re%ervedomination throuh bruta) &o)ice %tate thu tactic%, monitorin it% %ub$ect% with intru%ive%urvei))ance machine%, and )ed by %ocio&athic &aranoid eomaniaca) men, i% %ick)y androttin on the in%ide* /re%ident Snow %&ittin u& b)ood throuhout the nove)% i% %ymbo)ico# thi% di%ea%e* ;ike a iantic 226 year o)d oak tree that a&&ear% im&o%in, robu%t andinde%tructib)e, but ha% been decayin within, a %trateica))y &)aced )ihtnin %trike or%udden u%t o# wind i% ca&ab)e o# to&&)in the once mihty tree*
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Sometime% a)) it take% i% #or one &er%on o# ood con%cience, with the courae to acce&tthe con%eEuence% o# revea)in the truth, to %trike down the mihty oak and inite bru%h#ire% o# #reedom in the mind% o# men* 8dward Snowden i% that &er%on*

I cant in good conscience allow the 5S government to destroy privacy, internetfreedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive

surveillance machine theyre secretly building* I do not want to live in a worldwhere everything I do and say is recorded. !hat is not something I am willing tosupport or live under. 0veryone everywhere now understands how bad thingshave gotten + and theyre talking about it. !hey have the power to decide forthemselves whether they are willing to sacrifice their privacy to the surveillancestate. /Edward Snowden

"n the Hunger "a#estri)oy 7atni%% 8verdeen created a &rob)em #or /re%ident Snowwhen %he &u))ed out the &oi%onou% berrie% and #oi)ed the ame bein orche%trated bythe crue) ru)in &ara%ite% o# /anem* She re#u%ed to be a &awn in their ame* She hadthe couraeou%ne%% o# %&irit to i))u%trate to the %u&&re%%ed citien% in the )ocked down

&ri%on')ike di%trict% that %he wa% not owned and en%)aved by the %tate* She wa% ahuman bein who de%erved to be treated with re%&ect, not )ike an anima) or a %&ecimenin their ma)iciou% man'made ame*

I want to do something, right here, right now, to shame them, to make themaccountable, to show the %apitol that whatever they do or force us to do there isa part of every tribute they cant own. !hat 6ue was more than a piece in their7ames. $nd so am I.L %atniss E*erdeen ' The Hunger "a#es
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8dward Snowden ha% created a &rob)em #or /re%ident bama, hi% %urvei))ance %tatea&&aratu%, and the bank%terin caba) that &u)) the %trin% in thi% em&ire o# con%umeri%m,by revea)in the dirty %ecret% o# a &aranoid tyrannica) ru)in &ara%ite%* !e are )ate in theame and &)eadin inorance reardin how techno)oy i% bein u%ed by evi) men #orevi) &ur&o%e% i% ine(cu%ab)e* Snowden re#u%ed to remain a &awn in the AS- ame and

decided hi% #e))ow citien% needed to be warned about the daner% o# an omni%cient,%ecretive, ma)evo)ent %tate who%e &ower% were unchecked and who%e motive% wereeared toward% o&&re%%ion and coercion* +e wa% a bri))iant youn co within theovernment machinery, makin ood money, with a briht #uture i# he con#ormed andobeyed, but he cho%e to be #ree* - #ree man can.t be bouht, contro))ed or conEuered*8dward Snowden decided %omeone needed to make a %tand and that %omeone wa%him*

Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. 4ot force, but secrecy and censorship.8hen any government or church for that matter, undertakes to say to itssubjects, !his you may not read, this you must not know, the end result is

tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. #ighty little force isneeded to control a man who has been hoodwinked in this fashion9 contrariwise,no amount of force can control a free man, whose mind is free. 4o, not the racknor the atomic bomb, not anything. :ou cant con)uer a free man9 the most youcan do is kill him.) +o&ert Heinlein

4he e(&)o%ive di%c)o%ure% o# overnment crimina)ity, ma%% %&yin, cover'u&%, )yin toonre%% by overnment a&&aratchik%, and conc)u%ive evidence o# a %urvei))ance %tatecom&)ete)y out o# contro) con#irmed another truth #or tho%e not ca&tured by the redGb)ue&arty &ro&aanda* Snowden wa% dec)ared a traitor by bama, 9omney, Schumer,Fcain, /e)o%i, oehner, 9eid, Fconne)), ein%tein, 9ove, and o# cour%e, the b)ood

thir%ty, hate %&ewin, dark')ord o# the neo'Aai% L Dick heney* 4he immediate andunited venomou% re%&on%e #rom the %)imy &o)itician %nake% %hou)d have removed a))doubt there i% rea))y one ru)in &arty and the re%t o# u% are nothin but &awn% in theirame* !e )ive in a cor&orate #a%ci%t war#areGwe)#are %urvei))ance %tate run by u)tra'wea)thy une)ected men with evi) intention%*

8eve slipped away from a true republic* 4ow were slipping into a fascistsystem where its a combination of government, big business and authoritarianrule, and the suppression of the individual rights of each and every $merican.8hen it comes to any significant differences on foreign policy, economicintervention, the ederal 6eserve, a strong e'ecutive branch, a welfarism mi'edwith corporatism, both parties are very much alike. !he major arguments in hotlycontested presidential races are mostly for public consumption to convince the

people they actually have a choice. / +on Paul

Snowden.% re%&on%e to the murderin thu heney ca))in him a traitor make% me&roud to ca)) him a hero and a &atriot, on &ar with 5eore !a%hinton, Samue) -dam%,and 4homa% /aine*
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Being called a traitor by (ick %heney is the highest honor you can give to an$merican.Edward Snowden

bama and the /arty are continuou%)y bein made #oo)% o# by a 30 year o)d Fi))ennia),a% he &eriodica))y re)ea%e% in#ormation damain to the overnment.% %urvei))ance

e##ort% on the -merican &eo&)e and #orein )eader%* 8ach reve)ation #urther erode% thetru%t &eo&)e and countrie% once had in the mora) )eader%hi& o# the nited State%*Snowden i% our mockin$ay, a creature the AS- never intended to create* 4he &redatordrone ha&&y bama wou)d )ike nothin better than to have Snowden e)iminated, but hei% #aced with the %ame di)emma a% /re%ident Snow in the #ictiona) wor)d o# /anem,ca&tured in thi% dia)oue:

President Snow,I have a problem, #iss 0verdeen. $ problem that began themoment you pulled out those poisonous berries in the arena. If a girl from (istrict!welve of all places can defy the %apitol and walk away unharmed, what is tostop them from doing the same;

%atniss E*erdeen,It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it

down.

"# the mihty -merican em&ire can be embarra%%ed by a %o)e youn &atriot, &rovin tothe wor)d they are in dec)ine #inancia))y, mora))y, and mi)itari)y, it mu%t be very #rai)e*Snowden.% reve)ation% did not immediate)y %&ark rebe))ion, but an attitude o# de#iance i%ainin traction, a% the mood in the country darken% )ike the %ky be#ore a b)iardwho%e #u)) #ury wi)) %trike with a veneance )a%tin #or %evera) year%* Since our entry intothi% Fourth Turningin 200B there have been %&ark% o# rebe))ion O!S C the oriina)4ea /arty movementP but they were immediate)y %ubverted, di%credited and cru%hed by

the /arty and their &ro&aanda media machine%* 4he attitude o# de#iance can be %eenin the ri%e o# itcoin, citien% buyin &hy%ica) o)d and %i)ver de%&ite the edera)9e%erveG!a)) Street e##ort% to di%credit it, the e##ort% o# hacker% )ike -nonymou% todi%ru&t the cor&orate #a%ci%t %tate, the tire)e%% e##ort% o# web%ite% )ike ero +ede,!a%hinton.% )o, har)e% +uh Smith, and Fike 7rieer to uncover the truth, and there)ent)e%% &ur%uit o# )iberty and #reedom by 9on /au) and hi% army o# &atriot%* "t i% time#or more )eader% and heroe% to %te& u& and act*

I had been looking for leaders, but I reali&ed that leadership is about being thefirst to act. I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions, and that thereturn of this information to the public marks my end.' Edward Snowden

De%&ite the monetary mani&u)ation% o# the edera) 9e%erve arm o# the /arty, %u&&ortedby the &ro&aanda e##ort% o# the cor&orate media arm o# the /arty, the e(treme )eve) o#crimina))y induced wea)th ineEua)ity wi)) u)timate)y re%u)t in a %econd #ar wor%e #inancia)cra%h that wi)) to&&)e thi% teeterin edi#ice o# corru&tion* 4he vio)ent %tae o# thi% ri%i%wi)) then eru&t*
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But as the %risis mood congeals, people will come to the jarring reali&ation thatthey have grown helplessly dependent on a teetering edifice of anonymoustransactions and paper guarantees. #any $mericans wont know where theirsavings are, who their employer is, what their pension is, or how theirgovernment works. !he era will have left the financial world arbitraged and

tentacled< (ebtors wont know who holds their notes, homeowners who ownstheir mortgages, and shareholders who runs their e)uities / and vice versa. /The Fourth Turning Strauss & Howe

4he #ir%t -merican ourth 4urnin wa% a rebe))ion aain%t a #orein em&ire* 4he %econd-merican ourth 4urnin wa% an interna) rebe))ion that ki))ed 00,000 youn men* 4hethird -merican ourth 4urnin re%u)ted in a #orein con#)ict that re%u)ted in the death% o#H> mi))ion &eo&)e* Do the%e once every B0 year turnin% a)ternate between e(terna) andinterna) con#)ict? "# %o, we are on the vere o# event% that wi)) tear the #abric o# thi%nation a&art* 4he debt, civic decay, and heinou%ne%% o# tho%e in &ower wi)) )ead to thedi%interation o# our e(i%tin %ocia) order and %heer chao%, a% #orce% batt)e #or the %ou)

o# the nation* !hat it i% re&)aced by i% unknown at thi% time* "t cou)d be %omethin #arwor%e, or it cou)d be a rekind)in o# our nation.% #oundin heritae o# )iberty, #reedomand civic duty*

;inear thinkin o)d timer% are )ike)y to %co## at the notion that %ome tri)oy o# nove)% #orteenaer% cou)d ca&ture the mood o# the time in a way that e(&)ain% how the &eo&)e o#thi% country wi)) re%&ond to the current wor%enin ri%i%* ".m %ure the work% o# Steinbeckand 4o)kien were %co##ed at durin the )a%t ourth 4urnin* +i%tory i% cyc)ica) and we.vereturned to a time where )eader% %te& #orward to )ead and brave heroe% %te& #orward to#iht* 4he #uture o# the country han% in the ba)ance*

!he original $merican patriots were those individuals brave enough to resistwith force the oppressive power of =ing 7eorge. I accept the definition ofpatriotism as that effort to resist oppressive state power. !he true patriot ismotivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self*interest for himself, hisfamily, and the future of his country to resist government abuse of power. erejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state.L+on Paul

Do you re$ect the notion that &atrioti%m mean% obedience to the %tate? 7now yourenemy*

6emember who the real enemy is.L Ha#itch A&ernath' Catching Fire
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