This may seem like a reply to a different topic. But it is related at the very foundation of what we're discussing.

What I mean is that we are at the mercy of our own actions. We're looking outside for an answer.

Over the years of living on farms and ranches, I've had the rare opportunity to meet some older people who saw what happened before and then after the time period around World War 2. Farms that were natural and healthy that ran into financial trouble. What were dairies turned into beef raising land. Farms that were in the clear turned into farms that were in financial need. A pivotal role was played by corporations. The companies that served as dealers in artificial fertilizers, weened these farmers into a way of life that gave the corporations great power and wealth, at the expense of farming, and those who farmed.

This is one example. One of how we became dependent. Look at our dependency now. I've made a few enemies in my family when the 4th of July comes around, and I'm very open about calling it Dependence Day. Most people don't get it.

I'm not going to finish this. I feel like I'm talking to an alcoholic. Preaching to the deaf. I was deaf. And blind. Only when I could see did I turn my life around. But that's personal. We're talking about getting an entire society to turn around. In a nutshell, when we support the corporations, we open ourselves up to being squashed by them. This isn't happening in a vacuum. We're the ones. It all starts at your personal consumption.