As I've taken a bit of a DU break for the last few days, I find some of the sharp edges I usually ignore are glaring at me again.

On the other hand, someone sent me a heart! Thank you!!!!

Regardless, I find something glaring at me, and I feel the need to throw it out for the benefit of whoever needs to see it in broad daylight.

As I've written before, we've been walking the long road to hell for a very long time now. This is something that may very well have it's roots in events as old as Shays' rebellion.

Seen from that perspective, a dictatorship such as we have now was inevitable. "The Great Experiment" failed in almost it's first moments, and only the people like Shays' group understood that at the time.

I've seen people often say that "It's not the fault of ____" here. That is patently untrue.

All of us are at fault.

Let me say that again.

ALL OF US ARE AT FAULT.

Some of us are benefiting from the dictatorship. Some of us THINK we are benefiting from the dictatorship. Some of us think that there is no dictatorship. Some of us are afraid of the alternatives to the dictatorship. Some of us are afraid to speak. Some of us are afraid to act. Some of us don't know what to do about it. Some of us are living on "hope" or "faith." Still others are simply fighting to live, and will die under Bushco's boot.

It's all our fault for allowing it to continue.

Some of us have even attacked the people who are trying to do something to undermine the dictatorship.

We are not only at fault, we are helping it occur.

Don't tell me it's not your fault. If you are contributing anything, including your silence, to the dictatorship, you are VERY MUCH at fault.

Consider that fact as our "masters" crush the lives of people around the world for their personal gain.