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Part of what drives me to be an atheist is my lack of desire to belong to something. I don’t need others’ approval for my way of life or way of thinking. I know there is strength in numbers, but we really don’t believe in the right kind of numbers. We do not, and never have, sought numbers.

A classic song by John Lennon mentions religion in Imagine and also suggests that the world would be better if there were no country. I feel that the countries hold us up from progress. Some may suggest that the competitive nature of humans combined with countries, or teams, creates more progress. I simply disagree.

Nationalism is to politics what religion is to philosophy. I don’t find that either serves any real purpose. Instead, we have created a world of sheep.

Serj has a new album coming out. I’ve put the video for the first single here.

Serj put out Unthinking Majority, and you can see that video here.

Apparently, he is having every song on the new album, Elect the Dead, turned into a video. Take that Pearl Jam. Serj realizes that in order to get a point across, visuals are more persuasive. Likely. If he can get people to watch.

I would like to post here some of the words that he put under his Unthinking Majority video. Similar to Lennon, he doesn’t see the value in borders and flags.

Borders are the gallows of our collective national egos.
Subjective lines in the sand, water and air are separating plants, animals, and atmosphere.
Fear! Fear is the cause of separation for this imposed illusion, this cordoned off space from pre-birth.
When we run out of borders, we reach infinity and unity.
As for flags, they’re much less useful than toilet paper.
No one has been caused distress by running out of flags.
They become useful in times of crisis and unjust manipulative coercions pitting the victim against the victor or vice-versa.
Neoliberal globalism is failing due to its underlying imperial ambitions and the discoveries of those sinister ulterior motives.
So the ambitions have reawakened for “democracy promotion,” in the past few years.
In real terms, that means promoting democracy if and only if it serves imperial ambitions.
How about we create a real democracy right here and now!
Let’s allow the people to vote for or against a pre-emptive war, universal healthcare, expansion of social security, the Kyoto Protocol, the International Criminal and World Courts, and the role of the United Nations in interventions and reconstruction of devastated lands. Let’s vote for how we want our taxes to be spent, directly.
Major referendums discussed and debated thoroughly representing all sides of each issue on television.
All empires represent the aristocracy in their imperial ambitions, not the general populace!
Also in dire need is a true democracy of nations.

Words to consider.

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