The above quotation is attributed to the renowned anthropologist, Margaret Mead, and is as applicable today as it was back then. We live in an age in which regrettably our own governance seems to be on a mission that discounts the importance and value of thinking for our own self, and replacing such with basically obedience to the state dictates and desires. The reason why so many governments don’t desire for their own population to think for themselves, is that they seem beholden to the belief that the best population is that which is compliant to the supposed needs of that governance and especially to the military-industrial-technology complex, so of.
We are not meant to be a nation of sheep, but rather we are supposed to be a nation of liberty loving, and independent people, in which each of us are trying to live out our best life. It is critical to note, that each of us has been created by the very same hand, of which, we therefore each have the very same unalienable rights, and to have those rights subsumed by the state or by corporate actors, is a grand disservice to what we could or should achieve with our free thinking mind.
In this modern era, we have to be cognizant that never has this government, as well as corporate entities known so much about us, of what and who we are; which signifies that we need to do our level best to see that we do not give in to what is so wanted from us, without, at a minimum, thinking about whether or not this is the best decision for us. We are not meant to be automatons, for there already are automatons enough, in the sense of our modern conveniences and computer devices of all types, that perform quite competently that function. We are meant, for a certainty, to think for ourselves, so that we can best realize the potential that each one of us is born with, and of which, importantly, we each have different skill-sets as well as proclivities to live up to.
There are plenty of people and institutions, that aren’t really interested in having a debate, or a discussion, or of hearing what another person has to say, but rather they just want abject obedience, for in getting that obedience, these entities, thus get their way. Those then that think and thereby standup for themselves, make all those of the status quo that are authoritarian or dictatorial in their nature – nervous and upset, for these influential and powerful entities rely upon manipulation and exploitation to have and to get their way -- not caring to be stymied by anyone or anything, displaying independent thinking or defiance of any sort.
Remember this well, each of us is gifted with our free will mind, thereby free to think whatever that it is that we so desire to think – of which, this is indeed a very great gift bestowed upon us. Those then, that contemplate giving up such a gift, should at a minimum, make sure that what they anticipate receiving in return is of lasting value, and if they have any real sensibility, should think long and hard before relinquishing such.