To my America,
Who LibertyCore Endorses in US Politics
and ESSAY QUESTIONS
by Philosopher Stephan Pacheco
We live in a country where people want to be good. Some people anyway.
People I know do. They want to have their actions have no residual harm. But
they can't. Actions will harm psyches without intent. Or we are physically
harmed, by our diligent mother righteously making us study and learn and all
the sitting gives us a brain aneurism from a blood clot at age 27. (We can't
act like we have all the answers, because we don't have them yet, and we
won't.) Certain people will react in certain ways contrary, against, rules
and intentions. And as a good intention grows, as it builds, as it succeeds
and prospers, without intent will come those that are cold in the shadow
that power yields. And wars continue. Intentionally. And empires fall. And
intentions linger. And again heads roll in every direction. While the tiny
motions of personal ambition and group pride praises its fine line of
criticism walkers, some call them politicians. From every believer comes the
Darkness that sheds into becoming the need to preserve what we have worked
for...and a shadow is cast. Pride boils up to fight the threats...and
yelling we fade back into the Earth, from whence we came. Never beating the
true culprit that made us believe in anything at all. American after
American, in all the Americas, in the West, and also the South, we struggle
against that fear of vulnerability. We fight to not feel afraid, and we look
mean and cruel doing it. We build mental walls that keep us thinking we're
strong and full of strength just to be able to maintain anything as the
world strips it from us. Every cycle of politics brings hope and then
sadness. But it's not because politics is corrupt, though it is, it's
because we are failing as a People. Failing in our personal lives.
Individuals are failing. As you are searching for your next hope, do you
really see anything up there to grab? Or does everything look like paper
mache? We don't have anything for sure. We walk in pitch black and there are
holes in the ground. Deep ones. And our heroes are only the image of what
heroes are imagined to be in movies and in debates. And the old men brace
themselves for the next group of bucks that will push against them. And more
fights loom. And someone makes the crowd cheer behind us. And the "image
users" fade away, their real intentions never known, but their scars are
left behind in the annals of laws and the firm belief that they were good.
We solve nothing in the polls in 2008. The cycle will continue and the
nation will still probably exist, for now. But we can fight a Revolution
instead. We may turn again. Away from those that believe we should be
concerned with what they will inevitably decide to say about us. We The
People. We can reach towards those things that make us uncomfortable. And we
can learn why. When and why were we afraid? Why do we think that way? Why
are we angry? Why do we want to control what people think? Fear and shame
were nurtured long ago into this culture and it hides in religions and
lodges and school houses and our jobs, anywhere we look to feel that we are
the ones that are good. The Revolution is churning inside your mind, and you
need to look at the way you've been thinking, in every class of people and
every sect of thought induced by circumstance. And so the age of reason
dawns, a world beyond Good and Evil, where egos lie in tatters and spirits
meld into equality.
ESSAY QUESTIONS
1. How do you personally hinder the Freedom of other people?
-1st prize $120 and promotion through the Featured Articles section of the
site.
-2nd and 3rd prize: publication in the Featured Articles section of the
site.
ENTRY FEE: $5
2. How can you think more for yourself, without becoming more selfish?
-1st prize $100 and promotion through the Featured Articles section of the
site.
-2nd and 3rd prize: publication in the Featured Articles section of the
site.
ENTRY FEE: $5
3. Imagine that you are in the complete opposite socio-economic strata you
are in now...how would your mind be different, what would you have done, in
order to define yourself, to shape yourself into what you imagine is right?
And, what makes you so arrogant that you think you could understand what you
have not been driven into the ground to support based actually in
experiencing?
-1st prize $100 and promotion through the Featured Articles section of the
site.
-2nd and 3rd prize: publication in the Featured Articles section of the
site.
ENTRY FEE: $5
!ALL ENTRIES RECEIVE! The full e-book version of "The Girl, A Journey
in Memories through the Self", as a Thank You for philosophizing with me.
And then, we'll likely hold contests when the next two books come out and you can
get the whole set for Free.
RULES:
Prizes will be based on my (Pacheco's) perception of your ability to be as
honest and genuine, and therefore relevant, as possible. Also, shall you be
judged on your ability to be logical and show a sequence of reasons to reach
your ultimate point. All sides and reasons will be considered. Extra
consideration will be given to those articles that raise more interest in
the importance of Universal Freedom and a World without Power.
The judges shall be chosen at random as those articles that Pacheco Humility
Foundation chooses will be discussed amongst random Philosophers that can
offer additional thoughts for or against the discussion stimulated by your
work/s.
No essay should be longer than two pages. Your font size should be 12. Prove
your point quickly and stay on task. But feel free to be creative. No
stealing. No plagiarism. Thinking is free. And make sure that the
articles are ready for print. Style and professionalism count.
It should be edited and crisp.
You may enter one essay, no more than one per person, into every category.
Each category entered will require an additional entry fee. All entry fees
go directly to Pacheco Humility Foundation, A Corporation Sole, and His
Successors, in order to promote and expand a Philosophy of Universal Freedom
and a World without Power, and therefore may be tax deductible as a charitable
religious donation.
Deadline: November 4th, 2008
Late Deadline: Dec. 24, 2008
Winners will be announced, depending on entry levels, hopefully by March
2009.
*Terms and Conditions subject to change, but not likely.
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