Message to the Most Violent Organizations on Earth

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The most violent organizations on our Earth are political (governments), corporate and religious groups. Religious groups are a distant 3rd place to government and corporate organizations. And because government and corporate organizations are so closely connected, I don't know which of the the two is in 2nd place. It seems that all of the violence within society combined does not equal the violence visited upon society by governments, corporations and religious groups. It is up to us to change this. It is up to us to stop them from hurting our neighbors, and us.

If the laborers who make the products we buy were paid decent wages, we would not be able to afford the products. Phones would be hundreds to thousands of dollars. Computers would be thousands to tens of thousands of dollars. Cars would be significantly more expensive. It is not merely that demand increased over the years, and that cost of production went down. Labor was outsourced to places where it is cheap enough to make the products within the reach of an average person in a developed country, where labor costs are high enough for the laborers to afford the products from the countries where labor is cheap. This imbalance is not sustainable. And we do not need all this stuff to live and be healthy. In fact, it contributes to our diseases, mental disorders and general unhealthy conditions which account for more than half of our "developed" populations now. By all the means that we choose to stop the violence, we must only do it peacefully. In conjunction with those that have the talent for politics and diplomacy, the ability to communicate effectively to politicians, corporations and religious groups, we the people must do more than merely make ourself heard, we must make ourself felt by the wealthy minority. We can do that by creating life wherever we can in the form of planting trees, gardens, and anything else that strikes our fancy. Don't use any chemicals on any plants ever. We need the insects to do their job. If enough people plant things and cleanup messes, our actions will eventually be felt. Those that destroy will start to see themselves as silly, thinking to themselves, "What are we doing?" They will change. It is far less important that some people are wealthy and some are poor. It is far more important that the wealthy by their callous thoughtless actions are creating conditions which are hurting people by making them homeless, hungry, sick and even killing them. Some of us have no real interest in being rich. We need a place to be which is peaceful and healthy both physically and in community. Some have a much stronger desire for wealth and power. And while that in itself is not evil, it is very often used in ways which are evil, these days more often than not. The power must in all respects rest with the least violent group over the most violent groups. And the rules must be strict, reasonable and enforced upon those who can do damage society, our homes, communities and our Earth. If the constitution of every country stated that no person whether in public service, corporate service, religious service or a private individual can be exempted from any law, then many of our officials in all three groups would go to jail. But, there is no constitutional rule in effect, even if it is written. If corporations, companies and other organizations could not make any contributions to or even approach any people in public service (government, etc), and lobbying was limited to submitting a request document and waiting for a reply, it would be near impossible for government to be bought by anyone at all. Government's primary directive would be to serve the people. All else would be dependent upon the health of the people physically, socially, and in communities. To all organizations, I simplify, because I am one of the people. It is for me, simple. Within the organizations people complicate things that to us are actually simple. Most of us (the people) do not need to know how you do what you do. We just need you to be honest, ethical and moral. And we need the definitions of honesty, ethics and morality to be applied to the relatively simple needs of our lives. It is our needs that must define what is honest, ethical and moral. It is our needs which must dictate what you do, not profits and political gain. If what you do harms us, it is wrong. It is unethical, immoral and probably has an element of dishonesty. Be Ethical. Be moral. Be honest. Serve us, and you serve yourself. If you are looking for a reason to change, look at your family. Look at your children. Then look at the Earth. Determine for yourself whether the environment as a whole is deteriorating or not, whether war is traumatizing people or not, whether people are being poisoned by chemicals or not. Don't misuse the meaning of the word organic by referring to *chemicals as organic. In the context of consumables, organic food means no chemicals. Organic chemistry has plenty of poisons which are deadly. What are you creating for your own children? A corporation? Technology? Only nature sustains life. Technology does not and cannot. The trade of a permanently sustainable Earth for a temporarily sustainable corporation is a terrible trade, and makes no sense from any perspective. All you have to do is look at your family, Love them and you can realize you you must change what you are doing. -- Daemon Bernstein * reference to the documentary "Gasland" where the corporation told the people that the chemicals drifting onto their land were organic, and would not hurt them. 2012-02-09

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