Hayter for Jan 15, 2023
“The greatest and
scariest force on the planet”
I’ll have you know that the year 2022 led me to discover the most powerful thing in the world. And, get this, it can be fairly easy to obtain.
Any guesses? – No, “family” is important, but family members can really mess you up. Religion? Yes, religions are great, yet they’ve caused more wars on this planet than anything else. Of course, most of the conflict is not caused by the religions themselves, but by the interpretation of the faithful. -- Okay, that’s enough guessing. What say we back away from the subject of religion?
Through my careful study, I found only one powerful thing that holds all societies together. And, it’s the same thing that can rip this world apart. Ready? -- “Trust.” -- That’s it.
If you have little trust in your religion, family, friends, governmental representatives, grocery chain, mechanic, toilet flushing device, TV remote, and everything else, well, then you’re in a bad way.
If you ask me, we were in a bad way last year. And there is every indication that 2023 will be no better. How can it be? We keep using the same useless criteria to solve the same bad situations. I may not be the sharpest pencil in the egg carton, but I have learned that if we keep applying the same baseless solutions to the same issues, some of us might need to move to Canada. Just don’t let the Canucks know we’re coming.
Before half of us pack up for the northward trip, let’s visit the word “TRUST”. Trust can help you improve the lives of others or steal the drawers of others. I’ve experienced both of those occurrences.
For example, I’ve had several mechanics take me to the cleaners. Yet, I currently have one who has earned my trust and belief in my fellow man. And woman. -- I just don’t have that many fellow women.
If you win someone’s trust, be it through the use of kindness or trickery, you have in your possession some serious influence. Take George Bailey for instance. That guy was the salt of the earth. Without realizing it, Jimmy Stewart, I mean George Bailey, earned the trust of everyone in Bedford Falls. Even Mr. Potter. -- Whatta jerk.
Mr. Potter was a man not to be trusted. He decided to make money by playing off the townspeople's trust in good ol’ George. If he could ruin George’s reputation, he would be better able to get the people to agree with him on issues.
It is our naivety and laziness that makes it so easy for the distrustful to take advantage of us. When we have little trust in others, we choose to trust in the opinions of those who share our own.
It’s so much easier to take advantage of a person who trusts his notions over facts. Have you noticed how much smaller the cans of soup are? I was beginning to think my hands were getting larger. No worries. You may not be getting as much soup, but the price per can hasn’t gone up much.
Too many entrepreneurs and politicians take us for saps. Do you know why? Because we’re saps. We are so easily tricked. Of course, politically speaking, the word “trick” died with Richard Nixon. Nowadays, we’re more scammed than tricked. The word “scam” hit the Dictionary of Slang in 1963. Had I known there was a dictionary of slang, my articles would’ve had more flair. More something.
Regardless, I trust you know what a scam
is. It involves ill-founded trust. Did you see the movie “The Sting”? That’s a
scam. Most scams are not nearly that difficult to pull off. There are so many
scammers out there that I no longer trust non-scammers. I’ve had a couple of
young men try to sell me solar panels for the house. The government will
practically pay for everything. County, State, National… I don’t know which
government? Maybe all of ‘em.
I asked each of the solar panel salesmen for some printed info, but neither had thought to bring any. I asked if they had been to my neighbor’s house. Neither of them had. I’m fairly certain she’s already bought some solar panels. I really do hope she didn’t get taken.
She’s easily taken. For example, she fell for
the story about a certain presidential candidate being involved in a child sex
ring in a Pizzaria in D.C. A couple of you who chose to investigate will
remember the guy, who after reading about the children, fired his AK-47 inside
the pizzeria, and demanded to know where the molested children were kept. The
man innocently trusted the wrong news source.
The same news outlet also reported that
the Pope had been arrested by the FBI for child pornography and human
trafficking. The same outfit continues to publish equally ridiculous scenarios,
yet, my neighbor chooses to believe each one of them.
In other words, she has placed her trust in the “Source of the Story” not the absurdity of the story. That’s one dangerous person. I fear there are many like her. People who have chosen to trust anything bad about someone they don’t trust. Just try to get someone like that to listen to reason.
Yep, “trust” in the hands of a fool is dangerous as all get out. And, in the hands of a malcontent, it can become the most powerful weapon on the planet.
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