The term has been bandied around for years, but are we really equal, except that we are human beings? Life is not equal. Sure, everyone has opportunities, but how accessible are they and to whom?
There are many factors that play a part in how a person develops. The type of family they were born into, education and where they’re raised play a big part sometimes. Then there are their own personalities which help determine the type of person someone becomes. There’s that something deep within the person that plays a big part in who they are, too.
The family we are born into helps determine who/what we become. Those in more affluent families have easier and better opportunities to life than those born in poorer families. Where a person lives also plays a part in the growth of that person.
Yes, there have been many from poor families who have climbed the ranks to be successful. And there are those born to wealthy families who turn to debauchery and crime. Who and what a person becomes comes about from things inside them, family influences, education (academic and life experience).
Is the term “created equal” an excuse, a set up for deception and misinterpretation? Who determines the terms? The wealthy elite and leaders who make laws to protect themselves and their cronies? Then the concept is told over and over to get people to believe, and when enough people repeat it, it must be true, right?
I don’t want to conform. I don’t want to “suck it up” and just “accept” because everyone says so. I don’t want to jump on popular bandwagons and follow every new popular person out there spouting how they think everyone should be while they themselves make exorbitant salaries, live in gated communities and not have to deal with what everyday taxpayers have to put up with. Taxpayers have become (have always been) slaves to the wealthy elite and leaders.
Watching shows and reading history books, I see it is what it is, somewhat. It’s been this way through millennia. The elite get away with whatever they want until there’s a total breakdown in society to cause their downfall. But then another contingency rises up, becomes the new elite and it begins all over again. In some aspects, history never changes because mankind will always have their humanness.
And the masses continue to believe the false promises that sound oh, so good. But those promises are only words to get votes and people to follow. People believe the pretty words that make them feel hopeful and don’t notice what is really going on. People hold on to the belief that their leaders will do what they promise… but how many leaders do?
