Herding Instinct

Cattle, sheep, goats, even Bison, all herd animals. We as human beings have determined ourselves to be far above these lowly "stupid" animals (ironic since we basically made them "stupid") for a number of reasons, one in particular is that we are independent and free thinking. We don't follow the same patterns as these lesser beings in our daily lives. We refuse to be penned up in small living spaces or corralled to and fro to meet the needs of the farmer. We are finicky and will not blindly feed on a concoction of unrecognizable nutrients and medications. We will not be handled and told what to do by others who think they are better than us, we are individuals and refuse to blend in with the rest of the "herd". And of course by no means would we ever allow ourselves to be killed for the comfort and gluttony of some fat farmer!
Can you feel the sarcasm here? Are you getting the picture? We ARE sheep, whether we want to admit it or not, we just operate on a much larger farm with varying levels of farm hands.
We do live penned up in small living spaces, some smaller than others, especially inner city and urban areas, we are corralled to fro via freeways, roadways, bus lines, subway, trolley cars or sidewalks, all so we can do our daily work for our "farmer", our "boss", so we can get to and from work where most Americans spend more than half of a twenty-four hour day. We are NOT finicky (at least not in this country) about what we eat, we like to pretend we are by denying ourselves things like fats, sugars or carbohydrates (ooh, they're evil!). Instead we gorge ourselves on corn syrup, poisonous artificial sweeteners and a slurry of other FDA approved toxins and supplements because they don't cost us much. We take a pill for anything and everything that ails us, we spend all our money treating things but never try and cure anything. We constantly look for ways to fit in, to be accepted, to be one of the "beautiful" people. We find our role models in celebrities and professional athletes rather than in teachers and skilled laborers. We put human beings on pedestals and worship them as god's. We are willing to go to war for "Our country", sometimes completely unsure of what the fight is really for, family and friends, not likely from wealthy families, risk their lives to preserve the comfortable way of life for fattened politicians who have no real idea what American peoples lives are like. We are sheep because we continue to choose the fattened politicians. Every four years we get a choice between two people, ONE Republican representative and ONE Democratic representative. Yes I know, there are a couple of independents there too, but really, who ever hears about them? All the media time is spent on these two people who begin with a lot of money then have to borrow more from other people or groups of people to keep the "campaign" going. Even if one of these two candidates starts the race with ideas and policies that you agree with and would vote for, they quickly change as they are forced to change their stance when they "borrow" money for their "campaign". Does it really cost that many millions of dollars to inform the nation about your policies and ideals nowadays? I mean, I'm doing it for free right now...
Eat some corn.-g