Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Free World Order

Robin D.G. Kelley wrote, "Malcolm X has been called many things:

Pan-Africanist, father of Black Power, religious fanatic, closet conservative, incipient socialist, and a menace to society. The meaning of his public life — his politics and ideology — is contested in part because his entire body of work consists of a few dozen speeches and a collaborative autobiography whose veracity is challenged. Malcolm has become a sort of tabula rasa, or blank slate, on which people of different positions can write their own interpretations of his politics and legacy. Chuck D of the rap group Public Enemy and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas can both declare Malcolm X their hero."

He is supposed to have declared, "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it."

So, should we fight for freedom?

Or, can we effortlessly move towards a Free World Order?

Daniel Quinn, Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure, says:

Old minds think:
If it didn't work last year, let's do MORE of it this year.

New minds think:
If it didn't work last year, let's do something ELSE this year.

Old minds think:
How do we stop these bad things from happening?

New minds think:
How do we make things the way we want them to be?

The Free World Order , talks about BUILDING FREEDOM and challenges us to THINK AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT!

Probably, FREEDOM is simply about continually GROWING beyond our known (and hidden) constraints!

Unless you try to do something
beyond what you have already mastered,
you will never grow.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

So, what are your NEW THOUGHTS on Free World Order?

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