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ANOTHER SYNDROME LIE
It’s time we become aware of this syndrome lie:
“The more things change; the more they stay the same.”
Use your NI to simply check out this scamming phrase;
Are not change and same oxymoronic juxtapositions?!
Let us not be disillusioned and disrespected unto ourselves
And our Ancestors who have done so much over the centuries
To ensure that our slave-like conditions would become less and less;
Though we’re not where we wish to be, we’re not where we once were:-
Thus, let us no longer be victims of this phase of the Oppressor Syndrome;
Rather, let us remain on the battlefield of the Lord in our liberation struggle:-
As Marley has reminded us...let’s emancipate ourselves from mental slavery;
Liberating our minds from the Oppressor Syndrome’s infecting self-destruction:-
Know this: the more we bring about changes continuing our liberation struggle,
The lesser becomes the necessary liberating work for succeeding younger generations;
Let renewed awareness awaken us to the absurdity of change keeping things the same;
Rather, in the face of adversity, let's be resilient, and journey onward with grateful hope:-
P.S. Indeed, more could be said; but has not the point been made?!
In liberating our minds from the Syndrome, so will we be liberated
from its oppression:-