I have different views than some on certain topics.

I was raised to think for myself and not to fall under the pressures of those around me.

Here’s the thing with thinking. If you don’t know any better, you may believe your opinions and thoughts are all your own. However, they are not.

Let’s look at this issue on a higher level. Where you are born and grow up determines so much of who you are.

The music we listen to, the way we see the world and our political preferences are all tailored to what part of the country we came from.

All of this is planned out by our faulty government.

I cannot trust a government that day in and day out hides things from its citizens.

You know the government is up to no good when you watch two different news stations cover the exact same event with completely different perspectives.

One news station might play down the severity of an issue, while the other reports from all sides to keep it neutral. The government has a plan to keep everybody in line and only aware of what they want us to know.

Do I trust the government? Let’s just go with no as my final answer.

You cannot trust a government that proclaims to be a democracy, but anybody with eyes can see clear as day that it’s a republic.

How can you trust something that preaches liberty and justice for all when that is hardly the case?

The government is and always has been ran on a system of “I scratch your back, if you scratch mine.” They’ll look out for those who make them look good and reward them with a lifetime in office. Nothing ever changes.

For everybody that says that the government is legit and doing the best it can to help us live our best lives possible, I want you to sit down and take a look at the country.

We have 540 billionaires in the United States with a combined wealth of 2.4 trillion dollars.

We also have more than 500,000 homeless people in America who, with the right system, could be fed and given a place to sleep.

In this country, college students have to pay insane amounts to afford school and are forced to take out loans.

They then spend most of their adult life paying them back. If you take a look at other countries around the world, the price for higher education is little to none.

The issue I have with the government is they will see a problem, and if you pay attention, they will address it. They may even pray about it, but they will never actually fix it.

People always say things happen for a reason, but the government manipulates things to happen for reasons that make no sense.

There are two major problems in this country. One is mass shootings and the other is how black people and other minorities are treated differently than their white counterparts in the judicial system.

The judicial system is designed to disproportionally send more black men to jail for long periods of time. These men get harsher sentences for lighter crimes and become corporate slaves to the private prison system.

This government we all live under is a corrupt one full of lies and deceit with hidden agendas and pacts made behind closed doors.

Anyone questioning this system is deemed irresponsible or a conspiracy theorist.

However, it is important to pay attention and call the government out when they make a mistake, which happens a lot.