{"id":37536,"date":"2024-02-04T02:58:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T02:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rastafarivisions.com\/wordpress\/?p=37536"},"modified":"2024-02-06T12:45:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T12:45:31","slug":"slavery-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rastafarivisions.com\/wordpress\/slavery-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"SLAVERY PLANTATION 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37536\" class=\"elementor elementor-37536\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d6dbdf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d6dbdf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41973952 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41973952\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-color: #7a7a52; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; padding: 2em; max-width: 1200px;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\">SLAVERY PLANTATION 2.0<\/span><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rastafarivisions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/vamps-x.jpg?ssl=1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31872\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rastafarivisions.com\/wordpress\/vamps-x-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rastafarivisions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/vamps-x.jpg?fit=498%2C395&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"498,395\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vamps-x\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rastafarivisions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/vamps-x.jpg?fit=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rastafarivisions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/vamps-x.jpg?fit=498%2C395&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31872\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rastafarivisions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/vamps-x.jpg?resize=498%2C395&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rastafarivisions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/vamps-x.jpg?w=498&amp;ssl=1 498w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rastafarivisions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/vamps-x.jpg?resize=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"x1iyjqo2\">\n<div class=\"x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #99ab8c; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; padding: 2em; max-width: 650px; border 20px solid #315231; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 50px; border-top-left-radius: 50px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 50px; border-top-right-radius: 50px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 50px; border-bottom-left-radius: 50px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 50px; border-bottom-right-radius: 50px;\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24pt;\">Friday, February 2, 2024<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">TWO MEN SHOT DEAD<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"> IN BARBADOS YAM FIELD<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The two men were shot dead in the early hours of Tuesday morning <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 6px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span> while allegedly trying to steal produce from a yam field.<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"xqcrz7y x78zum5 x1qx5ct2 x1y1aw1k x1sxyh0 xwib8y2 xurb0ha xw4jnvo\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 24px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 36pt; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NEVER FORGET THAT<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 36pt; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">YOU ARE YOUR ANCESTOR.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #99ab8c; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; padding: 40px; max-width: 660px; border 2px solid #315231; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 50px; border-top-left-radius: 50px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 50px; border-top-right-radius: 50px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 50px; border-bottom-left-radius: 50px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 50px; border-bottom-right-radius: 50px;\"><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24pt;\">You are your enslaved and malnourished ancestor, and your existence on the plantation was confined to a landless box on four rocks, where hunger was your constant companion. <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24pt;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24pt;\">All the while, the place where you lived <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>was completely surrounded by sugar-cane <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24pt;\">and yams and potatoes that were <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>strictly guarded by the slave-master.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24pt;\">Seeing acres and acres of food stretching as far as the eye can see has always been a constant temptation<strong><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\"><strong>for the hungry.<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 26px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>And you are that same ancestor whose constant deprivation caused him to risk getting shot while stealing from the very same crops that he had helped cultivate for the plantation owner.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 26px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>This experience should have taught us that hunger, inequality, and desperate times always pressure the bottom-feeders to beg, loot, prostitute, or steal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\">So be careful how you call <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>for the crucifixion of the thief,<\/span> <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>because if you look at yourself you will see that in the present time your daily bread is still locked up in another man&#8217;s barn, and you yourself are still living one paycheck away from starvation.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">In these uncertain times, with your food still locked up in another man&#8217;s barn, you never know when the worsening situation will drive you to desperation, and cause you to do what you have never done before.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">But the slave-system has always<strong><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/strong> targeted your mind\u00a0 to mis-educate<strong><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/strong> <strong>and disconnect you from your enslaved ancestor,<\/strong><\/span> <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">because they must keep you<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\">benumbed in ignorance.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 24px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>They know that keeping you<strong><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span> benumbed in ignorance<\/strong> <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span> will cause you to exist<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">with the mentality of <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>a memory-less crab in a barrel,<\/span><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">ready and willing to<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"> kill one another<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"> <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\">just for a yam. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18pt;\"> <strong><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 24px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #99ab8c; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; padding: 2em; max-width: 700px; border 20px solid #315231; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 50px; border-top-left-radius: 50px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 50px; border-top-right-radius: 50px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 50px; border-bottom-left-radius: 50px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 50px; border-bottom-right-radius: 50px;\"><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">They know that in your<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span> poverty of consciousness,<\/span> <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span> your mind will be reduced to the level of mindless swine,<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">so you will be quick to lynch the thief,<\/span><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">and remain silent about the robber <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span> who robbed you, enslaved you, and placed you in your landless dog-eat-dog,\u00a0<\/span> <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">crabs-in-a-barrel situation<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">They must keep you feeling separate<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\u00a0 from your enslaved ancestors,<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">so that you will be<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">emotionally<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span> anesthetized\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">and desensitized<\/span><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">from that historic trauma that continues to shape <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>your present&#8211;day existence.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 24px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> In other words, <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">they hope to create <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">a psychologically gutted slave <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">who does not take the issue of rape and enslavement personally.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; 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