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which made it easier for hemp and "marihuana" to be prohibited nationally; the rise of the petrochemical and synthetic fiber industries; increased racial tension in the U.S. towards Mexicans and Blacks due to the national propaganda associated with the demonizing of "marihuana" by leading industrialists including those with ties to the petroleum industry; resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan; an increase in U.S. domestic policies dictated by big business rather than the people (i.e., fluoride in toothpaste and drinking water, hemp and "marihuana" prohibition); gasoline-based automobile engines; natural and agricultural products almost eliminated as competition in the "paper," paint, plastics, textile, and automotive industries; greater reliance on petroleum and its derivatives; less fuel efficient automobiles and collusion between the petroleum and automobile industries; discrete government, banking, business, and private partnerships with "leaders" of countries with natural resources (Panama, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Afghanistan, and others in the 20th century and still today); greater dependence on "state-sponsored terrorism" and war to control and gain access to the world's natural resources; increase in air, water, and land pollution by corporate "America" and gasoline based automobiles; and the rise of the "corporament" (government + corporations) that we must dismantle if "we the people" should continue to have a worthwhile meaning.

Furthermore, we must demand that companies clean up their act, first, by cleaning up the bodies of water that they have polluted, which can be accomplished through the use of bioremediation (the planting of trees and plants that will remove the toxins); second, they must reduce the inflated paychecks of those at the top; third, redesign their processes, products, and infrastructure using the principles of sustainability and eco-design; fourth, cut their toxic emissions down to zero (0); and lastly, take their money out of the pockets of politicians at the city, county, state, and federal levels.

We must demand that the acts and laws that have been passed due to flimsy and circumstantial evidence, fear, and ignorance like the Marijuana Tax Act, Controlled Substances ACT, Patriot ACT, and RAVE ACT be repealed.

We must also change the view that we have of Mother Earth, our neighbors, the businesses that we patronize and/or work for, our lifestyles, and our mindsets. We must overcome our ignorance, fear, greed, and lack of understanding of the world that we live in, and the sources that we use to obtain our news, and ultimately, how far we will let the corporament control our daily lives.

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