The field of psychology and statistics, among other fields, uses a simple process to determine one’s ability to succeed.  For example when taking the SAT or similar test, a portion of the test is not scored.  This section is used as a measurement for future tests.  By comparing your answers with the score you earn on the rest of the exam, the statisticians can rank the questions according to difficulty.

If your score is average but you failed some questions on the unscored inner test, those questions are ranked as above average.  Likewise they should find that those more difficult questions were correct from above average test scorers.

The point that is clear is that one tends not to score more difficult items without scoring well on less difficult items.  That makes common sense.  You will not get the trigonometry questions correct if you did not get the algebra questions correct.

So by asking you a few simple questions one can determine your IQ or capability in a performance field.  For example if you did not know the first US president we would not expect you to know who wrote Henry V.  This only applies to the US.

So it is important to know what is expected in a certain location. It is similarly important to know other human domains such as morality and logic.  So asking someone from a war torn country will give a different  response set to questions meant to see how one addresses other human issues.

I currently live in a socialist country.  The people, generally, appear friendly.  It is customary to greet people in a socially appropriate way.  This is not something to be overlooked.  If you do not greet someone acknowledging their appropriate status, they can be offended.  This was not the way in the US.

The citizens of this country often leave for the US, Spain and Italy to find work.  They tend to take menial jobs, work hard and send money back to their families.  Socialism simple does not work.  A central government does not provide for the lower classes as readily as it does for the upper classes and the very upper class especially.

Those citizens that return from abroad seem to find an entrepreneurial way to make a living.  The government does not mind because it lessens their burden.  The people are kept poor.

The people do not have extra money to spend.  What stands out to me is the people do not have responsibility.  They have limited initiative.  They expect the government to take care of their needs and the government does not.  So the people wait in a state of fibrillation.

 This all leads back to the original premise that one cannot do more complex things without do simpler things.  As an example, it is not uncommon to see people litter the streets with wrappers, bottles and the like because the government will clean it up.  Since the government is slow to respond it becomes dependent on the parents to train their children to be responsible for having a litter free environment.

But the parents are not responsible as they have generations of irresponsibility at the simple level.  So the advanced concept of being on time, following through on a promise, being fair and the like are not in the hierarchy of the culture.

Be that as it may, I am amazed by the American response to this behavior.  The Americans here view the culture through rose colored glasses.  Because they greet the Americans so warmly, the Americans take that behavior and paint with a broad brush. The Americans see everything as better than the US.  They say things like,”the people are friendlier”, “the medical help and doctors are better than in the US”.

The reality is the culture greets more heartily, the doctors are cheaper but the deeper concepts are not capable of being fulfilled because the simple concepts don’t exist.

I want to extend this notion a little further.  The American public, the youth in particular, have never been without freedom – the ability to think, speak and behave the way they want.  As their freedoms dissipate, they no longer have the advanced concept of freedom fought for and cherished. Instead they give it away to people who have only learned to depend on the government to give them.

My time has come and is nearly gone.  I had a great run. I can only wish that those who follow will do as well.  The stage is set for the loss of freedom.  It will be sponsored by the lies the next generation will accept. Your freedom, no matter how cruel it seems to keep, need be the top of your priority list.

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