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Apr 2017
WHO SAYS WE ARE NOT THE ALIENS?
PERHAPS WE ARE TRULY FROM THE STARS OR WERE ONCE MARTIANS.
WE STILL HAVE TO THIS DAY SOME INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONSIDERED TO BE "CARGO CULT".
THEY HAVE EMANCIPATED DRAMATICALLY IN ONLY THREE DECADES AS SWIFT AS A CATAPULT.
MAYBE WE WERE ONCE A "CARGO CULT" AND VERY PRIMITIVE IN OUR TECHNOLOGY.
WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN AND WE ARE NOW READY TO EXPLORE OUR GALAXY.
NEXT OUR ROLE WILL BE SWITCHED AROUND AND WE WILL BE TEACHING PRIMITIVE TRIBES OUR SCIENCE AND MATH.
WHO HAS TRULY TAUGHT US THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD? AND WHO HAS PLACED US ON OUR PRESENT PATH?
Rita Anna Thompson
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Rita Anna Thompson  F/United States
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