{"id":201,"date":"2015-08-11T09:16:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T13:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/?p=201"},"modified":"2015-08-11T09:16:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T13:16:29","slug":"the-power-of-choice-can-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/the-power-of-choice-can-change-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Choice can Change the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;I believe in choice. I believe in your power to make a choice to change your life. Choice can change the world.&#8221;<\/em> I state this soundbite in my speech, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_EuqKbPHYoM?list=UUSTmQkSVQMbglFcBb1OJGhA\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Anti-Socialist<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The power of choice is one of humanity&#8217;s greatest powers. We could even smilingly call it a &#8220;super-power.&#8221;  At every situation of life, we face options of choice.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, criteria by which we will make a choice might limit us to otherwise think that we have &#8220;no choice.&#8221; However, to quote the lyrics of the song &#8220;<em>Free Will<\/em>&#8221; by the rock band, <em>Rush<\/em>, even <em>&#8220;if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No matter what challenges we face, we must always remind ourselves that we have this &#8220;super-power.&#8221;  With this self-awareness, we can consciously and pro-actively make bigger and more important choices to change the very lives we live.  It all comes down to our choosing to make those choices.<\/p>\n<p>Socialism interferes with the power of choice.  It re-distributes the consequences of others&#8217; choices, forcefully imposing new criteria that limit the choices that we ourselves would otherwise choose.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, socialism interferes with the human power of choice.  On a micro-level; it interferes with the power of a person to choose to change their life.  On a macro-level, socialism interferes with the power of choice that could even change the world.<\/p>\n<p>Because I believe in the power of choice, that is why I am an Anti-Socialist.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the overall project to provide tools of shareable memes to polygamy supporters, the pic for this sound-bite has been posted on Pinterest.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Pinterest Board:<\/em>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/mhenkelpolygamy\/quotes-the-anti-socialist\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>QUOTES &#8211; The Anti-Socialist<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Pinterest PIC:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/425238389794101265\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>I believe in choice. I believe in your power to make a choice to change your life. Choice can change the world.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The video for the entire speech is posted online.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Youtube VIDEO:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_EuqKbPHYoM?list=UUSTmQkSVQMbglFcBb1OJGhA\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Anti-Socialist<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It has also been embedded here below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_EuqKbPHYoM?list=UUSTmQkSVQMbglFcBb1OJGhA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>These three links (one to <em>Youtube<\/em> and two to <em>Pinterest<\/em>) are provided as tools for activists to use when working to persuade and encourage others to allow freedom for polygamists.<\/p>\n<p>If you consider yourself a UCAP polygamy activist, the movement needs your help here.<br \/>\nPlease follow\/comment\/share these three items on social media.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/425238389794101265\/\"  target=\"outtopinterest\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/I-believe-in-choice-Anti-Socialist-Mark-Henkel-700x400-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"I believe in choice - Anti-Socialist - Mark Henkel\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/I-believe-in-choice-Anti-Socialist-Mark-Henkel-700x400-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/I-believe-in-choice-Anti-Socialist-Mark-Henkel-700x400-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/I-believe-in-choice-Anti-Socialist-Mark-Henkel-700x400.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I believe in choice. I believe in your power to make a choice to change your life. 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