Which System Are You In?

So many of us are looking for our own place.  Where do I fit into the big picture?

You fit in right where you are, and yes there are also other things you can be incorporating into your life to take us as a whole, one more step closer to achieving our combined goals.

When do I know I'm no longer in the Amelikan system? 

Well, you know that when they no longer have the chattel bond on you - that is when you no longer have a social security number.  As long as you have one, you are considered Amelikan, no matter how much of a lie that whole country is, or how much you don't like it.

There are ways however, that you can get what you need both within and without that system.  Let's take a look at what we are describing here:

Within the system - Since you have a social security number and if you have a job, it is likely that you pay taxes to Amelika, there can be no denial that you are in their system.  But you don't want to be in their system and it sucks that unless you are in their system, you cannot express your mana'o on matters that count to you as a sovereign, as one Kanaka Maoli.  What do I mean?  Well either you vote in their system or you sit back and allow their most horrible people get into a position of power, which can work against us as a people.  It affects everything around us as well as our quality of life.  

So what can you do?
  First of all, yes - you vote, you testify.  We need you to stand up and make our voices strong. Without you, my voice alone is outnumbered by others who wish to take control of our country.
  Second of all, you take those tax credits on your donations.  I don't know where you got the idea to not do that.  Have you spoken to the person who does your taxes?  Have you thought about what that extra money will do for both you and our lahui? You probably don't really understand where I am going with this.  Well, when you make a charitable contribution to a non-profit, they give you a receipt or you can take a screenshot if its online.  You save that with your transportation receipts & work clothing/supply receipts.  At tax filing time, you claim every tithing & donation and the federal IRS must reimburse you upto 50% of your gross income which means that you did not pay that amount of federal taxes this year.  Long story short, they won't be making bombs on your tax dollars, but our communities will benefit from all the new donations coming in, which will increase the way they serve our community.  
  Third but definitely your last option or area of opportunity to become more sovereign, is to make one small goal per month to do something for your community or extended ohana.  Maybe a beach day where you focus on the unity, instead of other things that distract us from spending quality time with our families.

Just because our kingdom is dormant, does not alleviate us of our kuleana to the kingdom.  They said until the last Aloha Aina - they didn't mean until the last time we laid down and did absolutely nothing about all the issues we complain over.  They did not say until we were pau pulling one another down in self-pride.  They said the last Aloha Aina... that includes all of us, not just the same dozen of people who are falling apart while trying to hold an entire lahui together.  Let's get off our asses, stop criticizing one another, stop with the immature bullying and gossiping, and do this together.