Yearning for Zion

Im not sure if many people ever knew about the Yearning for Zion Ranch before last year's raid began.

This polygamist community is located in Texas and yesterday I watched a special on Opera. She was invited into the ranch to show to the public that they were a happy little community.

I cant imagine being in Opera's shoes but just as a viewer, i felt awkward and uneasy about the ranch. The people within the commune reassured Opera that they're happy and that this is the way they want their lives lived out. The women tend to the family and children, help in the gardens, or in the general store and help to manufacture clothes for the community. The ranch is supposively an almost self-sufficient community that rarely uses anything from the 'outside' world.

Opera visited the 2nd grade; as she was there she asked where all the toys were and every single child responded that they dont have toys, that they dont want toys and that working was fun for them. She went on to ask if they knew who Sherk, Mickey Mouse and Cinderella was; only one little girl said she had heard of Cinderella but didnt know what it was.

Moving forward, Opera followed a family of 3 wives and 9 children around for the day; the women all get up early in the morning, dress themselves, wake the children and dress the children and then attend family pray before they can break their fast and then its off to school for the kiddies. From there the three women have different chores to accomplish with the older daughters by their side; either tending to the fields, baking bread ect. As the women were working in the fields Opera asked them how it felt to share a man with three different women, and how it felt to share the house with other women and their children. The women said that it was a learning experience everyday and that each day taught them something new about themselves. Opera opened up the discussion of jealously and space and the women (always with at least one male within ear shot) said that that never happened, they were never jealous of one another because it was a "Christ Like Love" that enabled the community to live harmoniously together.

I'm sorry but this is where i lost it. HONESTLY PEOPLE i understand that you dont know any better and that you're spoon fed everything that the sector/cult/compound whatever you want to call them, your leaders think you need to know. There are always men around, everywhere! not one camera shot panned without a male figure standing, no LURKING in the background spying on the women to make sure they didnt reveal anything incriminating.

I bet most of the people within the community are happy, and quite frankly I would bet that most people within the community are scared of the real world and would prefer to stay within the confinements of the compound but thats because they're brainwashed. they're not taught to think and feel for themselves they're taught the 'WORD OF THE LORD" in the opinion of the male leaders. Its a male based operation that has the male concern in mind. But this relates to Brave New World with the brainwashing and desensitization. The people of to some effect living through the same issues as the robots of Brave New World. BNW leaders try to oppress individuality and try to control people without seeming like they are.... SAME THING over in the YFZ Ranch.