Slavery

During the seven years of famine in ancient Egypt, Joseph kept the people alive by first selling the stored grain to them. Then when their money ran out, he sold them food in exchange for their livestock. Finally when the people had nothing left but their bodies and their land, they sold their lands to Pharaoh and themselves into slavery in order to survive. Joseph then allowed the people to remain in their land and to grow food there and to pay 20% of all they produced to Pharaoh who owned them and their land.
When the people of the united States pay more than double that percentage in homage to Augustus with little complaint, what does that tell us about the "Land of the Free"?

Hypocrisy

The gap between what we say and what we do is hypocrisy. As human beings, we are prone to inconsistencies such as these, but the correct way to deal with our own hypocrisy is to always keep the gap as close to zero as possible. As every child knows, true beliefs are reflected in actions, not in words, so when we discover that our actions diverge from our declarations, we must listen to the more convincing voice of action.
We must first know the truth, then act on that knowledge without compromise. If we then discover a gap, we must either confess our error of belief or our error of action. This is not perfection, but it is integrity.
The world watches carefully.