Sowing seeds of humanity for the next generation
HOW is a corrupt system able to destroy the ability of a society to stand firm in the face of its injustices?
The answer is a lot simpler than any of us could imagine - sow the seeds of fear and doubt in a generation, and then let that generation feed the minds of the next.
Never before in recent human history have governments and state agencies of the West been so arrogant and transparent with their manipulations and exploitations as they are now.
Today, we live in a time of explosive information exchange, both false and true, where facts and fictions can be sent round the entire world within a moment of the author pressing the 'send' button.
One would have thought that we would be living through a time of clarity and the purging of corrupt institutions, whereby the misdeeds and failures of those that profess to represent us would be exposed to the fury of a taxpaying public demanding recompense and swift justice.
However, this has not been the case at all. In fact, never before has the population of the UK been so utterly apathetic towards politics and the corrupt actions of those with their hands on the supposed levers of power. It is almost as if the sheer inexhaustible accessibility of instant information, in all its forms, has simply fogged or suffocated the minds of the people.
But there is a far more sinister reason behind this miserable indifference. Thirty years ago, the fuse for the internet explosion, as we recognise it today, was lit. I was there and I remember pondering its possible ramifications in complete awe. Those in power knew very well that soon their actions could be under scrutiny, and so they busied themselves in making preparations for this new world
- this internet age.
Fear has always been power. Not even the strongest armies and generals from across the ages, or even the most inspirational and powerful words from the wise, can compete with the pure authority that fear can generate.
It is also extremely insidious, because this disease of the mind also stimulates another equally destructive force - the ego within the self. A great many people living in fear or those highly susceptible to its suggestion, will unconsciously attempt to counter it with the ego. They will often seek socially acceptable purchase within any state-sanctioned narrative that fulfils this often-unquenchable necessity to appear virtuous and 'good' and therefore 'strong'.
Within this structure, we find exactly how powerful establishments have been able to prevent an almost guaranteed and widespread uprising of the common people with the birth of the internet age.
The treatment of Julian Assange stands as a perfect example of the constant need to create fear, and much like the historic public punishment of gibbeting, his detention and mistreatment is designed to promote the fear the system so desperately needs to survive.
Hold no fear of us and expose our crimes, and we will hang you up in a cage for the whole world to see!
As children so often replicate the moral compasses of their parents and guardians, fear and its rationale are passed down to the children, and with it the auto-surrendering of their liberty to the system. It is the default setting of the vast majority of the population, otherwise seemingly content with the bread and circuses given to them.
The system, however, has a vulnerability, and one for which it can have no answer.
We must embrace our inner humanity and accept that we each have our fears, and then face them together.
We must unravel our egos and act in the greater good of our communities. If we are able to display openly without shame or self-judgement our vulnerabilities, we will find freedom, as we will be able to critically think for ourselves without the need to seek the acceptance of others.
To teach this would break the cycle of fear in the next generation, and with it sow the seeds for the system's downfall.
The system knows and recognises this vulnerability, but is relying solely on our inaction to make this weapon, this wonderful power we all hold, all but useless.
If we can harness this power and raise a generation of fearless and strong young people, free of the shackles of vanity and ego, our communities will enter a new dawn of autonomy, peace and truth.
Our work starts now.
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