We need more people with courage. We need more people speaking out against government. I know there are many people who agree with me, but remain silent out of fear. That’s understandable; but to catalyze change, we need all voices to sound in unison.
Don’t be afraid. Governments may track you, bug you, follow you, and scare you, but the strength of your words will bring more people to the cause. It will help wake the sleepy, restless masses. Then, eventually, there will be so many people that want government gone, the ideas will embed themselves in the firmament of culture. That’s what has to happen for the paradigm shift to go into full effect.
I believe this will happen. Government will fall into pieces as the people come into the light of anarchism. The time when humanity exits adolescence and moves into adulthood is upon us.
Just make sure you speak up. Be part of history. Be part of the growth process. For the sake of everything good and beautiful, help us render government dead and consigned to the dustbin of history. It’s nothing but a festering boil on the backside of humanity. Let’s end the pain. End the time of government.
Sterlin Luxan is a visionary thinker, cryptocurrency junkie, connoisseur of psychology, an MDMA high priest, and the Mr. Rogers of Anarchism. He writes for bitcoin.com, runs a consultancy business in the crypto space, and is a public speaker. He created the doctrine of relational anarchism and contributes to many causes in the thriving liberty ecosystem.
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Indeed. Have you read McNeill's Plagues and Peoples? One you might appreciate here (I did not have a sixth link to put it under "anarchy"): https://steemit.com/policyofliberty/@policyofliberty/averting-civil-war-in-chile-concealed-carry-policy-as-a-means-of-quashing-the-vitriol-of-the-left
The problem we have for instance in Scandinavia is with government taking children. I would never dare to speak negatively against the government other than as anonymously as I could, being a father.. You know, I'd probably would be okay. I'm not threatening anyone, I'm not that radical..but you know..why risk it? I won't risk it.
So, they use children rights as a weapon against free speech. If your opinions are just a liiiitle bit too weird, a liiiitle bit too critical towards governments..well, maybe there is some cause for concern? You know..maybe the teacher calls the child services..oh, you don't like vaccines? Perhaps the doctor will call the child services. You call out the school for giving your child bad conscience for african children not having enough to eat (whites are bad..) ...perhaps your parents are a nazi? Lets call the child services.
And everyone knows what once the child services is on to you, you are in a fuckstorm of shit. And you should be on the next plane to Poland.
So, that's why we shut the fuck up, smile, pretend and then we un-teach our children from the appropriate age. Not too early, because they must understand that the knowledge they learn from their parents is very important and very dangerous.
So, thats how they roll. Thats the story you don't get on Norway.
I can totally understand the reason why you do not speak up. It's becoming really totalitarian in Europe.
I'm glad thought that one can voice their opinion anonymously, or at least that's what I think ;) on the internet....steemit in particular.
Peace.
Do you really think that not enough people speak out against government. Practically everyone I know does to one degree or another. The challenge is there are no viable alternatives and as human animals we group up and look for leaders. We create leaders because our environments and the circumstances we are up against always change and people want those who will take charge of a situation. From that you get a hierarchy which has evolved into our political systems (which suck by the way).
I think what we need is a more intellectual and engaged voting populace in the western countries because this will set the tone for everywhere else. Democracy, socialism and the rest are fine it is that they have been allowed to be bastardized and overtaken by special interests that are motivated primarily by fear and greed. If people really understood what the spirit of the systems they are governed by actually intend, they would be so motivated, they would work towards achieving those aims.
I guess what I am saying is that in my view if we adopted anarchy, it would become as inept as creating fairness and equality as the rest because of the qualities of the people implementing and living within that system. In the end it all comes back to us. We need to change and the existing systems will become more potent and effective. Just my thoughts. thanks.
The thing we could change that would have the greatest effect is if we stopped supporting MSM. As long as people watch crap like CNN, they will keep telling us lies. It’s time we demand that only people willing to tell us truth are worthy of telling us the news.
If you’re not willing to admit 9/11 was a false flag, you have no right to tell me the news. If we demand truth, the system built on lies will crumble.
Respectfully, the issue is not just MSM it is our intelligence levels and desire to dig deeper. There has always been "fake news", what kept it in check was that people would look to get the truth and there was also shame so if you got exposed, you had to go away. I am open to alternative news reporting but I want accountability. For example you can tell me that 9/11 was a false flag event (I have no opinion eaith way for the record, I simply don't care). But I invite you to look at those who are pitching videos on youtube. 90% of these people are putting forward theirs simply because that is how they make money. they are not good patriots, they have found a gig. When you have this percentage of people doing it, how can you ever expect to get to truth. Since the bar for news is so much lower and anyone can become a reporter, we the viewers are constantly being scammed. Again we have to be discerning and knowledgeable on a topic. When someone tells me information that contradicts popular opinion, the first thing I do is to find out who they are and are they qualified to talk about the topic. If not I disregard their point of view. It does not matter how real they seem. Do the work dude. Bring in the people who are qualified or all you have is an opinion. This is what made Snowden so powerful for me. He was in the room. We all have to have this same level or our emotion run away with us and we get passionate about positions we want to here but really do not make sense. Thanks
Nice and steady....
Yes, just having ideas isn't what makes change. People need to be willing to make sacrifices. If you want things in life, you have to be willing to sacrifice. That's the yin and yang. In order to have something good, people need to have a willingness to undergo something bad.
Good point.
....people want the change without the sacrifice - words without action. Rewards without cost.
the best way to fight? - reduce your living costs to nothing, and don't pay tax (where possible) - see how long governments (in this form) would last.
I can sit on my high morale hill- cos I have been living it 'for real' , sacrifices an' all - for the last 30 years. lol
Going forward governments have a lot working against them. The people don't want big government anymore and governments are running out of energy to keep themselves going. To create growth, energy must be burned, we are a long way off self sufficient solar/electric means of propelling our civilization forward and most of the easy to get oil is already got. The oil that is left is harder to get and of lesser quality, more expensive to extract and process, this is a similar problem the Soviet Union faced in the 80's. Today as debt limitations put a halt on global growth and as a result the demand for oil falls, the price of oil falls and with it, the desire to extract it and profits of the oil producers. This all looks good as well as the looming debt crisis, everything points to a shrinking government which is what the people want, even when people don't realize it, when they are yearning for freedom the answer lies in less daddy government.
What kind of alternative system of governance do you think would be more suitable for humanity? No governments at all? Even if we could effectively automate the current functions of the government and its institutions, that system would have to be at the very least maintained by the public.
Oh! I have an idea, let's solve this problem by choosing a select few who will do it for the public so they don't have to worry about this kind of...oh wait.
I actually think there is some potential (emphasis on 'potential') uses for the blockchain in providing accountability within a governance structure. Add to the transparency aspects and there is some potential in this space (something I'm on Steemit to blog about actually)
Know that whenever you speak the truth to others you call upon the great revolutionaries of the past. Those immortalised men, women and children who laid down their lives in the name of freedom. By illuminating and awakening the minds of others you join the ranks of those courageous pioneers who dared to declare their sovereignty and independence. Who dared to stand up to the tyrants and say, 'NO! You are not the boss of me!'
Music to my ears, poetry to my soul, food for my thoughts, candy for my eyes!
I am learning that semantics get in the way of many conversations that would otherwise be productive. Most people do not have the vocabulary to discuss consensus and decentralization. Translating these concepts into "layman's terms" is a goal of mine. Not many people have read Kropotkin, Ellul, Tolstoy, and Illich.... Let's reach over the barrier of terminology and find ways to connect with individuals whose minds are fertile ground for planting seeds of liberty.
Hey Dude! good to see you still plugging away! Im off to Lisbon for a stag do with a lot of substances and craziness. It made me think of you at steemfest2! steemon!
anarchy & philosophy tags. Decentralization makes sense, but anarchy and the call for no government is simply the preliminary call for communism. Every part of the world is ruled by government or leaders or kings of some sort. . . The great hypocrisy of anarchism is that there is no large examples of leaderless groups of people ANYWHERE on this planet