It seems to me that governments of modern Western nations have become a parody of their former selves. That being said, I don’t recall a time in my life where anyone spoke highly, fondly, nor respectfully of those enthroned at any level of public office. Or, it was so rare that it was retroactively drowned out. Regardless, our society hinges on a strange and entirely specious notion wherein we absolutely and without question need a centralized power in the form of government, much to our continued frustration, polarization, and sociocultural angst.
What is anarchy? It is the absence of government in general. More specifically, to be without a chief or ruler. It is an idealized notion of absolute freedom for the individual. It is, as anarchism, the organization of society based on voluntary cooperation, without political institutions or hierarchical government. That sounds reasonable, if not a little unsettling, primarily because it is unfamiliar. Don’t we rely on and need our government? Well, what is government? In our era, and in my view, it is seemingly the absence of all logic, sense, and reason, for there are no clear chiefs, rulers, or anything approaching leadership beyond the title itself. Big banks, special interests, transnational conglomerates, unelected foreign entities, and hundred-year-old corporations are running the show, and we all seem to be aware of and willingly accepting of this unfortunate truth. Our government attempts to organize society through repetitive messaging, indoctrination, propaganda, coercion, ideology, and, increasingly, the threat of penalty, imprisonment, or violence. Certainly, we pretend to adhere to democratic ideals, but, in fact, it is the opposite that we can observe that is routinely put into practice. The way our government today operates is, in truth, embodying the very things that most would likely associate with anarchy: nihilism, mobocracy, disorder, misrule, chaos, tumult, and, for all intents and purposes, an absence of functional government.
And yet, fixing the government and their ridiculous pantomime of an allegedly aspirational-yet-failed organization is not a practical solution nor an efficient use of our precious and limited time. In a metaphysical sense, it is evident that their frequently inane and nonsensical offers and contracts — pandering to one crowd while virtue signaling to another, neither of which matter to the functioning of a strong cultural story, harmonious citizenry, or stable economy — are direct and indirect symptoms of our apparent collective aversion to logic, reason, accountability, and comprehension of historical events.
Put simply, what if we did this to ourselves and perhaps even invited it entirely into existence? The issue is not government corruption, which is as plain and obvious as it is thorough and complete. The issue is mindset — our learned dependence upon and obeisance to consensus perspective, fragile victim consciousness, persistent busyness and distraction, inculcated cowardice — and, therefore, a distorted perception of reality wherein we require the presence of authority that provides for us an entirely false sense of assurance that something is preventing the house of cards from collapsing at any given moment.
That, to me, doesn’t sound reasonable or rational at all. The solution would seem self-evident: we can, and we must, pivot.
We must divert and divest our energies in order to protect our resources from a system that knows only how to drain us in every way, shape, and form. We must deliberately and wholeheartedly shift our energies and purposes into that which is apolitical, culturally and spiritually restorative, and ecologically regenerative, so to build a human-supporting network of natural systems disentangled from the machinations of the state and their increasing overreach and widespread bureaucratic fickleness and hapless, lawless intrusion. With every so-called election there seems to come a host of new scandals, erosive and corrosive policies, and practices that, in this era, are heavily — and obviously — influenced by well-funded ideological, political, and extra-political agendas. The cycle needs to stop and, unfortunately, will surely do so under the weight of its own “good intentions.” This, it would seem, is an opportune moment in history to foster something structural that is of a more resilient and functional nature and purer of substance.
Even if someone of class, character, erudition, intelligence, and capacity was elected into office, the system they are welcomed into does not currently function toward the betterment of its populace. It is a system that is, by all appearances, growing in size, yet somehow increasingly wasteful, apathetic, and inefficient. There is a flaw in the operating code, no doubt reinforced by generations of hearts and minds shaped by years of coming up through an educational paradigm that serves primarily to create more industrial capitalist servants and income tax slaves. No answers nor long-term solutions would be found therein, nor would they be permitted to come to the fore if introduced. Big plans and lofty ideals would be summarily lost in the mix of clamoring media outlets whose sole purpose is to maintain a culture obsessed with self-righteousness and yet philosophically going nowhere but in downward spirals. The system, as it is, seems to favor chaos, confusion, infighting, and inequity — one term after another, circling the proverbial drain. It is, therefore, upon us, those who have to live with these continued repercussions of a failed system, to foster a more cohesive and mature philosophy and to support that which is aligned with nature, founded upon natural law, and guided by our clarity of purpose, justice, and intuition.
When we work in concert with nature’s cycles, with natural laws, there is abundance, an increasingly easy social cadence, and inherent flow. Renewal is effortless and organic, predictable and even precise. There is no lack or shortage. There is no scarcity of anything that is truly necessary or desired. Again, it is reliant upon a shift and maturing in mindset and our greater collective consciousness — presumably a natural byproduct of ever more individuals stepping into and exercising their inherent wisdom, gnosis, and creative power — genuinely pursuing their best lives rather than simply tolerating, accommodating, and accepting the status quo.
But this is not the easy choice. The easy choice is to continue in blind, quiet desperation, hoping, wishing, and praying that suddenly, by some strange miracle, those who stand amid flags, placards, posters, and top-rate slogans plastered upon their portable podium as they proudly prognosticate in front of cameras will begin to say and do the right and just things. Unfortunately, this is, for the time being, a mere delusion and perhaps even a dangerous, reckless fantasy.
We must rise above and reclaim what is real in order to dispel all of their phantasms and long-held institutional fictions. There is no honor in playing the fool, generation after generation, especially now that we’ve become increasingly aware of our folly. There are ample and diverse libraries of resources with which to empower our minds and thus free our thoughts in order to pursue these soulful and fruitful ends. It is a generational feat and will likely require the rest of our lives, when, if we’re fortunate enough, we’ll hand it over to our children to continue progressing onward and upward. We need only the tenacity and courage to commit, follow through, and be ready to ride the waves of inevitable change.
Most critically, this is a change and shift in momentum influenced and infused by clarity of cause, fair and open communication, mindful understanding, and heart-centered comprehension — rather than the usual reactionary, fear-based decision-making that relies only on the most animalistic and cognitively paralytic of mental and emotional processes. I would argue that, collectively, we’ve been in that state of unconsciousness for long enough.
Let us rise above and dissipate the fog, dispel the cacophonous noise, and get in tune with the truth so that what really matters may, at last, emerge.
Solvitur ambulando