Now that we have reached the
means, technology, and resources to redesign our world into a much more humane
and efficient society where basic needs of all human beings are met (not just
as a mere effect, but as a requirement), logic dictates that we take that path.
Sadly, humans are not logical
creatures.
On April 4, 2012, 77-year old Greek man
named Dimitris Christoulas took his life. He is among many other human beings
around the world who have killed themselves, are killing themselves, and will
continue to kill themselves.
Why?
Because of the elaborate
fictional stranglehold known as debt. Debt that does not exist in the physical
world at all. It exists only in our minds.
Money, as admitted even by
mainstream economists, is made out of thin air. It is loaned at interest, so
the amount of money owed will always vastly outweigh the money in existence.
It is the king of Ponzi schemes
and possibly the greatest crime against humanity possible.
This phenomenon is born directly
out of the need to compete with other human beings for survival, profit, power,
and any other advantage one can get. Our world places a pathological priority
on wealth and power, so everyone, especially those at the top, have an
addiction to power and profit. They will do anything to keep their position and
get ahead of as many other people as possible.
As most jobs are taken away by
the system's natural outcome of technological unemployment, which will
inevitably replace the overwhelming majority of human labor with technology,
the most profitable "job" has become gambling like that on Wall
Street. Moving and creating fictional money on top of other already fictional
money for one's own benefit.
The financial motive has turned
its most ambitious and successful players, the bankers and corporate CEOs, into
absolute monsters.
Through their addiction to power,
profit, and control, they have realized that if they control the money supply
of the entire world and have all assets privatized, they can literally own
everything.
As the system has taught them,
they must look out for themselves at the expense of others. To do that as much
as possible, they must have it all.
The investigations into the
global economic crisis has revealed that it was not accidental or the outcome
of stupidity in the slightest; it was engineered by the financial
powers-that-be to collapse any form of social safety nets. They are now in the
process of having the corrupt and debt-enslaved governments impose brutal and
horrific austerity measures all around the world. They have already succeeded
in Greece and numerous other countries.
To the people of seemingly safe
nations, I promise you this: we are all going to end up like the Greeks.
Austerity measures and severe
poverty are going to impact the entire world.
Our economic paradigm, and its
zealous players, will not stop until every last human is either dead or
enslaved. It will lead to humanity's end, because eventually even those at the
top will turn on each other to attempt to quench their addiction.
The question we must ask now is
how we will fight the massive monster we face.
As you can tell, different people
will propose different solutions. One suggested by a fairly significant number
of people is violence. Their reasoning is certainly not unjustified. Those at
the top and the most ruthless and vicious players and proponents of this con
game have done truly horrible things, and many worldviews of the victims of the
economic paradigm have been utterly destroyed because they have been hurt so
badly.
Personally, I feel that the
system itself, its worst proponents, and those at the top are beyond
redemption, and I say that without remorse.
But I can not and will not
condone or support violent revolution in any way whatsoever.
There is an old adage about
becoming what you fight. This webpage
talks in detail about fictional characters who have become
almost, if not exactly, as monstrous as their enemies, and we could go on forever about real life equivalents. Furthermore, violence is
morally wrong, and it leads to a vicious, inescapable cycle of hate, anger, and
even more violence. I don't think I need to explain myself on those points, as
they are plentiful throughout history.
In addition, remember what Martin
Luther King Jr. told us: all violence does is attack other human beings. It
does nothing to enlighten or teach people as to the real causes of behavior. It
does not at all change the corrupt values and behavior, because it is not
affecting our current paradigm. We need to understand that the real root of our
problems is the system that promotes vicious, unfettered competition for every
and any advantage a human being can get.
For all those reasons, and for
the good of humanity, I am imploring everyone out there who may be reading this
to start talking, beginning with those closest to you. Take advantage of your
human connections to spread ideas and awareness. Investigate things like the
GIFT economy and groups like the Zeitgeist Movement; they have some incredible
ideas.
We NEED to have a transition to a
world based on cooperation, human well-being, and true efficiency of resources
and technology. That is not an opinion; it is a verifiable fact. Any serious
expert will tell you, and people around the world are steadily
acknowledging
it as we speak. The changes to reach that will only occur if a) they
come from us, the ordinary individual human beings around the world, and b) we
acknowledge their necessity and want them to happen.
We don't fight monsters with
their primitive tools of weapons, brutality, manipulation, and threats; we
fight them with our tools of knowledge, adaptation, compassion, and trust.
