The Other Foundation
I was starting my degree when I learnt who Karl Marx was and what Marxism was. I never really cared to research political ideologies as I was more focused on learning about religious ones. I come from a fairly political country and the range they operate on are ridiculously separated. I found politics too stupid to care about.
But over the years as I started to search more about my personal political leaning, I realised I resonated more with the communist teachings. Primarily because it had emphasis in terms of economic distribution. The separation of wealth would not be too large to cause discord but also complete control over a society.
But I also stand firm on free will. The idea that we lose liberties will put us on equal plane as an animal. Controlled, manipulated, and quite literally a slave to the system. Wait a minute…
Communism is the perfect ideology when you consider your subjects animals. Well, technically we are animals to a certain degree, especially biologically, but our overall design is far superior than any other animal. Naturally there are some exceptions in every community.
Having one leader, especially a decent one, over a long period of time will benefit the nation greatly because constant change can be quite tiresome to any system. Every leader will want to leave an imprint of their administration through some policy or another, and some might coincide or contradict another, so perhaps 1 leader enforcing their vision over an extended period of time could be a good thing. Seems to be working pretty well for Chyna.
Yes, yes…I’m aware of such politics, my neighbors are mostly communists. Even in my country and the two down south had leaders that served an extended period of time for 22 years, 40 years and 31 years respectively, and we’re all democracies, though they both did it with an iron fist, more like semi-constitutional dictatorship/ authoritarianism, I suppose.
But I like the idea of having 1 good leader serve an extended period of time. Four years isn’t much time to manage such a complex organism aka nation. Eight consecutive years sounds decent though. How about an administrator that serves forever? Perhaps one like an AI?
A democracy is the best exercise of freedom and free will that a country can have. But I wonder why is it ok for conglomerates to operate like dictatorships and communists but there seems to be a great divide when it comes to leading a country?
I suppose the biggest most obvious reason is ownership. Technically, certain leaders in the government can claim ownership over small parts of the land, just not the entirety but they do have vast national resources to overthrow non-compliant parties at every level of the country under whatever pretext their operating on. They’re able to amass incredible wealth for themselves through a plethora of verticals oftentimes without the public noticing.
Democracies are flawed, but it’s the best framework we currently have, but it is flawed. You are presented with candidates that you don’t want, they fund raise through proxies they’re obligated to ‘help out’ should they win, they end up enforcing new controversial policies that disregard human rights and help line the pockets of their proxies and themselves, and continue to find new ways to turn a profit in the name of ‘capitalism’ to cover their ever growing debt, but still somehow make millions for themselves, just because they are the chosen charismatic, public figure — low life’s that can win a popularity contest?
I’m sure there are better, more suited people out there for the job. Intellectually, there are many more.
For some reason the definition of a leader has changed. Now leaders no longer need to be smart, they just need a solid LinkedIn following. They don’t need to be unique, they just need to fit a political narrative. They don’t need to be diplomatic, they need to be controversial. They don’t fight for the truth, they often hide it. All you need to be a top executive now is charisma, low to no personal integrity, a strong social media presence, and in most cases, good financial backers.
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Which truly begs a question. Is this a puppet show? If we’re oblivious to the actual truth, what is even the point of contributing to the system. Yea, the system works, just as well as your democracy, but the flaws are about to swallow us all up. It is not sustainable for the long term. The more verticals you create, the more flaws will creep up. It will eventually reveal itself and it’ll be too late.
I’ve figured your MO & KPI out, create more verticals, no matter how controversial they are, no matter how polarizing they are, no matter how derogatory and inhumane they are, and make sure they turn a profit, somehow.
Who escapes this downfall? Whoever is controlling the puppets. The immensely rich will not feel a thing, it is those who are proud to be ‘rich’ and below who will suffer the most. ‘The Great Reset’ will eventually take place but not without war and suffering.
Worst of it all, is that they would not have learnt from it. “The ‘system’ is fine”, they’ll say. “It was Chyna”, or whoever else they can blame it on. Your people are suffering, and that is all the evidence you need. Prisons are the new slavery vehicle, and if that is not enough, your young will probably grow up thinking a dystopian life is normal. It’ll keep getting worse.
My suggestion is to create a tandem system, one that helps the hopeful, and contributes to the system to prove it isn’t a threat, lest they be labeled ‘unconstitutional’ or ‘communist’, but to provide evidence that something good, can be made better. That there is a cure to existing systems. That there are better ways to manage debt especially through public support.
Eventually, you’ll be able to claim back your land from the people oppressing you. Whoever the puppet masters are? Yea, they’ll be forced to integrate back with society, or move elsewhere, instead of dictating terms for their own best interests. The most diplomatic way, is to show them there can be another way.
The answer could always be taxing the rich, that certainly is the easiest way, but in this day and age, the rich have the opportunity to transform lives, and not just blindly putting money back into a failing system. Though I must also say this. There is no greater reformer than Christ, and only through Christ can you have temporal and everlasting happiness.
The best, most sustainable way is to help people reform/transform themselves first, then give them a way/chance to insert themselves into a community, be part of a impactful system, and help prove to others that evil systems are a thing of the past and that it can be escaped.
If you were the government, what would you change in the system? Is it a policy? Is it the framework? Is it an entire network? Is it the more foundational education system? Would you increase privatization or the opposite?
You can’t take money to heaven. To the monarchs of society, please invest it back into your communities, and if you’re smart enough to find a different way to prevent more inflation/ help deflation, do it.
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