The ballot
box is the mechanism used to force us to surrender our power - to hand over our
inherent, inalienable decision-making rights to the politicians and the
powerful individuals who in turn dictate their actions. Then when these
individuals inevitably make bad, stupid, self-serving decisions 'on our behalf'
people whine about how if only we would elect the right folks' all would be
well.
Sorry, but it
doesn't work that way. It can't work that way.
A little wild
card known as the human ego makes it impossible. Requiring that people become
dependent on third parties to make all the decisions that affect their lives
cannot possibly work. In the end someone inevitably gets the short end of the
stick.
Some peoples'
needs - or even their very lives - will invariably be seen as 'expendable'
under such circumstances. This is inherent to the system and it cannot be
stopped or prevented. The only chance we have would be to abandon this
third-person process of decision-making and take back our inherent right as sovereign
persons to do this for ourselves.
At the same
time society needs to decentralize and people need to re-discover how to work
co-operatively in our common interest. This is in fact how people lived once
upon a time. But this pyramidal, ego-based restructuring of human societies
that has been forced upon us has brought us to the edge of the abyss.
Whether
or not we can overcome this remains to be seen - but the only hope for our
survival lies in making an honest, sustained effort to do just that.
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