Economic Collapse

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The insidious nature of power

By MarkGB

Our problems will not be solved by the victory of one party over another, or of one ‘ism’ over another. Changing lawmakers from ‘conservatives’ to ‘liberals’ or ‘liberals’ to ‘socialists’, without reforming how the laws are made is like asking the orchestra to play a happy tune whilst the ship goes down, writes Mark GB. Our problems arise from the centralisation of power and money in the hands of unaccountable vested interests. We need fundamental reform of the political and monetary system itself.

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which” – George Orwell, ‘Animal Farm’

There have been several theories about the political ‘creed’ of George Orwell since he wrote those words. The year was 1945 and World War Two was drawing to a close. Undoubtedly the tale was a scathing indictment of authoritarian communism and a caution about the rise of the Soviet Union; but at a fundamental level, Orwell’s metaphor is a warning about the insidious nature of ‘power’ itself. He repeated this warning in his final book ‘1984’, written three years later. The message is as important now as it was then.

Our problems will not be solved by the victory of one party over another, or of one ‘ism’ over another – they are systemic: they arise from the centralisation of power and money in the hands of unaccountable vested interests, both governmental and corporate. Changing the lawmakers from ‘conservatives’ to ‘liberals’ or ‘liberals’ to ‘socialists’, or back the other way…without reforming how the laws are made…is like asking the orchestra to play a happy tune whilst the ship goes down. We need fundamental reform of the political and monetary system itself.

To fix this we need to address how we think. For those unable to think about complex issues without over-simplifying them with ‘labels’ such as ‘fascist’ and ‘anarchist’, any idea that challenges their particular variety of group hypnosis can be conveniently dismissed as leftist, rightist, pacifist, racist, ageist, sexist or ‘whateverist’…depending on the habitual ‘lens’ being looked through.

Through this blinkered thinking process we end up with a narrative that ‘analyses’ away each and every misdeed committed by ‘us’, and condemns each and every action committed by ‘them’ – both domestically and geo-politically:

We can attack our opponents for ‘cronyism’, whilst loading up the pork barrel for our own ‘contributors’ without a trace of chagrin.
We can claim to be free marketers whilst trying to put our competitors out of business through government sanctioned ‘protections’.
We can ban speakers whose ideas offend us one day, and preach ‘tolerance’ and ‘diversity’ the next.
Our jihadists are ‘moderate rebels’, theirs are ‘terrorists’.
Ours are wars of liberation and democracy, theirs are wars of tyranny and territorial acquisition
Our military build-ups are ‘exercises’, theirs are ‘dress rehearsals’.
Our media offers impartial ‘analysis’, theirs produces ‘fake news’ and ‘propaganda’.
We can rig other people’s elections with denial and impunity, but woe betide the Russians for not rigging one of ours.
The irony bypass that such delusional thinking requires of its mental slaves has recently reached a pinnacle with cries of ‘Russian meddling’ that were first heard three days before Wikileaks released the DNC emails. That is, when it became apparent that the Democrats’ attempted ‘coronation’ of Hillary had been rumbled, and a diversion was needed.

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