We live in a society where the public has more power than the government/ state. Although the public has more power than the people that are controlling them; they seem to be oblivious of this power.One of the first and most revolutionary questions we should be asking is WHY?!. This is where the relationship between protection and control comes in. These two concepts are almost the same and distinguishing between the two is almost difficult. In my opinion, the relationship between these two concepts is the distribution of power; not forgetting that the one needs the other in order to exist.
Control is almost impossible without power and although this might make a bit of sense, there is one element that we seem to be forgetting; something that binds these two things together-Fear.
In order for your state to control you, it has to make you scared of certain things; the moment your scared they offer a solution that will need you to give up some of your power or rights(without you knowing).
The news is a great medium to instill fear in people; whether we would like to admit it or not, the media does not only broadcast information; but it also attaches importance to the broadcast by the amount of exposure and the manner of the broadcast also lets you know how to feel about it. The liberation of a people seems like nothing more than a pipe-dream when you look at how the media has created a materialistic culture of drones that care only for themselves and not their people. We have to understand that most things are worthless; it is the socio-psychological values that we have attatched to these things.
Media has done a great job of measuring success by how much money you have; thus keeping you in the system trying to attain more money not knowing that the more you have-is the more you have to lose and the fear of losing these things will make sure that you keep playing THE GAME and stepping on more heads to reach the top.
The state is failing us; yet we think we are powerless to change our situations. We should always remember that without us; there is no state, not voting is not an option as there is a 'life jacket' in the system that is called the silent vote. Let us change our vote to the underdogs, we don't have long to be exploited; lets take back our power and spread the word!
The revolution should start on social networks and the conversations we have; lets use these Asocial networks against the oppressive system to liberate ourselves from mental slavery first; the rest will follow.
FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF CONSCIOUSNESS!!
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"The reality is that no state is truly democratic, including the one headed by the ANC. Even in a Parliamentary system, most high ranking state officials, including Generals, Director-Generals, Police Commisioners and Judges, are never elected by the people. Most of their decisions, policies and actions will never be known by the vast majority of people – the top down structure of the state ensures this. Added to this, Parliamentarians make and pass laws; not the mass of people. In fact, Parliamentarians are in no way truly accountable to voters (except for 5 minutes every 5 years). They are not mandated nor are they recallable. They – along with permanent state bureaucrats – have power; not the people. As such, no state, including the ANC headed one, is participatory; but rather designed to ensure and carry out minority rule. Likewise, the state’s main function is not to protect workers, but to ensure rule over them. While the anarchist Mikhail Bakunin rightfully pointed out that it is better to live under a Parliamentary system than a pure dictatorship, he also pointed out that all states are inherently oppressive towards the working class (workers and the unemployed)."
yes, democracy is a myth but what i am saying is that in order to be taken more seriously we need to exercise our power as voters; we teach these people how to treat us each time we blindly vote. Dont you think if there was real 'competition' then things would slightly improve?
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