Greetings good citizen, there are two 'dystopian' novels that define the post WWII era, A Brave New World and 1984. Both authors provided rather insightful portraits regarding what the supposedly 'free world' could expect now that the 'War to end all war' was...'over'?
No irony shold be lost that there were two 'wars to end all war' with the second yeilding a 'doomsday weapon' heralded as being capable of 'insuring peace'.
Is anyone surprised that War Inc is still rolling along, paying it's backers excellent dividends, better in fact than any other avenue of commerce?
How can an oversight as serious as this one escape the notice...oh, wait a minute. The movement [Futurist] started AFTER WWI and was over before WWII began. Ironically Futurism's 'bastard child', Sci-Fi didn't come into it's own until after WWII.
While much of what passes for 'info-tainment' is 'escapeism'. Even imagining a 'clean slate' [with which to start all over again] is a tall order for our beaten down psyche. Worse, most of us would rebuild what we had, complete with all it's defects because so few of us possess the imagination to make a silk purse out of the pile of offal that is our existence.
Before we get to our 'clean piece of canvas' I'd like to belabor the obvious, if it's not a [scripted] reality show, its a 'sit-com' with an outrageous premise or it's a police procedural/medical 'emergency of the moment' show.
[This is what I'm referring to when I say our psyche is so 'beaten down'.] It's work, death or Big Brother is gonna get ya no matter how clever you are.
It's important to start here to get a clear view of the foundation we're starting with.
What you can't see (on TV) are the hoards of simpletons that sleepwalk through their existence, waiting for their one big break.
Probably a good thing because it would be crushing to see every one of these 'fantasies' crash and burn leaving a path of devastation in their wake.
Um, as unkind as that last remark was, I wanted to point out that the 'clean slate' is NOT something you'd want in the hands of a child with 'unrealistic expectations' {a pretty accurate description of most of you...)
Okay, let's return to our clean slate with a clear mind.
Not empty but unencumbered by the 'you can't do that' mentality that keeps us self-flagellating on the behalf of those who would pick our pockets.
What is step one in our do-over? Is it deciding who will lead us and how or should we protect the, er, rather hapless and hardly innocent' children among us from being exploited by their more clever and less scrupulous 'peers'?
If you're from the caste that makes the rules, the more important factor is CONTROLLING who makes the decisions and who they answer to...just as the 'invitation only' crowd at our founding was primarily concerned with.
Public welfare be damned, we don't want 'normal people' making decisions that could go contrary to our interests!
Well, assuming you're not a power-mad control freak [and that's a mighty big 'assumption' to make in this stranger than Wonderland world of ours.] We'll choose the 'right' course and elect to start by protecting those who will have to live under the rules the leadership will make...but that's wrong too!
The people that must live 'by the law' should be the ones that decide what the law is...shouldn't they? Rhetorical question, the answer is again, of course!
The same 'do as I say and not as I do' crowd will complain (loudly) that this is a recipe for chaos, when in fact it is the recipe for Anarchy [which literaly means 'rules without rulers' and NOT 'no rules/lawlessness' as those who insist on making the rules shout at every opportunity. Nothing scares a monarchist/would be royalty more than people governing themselves, the true aim of democracy.]
If we examine the 'pillars of civilization' we'd find Equality as the primary pillar because without Equality there can be no Justice, which is EVER AND ALWAYS the 2nd pillar, you can't have justice first because justice without equality isn't justice at all, it's the 'rule of man' we've tried for millenium to overcome.
It is also proper to put 'the law' first...before answering the question of who will lead. [Because the answer to that question is simple, 'the most qualified'...and how will they 'prove' they're qualified? Same way we've done it for time out of mind, 'testing'.]
It is also important, with Equality as our guide, that the first 'law' be one that insures equality, the human anti-exploitation law.
ALL subsequent laws would have to pass muster with this primary law. To insure that no individual or group ignores this law, our second law would be, law-making [with or without the hyphen] is the sole domain of the people. Leadership enforces the law. The people themselves will propose new laws...with the leadership insuring the proposed new law doesn't conflict with the two primary laws. (If it does, it won't get voted on and ONLY the people can enact new legislation.)
One thing is certain, the fewer laws the better.
I have crafted a civilization based on these principles and it would be a marked change over the lawlessness we are dealing with today.
Again, brevity is the essence of communication, take this and share it, after you've taken a moment to digest and understand it.
Isn't it ironic that this 'feels' organic as opposed to the rigid 'top-down' style we lived under all our lives?
It all starts with an idea. One I'm happy to share.
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
No irony shold be lost that there were two 'wars to end all war' with the second yeilding a 'doomsday weapon' heralded as being capable of 'insuring peace'.
Is anyone surprised that War Inc is still rolling along, paying it's backers excellent dividends, better in fact than any other avenue of commerce?
How can an oversight as serious as this one escape the notice...oh, wait a minute. The movement [Futurist] started AFTER WWI and was over before WWII began. Ironically Futurism's 'bastard child', Sci-Fi didn't come into it's own until after WWII.
While much of what passes for 'info-tainment' is 'escapeism'. Even imagining a 'clean slate' [with which to start all over again] is a tall order for our beaten down psyche. Worse, most of us would rebuild what we had, complete with all it's defects because so few of us possess the imagination to make a silk purse out of the pile of offal that is our existence.
Before we get to our 'clean piece of canvas' I'd like to belabor the obvious, if it's not a [scripted] reality show, its a 'sit-com' with an outrageous premise or it's a police procedural/medical 'emergency of the moment' show.
[This is what I'm referring to when I say our psyche is so 'beaten down'.] It's work, death or Big Brother is gonna get ya no matter how clever you are.
It's important to start here to get a clear view of the foundation we're starting with.
What you can't see (on TV) are the hoards of simpletons that sleepwalk through their existence, waiting for their one big break.
Probably a good thing because it would be crushing to see every one of these 'fantasies' crash and burn leaving a path of devastation in their wake.
Um, as unkind as that last remark was, I wanted to point out that the 'clean slate' is NOT something you'd want in the hands of a child with 'unrealistic expectations' {a pretty accurate description of most of you...)
Okay, let's return to our clean slate with a clear mind.
Not empty but unencumbered by the 'you can't do that' mentality that keeps us self-flagellating on the behalf of those who would pick our pockets.
What is step one in our do-over? Is it deciding who will lead us and how or should we protect the, er, rather hapless and hardly innocent' children among us from being exploited by their more clever and less scrupulous 'peers'?
If you're from the caste that makes the rules, the more important factor is CONTROLLING who makes the decisions and who they answer to...just as the 'invitation only' crowd at our founding was primarily concerned with.
Public welfare be damned, we don't want 'normal people' making decisions that could go contrary to our interests!
Well, assuming you're not a power-mad control freak [and that's a mighty big 'assumption' to make in this stranger than Wonderland world of ours.] We'll choose the 'right' course and elect to start by protecting those who will have to live under the rules the leadership will make...but that's wrong too!
The people that must live 'by the law' should be the ones that decide what the law is...shouldn't they? Rhetorical question, the answer is again, of course!
The same 'do as I say and not as I do' crowd will complain (loudly) that this is a recipe for chaos, when in fact it is the recipe for Anarchy [which literaly means 'rules without rulers' and NOT 'no rules/lawlessness' as those who insist on making the rules shout at every opportunity. Nothing scares a monarchist/would be royalty more than people governing themselves, the true aim of democracy.]
If we examine the 'pillars of civilization' we'd find Equality as the primary pillar because without Equality there can be no Justice, which is EVER AND ALWAYS the 2nd pillar, you can't have justice first because justice without equality isn't justice at all, it's the 'rule of man' we've tried for millenium to overcome.
It is also proper to put 'the law' first...before answering the question of who will lead. [Because the answer to that question is simple, 'the most qualified'...and how will they 'prove' they're qualified? Same way we've done it for time out of mind, 'testing'.]
It is also important, with Equality as our guide, that the first 'law' be one that insures equality, the human anti-exploitation law.
ALL subsequent laws would have to pass muster with this primary law. To insure that no individual or group ignores this law, our second law would be, law-making [with or without the hyphen] is the sole domain of the people. Leadership enforces the law. The people themselves will propose new laws...with the leadership insuring the proposed new law doesn't conflict with the two primary laws. (If it does, it won't get voted on and ONLY the people can enact new legislation.)
One thing is certain, the fewer laws the better.
I have crafted a civilization based on these principles and it would be a marked change over the lawlessness we are dealing with today.
Again, brevity is the essence of communication, take this and share it, after you've taken a moment to digest and understand it.
Isn't it ironic that this 'feels' organic as opposed to the rigid 'top-down' style we lived under all our lives?
It all starts with an idea. One I'm happy to share.
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
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