Dissident thinking - InformationWar - Philosofy is Politic.

in #informationwar6 years ago

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
John Adams


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     There are political models that have an unparalleled discursive power. Above all when they are protected by beautiful words such as "freedom". Needless to say, it is a beautiful word, but for freedom to exist, there has to be a legal structure where EVERYONE can access this precious right. Freedom is a right, not a privilege. Those who do not have access to freedom must be protected by the system, not marginalized.

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     Sadly, freedom is not a phenomenon that occurs by spontaneous generation. This would be an ideal, of course. But we live in a profoundly unequal society, where a small sector grabs most of the resources. To speak of freedom in this context, I believe, is simply to pave the way for the strongest to maintain their dominant position. I even heard those who say that "freedom" is capable of destroying the immense monopolies that exist. Honestly, after delving into this subject, it seems to me that it is completely implausible. Those who have a dominant position in the capitalist system are not going to give up their extraordinary privileges WITHOUT GIVING BLOODY BATTLE.

     A curious phenomenon where we can point out the contradiction is the so-called "freedom of expression". Mercenary and corporate journalism constantly talk about freedom and their rights as communicators. But by scratching a little the surface of the discourse, we realize that those who propagated this liberal discourse are actually oppressors. They need the freedom to be able to continue drowning out the weakest voices.

     In the case of freedom of expression, it is necessary that all communicators have the same power to transmit their messages. Freedom of expression IS NOT POSSIBLE if some shout while others whisper.

     An independent media has its freedom of communication diminished by its limited resources. Freedom is an end that can only be achieved through the effective regulation of oppressors. I believe that if we allow society to regulate itself autonomously, we are simply going to remove the muzzle from the predators, who even under these regulations succeed in tearing apart the weak.

     Imagine what would happen without laws! And where is the freedom for the consumers of information? Where is the right to receive truthful information? Not that opinion-laden rubbish.

We can say that they use information as a commodity, when the information is a RIGHT.


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Can we affirm that meritocracy is a fair system?

     It makes sense to think that individuals have the right to receive the fruit of their effort and sacrifice. Of course, it sounds legitimate. But the small detail is that in this career of merit, not everyone starts in the same place. Many are born at the end of the race, while others are born barefoot two blocks from where the competition begins. In this case, merit only makes sense when everyone is born in the same place in the race and with the same resources to participate. I see no merit in competing against someone who runs barefoot, poorly fed and with a jean while another does so with competitive shoes, 200 meters ahead, feeded properly, healthy and trained. It should be clarified that in my opinion, this wave of "meritocracy" began to be used a lot along with the birth (also born from the media) that "there are people who live off the state" that I think is one of the most nonsensical speeches and with little argumentative support heard in a long time.


Does anyone really think that anyone can only subsist on social care?

     Calculate how much it takes to live (rent of housing, clothing, food, services and education if you have a child) and compare it with the social benefits that the supposedly "maintained" receives. I don't know the cases in all countries, but at least in mine (Argentina) the social benefits are of a tiny value compared to what it costs to live. I'm not trying to offend anyone, but I think it's that kind of discursive that "sounds good, sounds coherent" and repeats itself until it's fed up.

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     Obviously, in my speeches, I am automatically labeled "left-handed, communist, socialist" among other things, but these (I think) are nicknames that were given to each and every one of the people who bid (wrong or right) for a more just society, where everyone has the same possibilities to develop and grow. There is a belief that with "hard work" you can grow economically and be successful. But marginality is a very complex phenomenon to arrive with this type of reductionism. If you live in a cardboard house, surrounded by delinquency, your father is drunk and a hitter, your mother is a drug addict and your brothers are thieves. Waiting for the new Einstein to develop in such an environment is unlikely. Sadly, it is a cultural battle, in which the state has the role of saving newborns from falling into the same situation as their parents; but at the same time, they can only separate them from their families in extreme cases. Because bad or good, the love for the family, whether deserved or not, is something natural in children. Here in my country (Argentina) there is something called "Universal Assignment per Child" in which the whole plan is not paid, only half. The reason for this is quite intelligent in fact, so that at the end of the year you get paid that part you lack, they must meet basic requirements such as presenting the school certificate and the certificate of vaccination. This is, in my opinion, an excellent measure, since it takes children out of begging and puts them in school, perhaps the home environment is still just as bad; but by regularly attending school you have the chance to see that there is a better future and that you can have access to it. Sanitizing this marginal sector requires constant measures over many years. After all, poverty is as old as humanity. In Africa there are those who live in the most abject inhuman conditions, yet in the midst of all that freedom (let's say African states are not very strong) the only ones who win are those who plunder their resources and those who live best are those who form murder gangs (at the service of the highest bidder).

     It is also difficult, when compared to countries with solid institutions, where the great predators of the world cannot do what they want with society. Here even, freedom is feasible, the greater the equality of opportunities, the more effective this freedom is.

     After all, I believe that between me and the liberals we are looking for the same thing. My origins, without going any further, are profoundly anarchist. I dream of a self-managed society, but at the same time, I am aware of the naivety of believing that we have the capacity to manage ourselves in communities. Today the great mass of the population is profoundly ignorant, aggressive and selfish. We all seek our own benefit no matter how many heads we have to step on in order to achieve it.

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     Perhaps, I see on the basis of a talk I had yesterday in a @informationwar podcast. What if we see the same symptoms do not coincide in the diagnosis. They believe that the "big winner" of this system is the state, therefore; the politicians. I believed the same thing, but I changed my mind for some data that seemed relevant to me. Politicians change over the years, it would make more sense perhaps in monarchies like the UK. But with administrative offices rotating every 4 years, the system itself would collapse without that leadership that maintains a level of massive fraud perpetrated over the centuries.

No one is exempt from taxes, even the most humble when they buy some milk in the store they pay much more than that is worth.

     I believe that worrying about creating mentally stable individuals with deep social convictions is the answer to deep and perishable change. Ultimately, if we want to govern ourselves, we must worry about being better. The state does not exist by spontaneous generation nor was it born in order to enrich those who hold public office. The state was born to provide, by whatever means necessary, the same opportunities in this savage race for personal gain. The state governs for all, not just the "good working citizens. The riches of one nation belong to all, no one is better than no one. We are all what we do with what they made of us.

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Ill read ir later, im not liberalist and i read some things. Liberalism is just utopian as anarchism. And the state is not a predatot, amazon and microsoft are...

Thanks for reading!

The state literally steals and kidnaps. Amazon and Microsoft can't force you to do anything. And the unfair advantages they are written into law & regulation by the state. Which they have paid off. So again, no state, no ability for Amazon and Microsoft to be predators.

Excuse me to disagree. Amazon has been accused to slave work condition in many countrys. And microsoft forces you to buy his system, at least here in my country you just CANT buy a desktop or portable computer without microsoft license, they just dont sell them that way. Also they do privative patents to every single develope as Directx to force an entire world to buy his products.

Monopolys are real. State structure do not have the same faces in administrative charges, as corporations and banks have. And we are talking about a problem that remain across over every state administration and country ever.

Patent LAW is dictated by the State. Slave work conditions are approved by the State in the country that it takes place. You being forced to use Microsoft is enforced by....the State.

Again, you keep talking about "administrative". And you make my point for me: "We are talking about a problem that remain across over every state administration and country ever".

Yup, because the nature of the State is force. And rich corporations pay off those State employees to do their bidding. You focus on the rich, I focus on the nature of the State.

If the State disappeared, how would Amazon get away with slave conditions? How would you be punished for not using Microsoft? How would corrupt patent laws be enforced?

Amazon doesn't have a police force. Microsoft doesn't have an army or a court system.

You seem to believe the State is the tool to STOP this corruption. When evidence shows they are the tool to allow and protect the corruption.

Patents are an international protocol created by Wipo (World International Protect organization) its a "self-funding" department of the United Nations. There is no state there. Its just corporation lobysm.

If microsoft or amazon dont have an army, its because they dont need to. Or well, they have actually, if you follow the owners (accionist) of this companies they are probably linked to Weapon development, private armys and stuff like that, cause who owns microsoft, google (alphabet), apple, and amazon are concentrated economic power such as banks or invest funds. States are not strong as those economic powers.

The roll of states are necesary, we dont have a society ready to self manage. I mean, do you really think that our society can self manage? Most of the libertarians i know they are just because they want an economic grouth, not because they want a fair society, or have any altruist develope plans. If all of us want to compete, most of them just not going to win. And just one or two are going to grouth. Free market is a "magic solution" to improve the world, do you believe on magic solution to complex problems as inequality?

Its just like "i want to be rich, poor people can die, i dont care, they should work" i talk with a lot of liberalist and thats what they really think.

If you want an example of what happens without regulation, check what is happening with media companies. They can freely comunicate what they want. Whats happening in this case? A few rich corporations have all the media, and unifies a speach. They say the state is stealing because they not comunicate against his own interest (they are stealing!)

Do you think that politics steal more than corporations? How do yo reach that conclussion? Do you believe that microsoft business are fair? Or amazon? they talk about freedom of course, because they want to controll without any competition. They talk about freedom because they want the power to rule and opress. Or you think that microsoft let you make a fair competition as building an Operating System? Or Amazon let you compete? The difference betwen the state and amazon is that amazon will literally kill you to mantain his power.

Corporations are a Mafia. Do you think those guys just want a free society? For real?

Thanks for comment and read!

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I would like to echo The Federalist #51

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

It's a never-ending struggle to find balance.

It's an interesting quote. I allow myself to give my opinion on it, without detracting from it or believing myself to be the owner of the truth.

I believe that the problem is the individual, today most of the population lives without knowing our course or goals as a society, we live in war and the only scientific research in which it is invested is the one that potentially generates the most destructive weapons.

We simply run after individual enrichment as a solution to all our problems. Because that's how we were educated. Education and the production of healthy people is the best way to make the state disappear, it will only disappear when it becomes obsolete and not when people want it to disappear. The problem is (I think) that it doesn't matter what political system is implemented instead of state protectionism. Several systems have already been tried throughout history. If the system is perfect, but its members are corrupt, they will corrupt the system no matter how good it is. Concentrate on the debate and the creation of a society with plans to grow together.

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