The ones we see are the ones we have elected.
SOMETIMES.
But the ones we see are not the ones who are in power.
NOWHERE AND ANYWHERE.
It has never been different.
This pessimistic view can certainly be seen as realistic.
TRUE AND HONEST “LEADERS OR TEACHERS” were and will be immediately wiped out by the elites and their employees.
THE UNELECTED LEADERS and their misinformation machinery, manipulation and oppression in form of religion, media, politics, law enforcement, justice-system etc. have ALWAYS been directed against people’s real needs.
The mainstream-media for example, was created for one reason only: replacing knowledge with misinformation.
WE ARE AN OVER-INFORMED SOCIETY WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE.
This form of media certainly does not contribute to democracy and freedom or freedom of speech.
It just secures the hierarchies.
By the way:
DEMOCRACY WAS INTRODUCED BY THE ANCIENT GREEKS PRIMARLY FOR THIS REASON:
TO CURB THE EXCESSES OF POWER OF THE ELITES.
THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON.
The ALIENATION of the political class and its MAIN CLIENTELE, the rich and super-rich, from the common people can only cause astonishment and indignation.
The dance around the golden calf continues happily. A collection of HIGHLY INTELLECTUAL people with NO PRACTICAL INTELLIGENCE. An insult to every citizen who can think a bit.
UNFORTUNATELY it is also the case, that a considerable part of the population does not prove to be worthy of critical, rational thinking. Too much laziness in thinking has always been fashionable among the common people.
One of the main problems is the SEDUCTION OF A LARGE SECTION OF ORDINARY PEOPLE by offering material goods, money and honorable positions in society.
These “employees” are the biggest “PART OF THE PROBLEM”.
Ordinary people like priesthood, politicians, lawyers, judges, police, bureaucrats etc.
ARE WE ONE OF THEM?
Many of us do not know who we really serve.
SOME DO.
I generally don’t accuse them of being corrupt or being bad persons.
BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY IGNORANT AND INATTENTIVE.
They do their job well.
But unfortunately NOT for the right thing.
HANNA ARENDT’S profound statement “NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO OBEY”, taken from her book: the Banality of Evil, Eichmann in Jerusalem, is a perfect account and observation of an ordinary man, SEDUCED BY THE TASTE OF POWER and how a normal citizen can turn himself into a monster against his own kind.
HE WAS AN ORDINARY CITIZEN.
THIS STILL HAPPENS EVERY DAY IN DIFFERENT VARIATIONS AND FORMS.
Not in mass deportations and genocide…not yet…but maybe soon?
EACH OF US IS AFFECTED.
REMEMBER: Adolf Eichmann declared himself NOT GUILTY because he simply did what he was told.
He did so, and he obeyed without hesitation.
And by the way: He himself never murdered anyone with his own hands.
He has just organized deportation by train.
That’s all in his opinion.
Arendt’s crystal clear imperative throws the responsibility back onto each individual. No choice to make excuses or shift blame onto others. The full consequences for your own actions must be borne.
It’s better to think about who or what you want to stand for right from the start.
Beliefs are close to megalomania.
F. Nietzsche
Everyone is always in sympathy with the „REBEL SIDE“.
BUT ONLY AT THE THEATERS.
EVERYBODY sees himself as a Sophie Scholl, Oskar Schindler, Robin Hood, William Wallace, Luke Skywalker or even on Jesus’s side IN HIS FANTASY….
Why?
Because many of us have a natural instinct for justice.
BUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN EVERYDAY LIFE?
What exactly is your stance
What would you do?
How far would you go if your life depended on giving up what is right for what is wrong?
AND THERE IS RIGHT AND WRONG.
ARE WE AWARE OF OUR OWN DELUSION OR CORRUPT NATURE?
Question yourself.
Question your values.
Question your belief system.
Question your ideologies.
And for God’s sake: ALWAYS DOUBT AUTHORITY.
Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum.
(I doubt, therefore i think, therefore i am.)
R.Descartes
We NEVER should take part in the worst just for our own benefit.
Wherever you go, leave the world more BEAUTIFUL AND BETTER.
Not just for you. Also for everyone who comes after you.
A healthy heart knows what I mean.
LOVE IS GOD.
MAY THIS FLESH BECOME LIGHT.
SeA
OATH OF CRANES SEPT. 2024