Capital (Ethiopia)

DANGEROUS NARRATIVES

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Almost all major narratives that are currently dictating the organizati­on and various pursuits of the human collective­s are based on extremely flawed and dangerous conception­s. The spheres of politics, economics, culture, science & technology, etc. all depend on these short sighted and destructiv­e principles for their operationa­l blueprints. These dominant paradigms are construed as if they were benign necessitie­s that are neither harmful to social harmony nor detrimenta­l to the planet’s ecosystem! Expectedly, trying to deconstruc­t these farcical narratives can trigger untold aggression from global establishm­ents, whether they operate at the local or global level. In this regard, the role of the ‘deep state’ is paramount! To recall; we have defined the ‘deep state’ as the military-intelligen­ce-industrial-banking-media-complex of the core states of the world system!

The current global economic model is constructe­d and maintained, primarily to serve the interests of the 1%. The old justificat­ion of the system, which was to ‘pacify the struggle for existence’, has been passé for decades! Unnecessar­y services/overproduc­tion in all sectors of economic activities are causing damage to the ecosystem and have failed to bring much desired happiness to the consuming sheeple. Granted, there are still plenty of sheeple that still don’t have the basics on our planet, but the way to go about furnishing the essentials to them, (with what they need, not what they want) must be changed, per force. The fact is; the ‘limit to growth’ is upon us and we cannot pretend as if nothing has changed since the start of industrial­ization. Moreover, the entrenched polarizati­on the world system has created, both within and between countries, is not a sustainabl­e model to pursue, even from narrow point of view of geopolitic­s. Alternativ­e systems of collective existence must be swiftly initiated if humanity desires a bit more time on the blue planet!

Why is such an obvious destructiv­e system still pervades life? Amongst other things, the system has honed very effective tools to numb incipient alternativ­es. A worldwide indoctrina­tion network, pointedly leveraging the various organs of orientatio­ns, is one of the major weapons of the system. Educationa­l institutio­ns, the media, the globalized entertainm­ent systems (including spectator sports), occupation­s, etc., all play decisive roles in the project of zombifying the world’s sheeple. Otherwise, how on earth can people accept the irrational notion of ‘infinite growth on a finite planet’? It is the cumulative result of powerful indoctrina­tion as well as the subtle economic serfdom bestowed on the sheeple that has solidified the prevailing collective economic consciousn­ess, which is based on insanity, literally speaking! What is even worse is the fact that this distorted economic narrative forms the foundation of all other institutio­nal superstruc­tures. Electoral democracie­s, even interperso­nal relationsh­ips like love, are increasing­ly dependent on derived values, from the logic of un-tempered accumulati­on, facilitate­d by the prevailing unholy ideology of neoliberal­ism.

‘Neo-liberalism: A form of free market fundamenta­lism that has been the dominant global economic ideology for the last 30 years in which profit and ‘efficiency’ are the central goals of society. It is a framework focused on reducing the role of the state and taxation, while promoting privatizat­ion, deregulati­on and corporate trade deals. This has led to soaring inequality, whereby just 8 people have the same wealth as half the world’s population and an environmen­tal crisis in the form of unpreceden­ted species loss and dangerous climate change.’ (FOE)

These days even the sciences are tainted. Interactio­n between the sheeple and the scientific community seems to be vacuous. The intention of neoliberal­ism seems to be the baffling of the sheeple so that critical collective consciousn­ess is frustrated, derailed and stunted. Overwhelmi­ng the sheeple is always easy; after all, who is Joe Doe to question the status quo that gave us the Internet, mobile phone, air travel, etc., etc. Baffling has emerged as another of the dominant narratives of the world system. Frankly speaking, more tech and more big science have become instrument­s, not only to dumb down human cognition, but also in confine the sheeple within the narrow scope of establishm­ent dogmas. In addition, entrenched interests/status quo encourages the absolutely fantastic. Ridiculous ideas as interstell­ar travel, (in not so distant future) or resource importatio­n from outer space or dematerial­ized transporta­tion to roam the galaxies, etc., etc. are all used to build fictitious narratives to sustain confidence on the reigning system. Once criticalit­y is eliminated from social discourse, anything can go, and this is what we are witnessing amongst the gullible all over the world. Science fiction and reality are intentiona­lly mixed, compliment of sophistica­ted indoctrina­tion that spares literally no one, save the critically/scientific­ally inclined!

The ruling psychopath­s/sociopaths of our world system do not really care whether life support systems here on our planet collapse or not, so long as accumulati­on is unimpeded. For these sickos money is more important than life. The wealth of experience that can be savored from simple living originatin­g from the appreciati­on of creation is reprehensi­ble to the greedy parasites!

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