Change

Article originally written on Febuary 4, 2009, for binnallofamerica.com

I told myself that I would attempt to shy away from the political sphere in these writings, but it seems almost unavoidable given the happenings of the last couple weeks. What follows it a work of opinion and observation and does not reflect the views of anyone else on this site, nor its maintainer.

I am not pleased with the results of the recent election and inaugration of Mr Obama, and I find myself even less pleased with the manner in which people seem utterly spellbound by his presence. It is my opinion that a democratically elected leader ought not be supported under any circumstances - because democracy represents the latest and most effective manifestation of tyranny, presented with a friendly and palletable attitude. Democracy has never, does not, and will never equate freedom, liberation, or most importantly - change.
By its very nature, democracy subjects the various minorities of a culture to the repression of the majorities, though the methods in which this operates are more complex and total then I suspect most people notice. It is easy to look in the past to see examples of minorities being repressed, our history is rife with examples of slavery, ethic repression, sexism, and other atrocities - but do not forget the inquisition and how it still carries on today. By the nature of the method in which democracy operates, it prevents the fringe elements of society that have devoted themselves to finding new and better ways of living life from assimilating their intellectual findings into the public consciousness.

Change has never come from the top down, and it never will - because the nature of change is to come from one particular unit within the structure of a society who thus becomes marginalized, and often persecuted by the majority via the democratic process. Thus, when one so high in a political structure speaks of "change" I not only find myself incredibly skeptical but also deeply concerned.

I believe it was David Icke on a Coast to Coast program not too long ago who used the metaphor of the "blank screen" to describe the process by which Obama would brainwash people, using himself as a blank screen upon which they could project whatever hopes they had for the future, while stating nothing specifically, and almost certainly - over his administration, doing little to effect any real change of course for the human species as a whole. This is particularly worrisome to me - as I have to ask you, what is a more dangerous scenario for the future, a crime syndicate running the show with the public well aware of the corruption, or the public suspecting that we have finally received an altruistic leadership and going back to sleep?

I have tried my best to observe people and their behaviours, and have found that in switching from one ideology to another, no progress is ever achieved, regardless of the ideology in question. I am curious to see how this plays out over the coming years, but I have utterly given up on the notion of democracy, the political system, and the notion of "leadership". These are facades that people cling onto for comfort and to absolve themselves of the idea that they must at some point take responsibility for their own life and for the progress and growth of humanity.

We can not change anything with a vote, nor should we - we can only change ourselves and it starts with liberating our consciousness from the linguistic constructs that have been programmed into it. The political system ought to be renounced, but ultimately ignored, and simply left to die of old age, as it is no longer of any relevence to us, and clearly flawed in every manner conceivable.