It’s Time For A Do-It-Ourselves Revolution
“All countries are basically social arrangements, accommodations to changing circumstances.No matter how permanent and even sacred they may seem at any one time,
in fact they are all artificial and temporary.”
— Strobe Talbott
How much longer are we going to protest and post online reports, rants, videos and launch campaigns that will hopefully raise awareness on issue after issue, problem after problem, as the situation gets worse? How much longer are we going to just keep crying about the need for change and pleading with puppet politicians in hopes that they will care about anything other than what their top campaign contributors think? At what point are we going to start acting like free and responsible citizens and stop acting like disgruntled servants waiting for our masters to save us and do the right thing?
C’mon people, let’s grow up and get real! The reformers have had their chance. For decades reformers have desperately clung to the fleeting belief that they can change the system from within. Well, after the latest government shutdown fiasco, the jury is now clearly in! We cannot allow the continued delusion and denial of reformers to prolong our suffering any longer. While reformers collect their paychecks, we are dying a slow painful death.
How many more crises will we endure before we truly act upon the fact that the government is working against our interests? How much more proof do we need? The current TWO-party oligarchy is a parasite sucking the life and wealth out of us. An organized criminal class has taken control of our government and rigged the game against us. It’s an undeniable truth. Even the propagandized masses realize this now. Poll after poll shows all-time record low approval ratings for this government. The main point of the Declaration of Independence is now more relevant than it was back in 1776; the government no longer has the consent of the governed.
As Thomas Jefferson wisely said many generations ago, “Every generation needs a new revolution.” The only reason why we haven’t evolved the government or solved any of the major problems we are confronted by is because this antiqued governmental system is now wholly corrupt! Our future has been sold to the highest bidder and is now held hostage by “special interests,” by a TWO-party oligarchy. People no longer trust the government or the corporate puppets that run it. The majority has lost faith in our political, economic and legal system.
We are toiling in a country where 50% of the population is either in poverty or “near poverty,” and 75% lives paycheck to paycheck. Meanwhile, US millionaires have $50 TRILLION in wealth. The rich have never been richer, while we have an all-time record number of people in poverty and prison. There is no need for us to be struggling in such hardship. There is more than enough wealth to fix our problems and evolve society for the benefit of all. For all the problems we face, there are effective solutions. Solutions that are being held back due to corruption. How much longer are we going to keep banging our heads against this same old wall? THIS INSANITY HAS TO STOP!!
Banana Republic “Elections”
The electoral process is now completely rigged. The Supreme Court has become supremely corrupt. They consistently side with corruption, removing every last restraint on the corrupting influence of money in politics. You now need millions of dollars to even be considered for Congress. On top of that, the mainstream media will only give airtime to status quo supporting, paid off politicians. Both corrupt parties control the televised debates, so you can’t even get into the debate without bowing to the oligarchy. To sum it up, without millions of dollars, the endorsement of either wing of the oligarchy or the blessing of the mainstream media, you can’t achieve meaningful power. That’s not even mentioning the difficulty of getting on ballots in the first place, or gerrymandering.
If you somehow make it past all those barriers of corruption, good luck dealing with the fact that electronic “voting” machines produce easily hacked, unverifiable results that are tallied in secrecy. These machines are owned by private companies that are in bed with leaders of both parties and the intelligence community. If you have plans to go against the entrenched power structure, these “voting” machines will have mysterious “glitches” that make votes automatically go to one of the two puppet parties. Do you seriously think privately held “voting” machine companies and the NSA are going to let elections be won by real change-makers?
Alas, it would take a miracle for a meaningful number of candidates to ever make a serious run in the first place. Both puppet parties and the mainstream media will launch a relentless propaganda attack. Even if they could overcome that, the NSA will have enough private information on them, even if they are angels in their personal life, to blackmail or concoct false smear campaigns that will be carried out by psychological operations experts through relentless 24/7 wall-to-wall media attacks. If a critical mass of candidates somehow someway do the impossible, pull of a miracle of unprecedented proportions and break through all those barriers of corruption, then, at that point, you can be sure that there will be an assassination list with those change-making candidates’ names at the top of it.
If you’re naïve enough to think that this is all overly cynical exaggerating, you are not paying attention. Look at the assassination plans that were created for protesters during the Occupy Movement. Before they were able to crush a peaceful protest with brutal police state force, they were ready to start gunning down protesters. Just imagine what they would do if any of those protesters became serious candidates for the highest offices in the land. Whether you want to believe it or not, this is the reality of our present situation. Our political process is controlled by a tyrannical totalitarian regime.
After analyzing all options, the only real, legitimate option we have is to organize a grassroots decentralized movement that forms new alternative, self-sufficient communities. At this time, setting up autonomous communities is a commonsense solution, and the most effective way to avoid the fallout from a corrupted collapsing system.
Opt Out of the Tyrannical Regime!
“All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency is great and unendurable. And oppression and robbery are organized, I say; let us not have such a machine any longer. I think that it is not too soon for honest men to rebel and revolutionize.”— Henry David Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
We occupied in protest. We raised the awareness level of the 99%. We have had a significant impact on mass consciousness. Now, it’s time to step it up! As Jim Morrison sang, “They’ve got the guns, but we got the numbers.” Let’s start acting like we still live in a free society. Let’s opt out of the tyrannical regime!
The overwhelming majority falsely believes that we can’t create change, which is why we are in this mess. The mainstream media has propagandized most people into feeling like we can’t do anything to fix the problems we are confronted by. BULLSHIT!! We live in the richest, most technologically advanced society humanity has ever known. We don’t need the plastic puppet politicians anymore. They’re obsolete!
It’s time for us to evolve society by starting our own autonomous local communities. Occupy inspired thousands of autonomous camps. What if we reestablished those camps as permanent Sustainable Autonomous Zones? There are already many intentional communities and collectives that are organically growing all over the place. Let’s learn from them. We’ve dedicated our energy to working on a plan to create a decentralized network of Sustainable Autonomous Zones so we can begin creating self-sufficient communities that can model new ways of living that make present ways of living obsolete. As Buckminster Fuller brilliantly said, “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
There is now a critical mass of citizens who are aware and capable enough to start these self-sufficient communities. Take it upon yourself to organize people in your community. Create independent social networks to communicate and organize, MEET IN PERSON, set up communities of support in your neighborhood. Bring a community of aware and capable citizens together in your own way and figure out systems that work best for you.
We Need a Do-It-Ourselves Revolution
Thriving communities can model new ways of living and we can create a support system that enables them to proliferate widely. If autonomous communities want to organize on a larger scale, there are now ways for them to easily do so. We are living in an interconnected technological society. People throughout the world have been experimenting with more efficient forms of governance. Liquid Democracy is an example of a dynamic and effective information age style of government that sane societies would embrace over what we have now.
Out of these communities, we can organically grow new systems of governance. We don’t have to fire a single shot or let the present situation descend further into violence. We just need to create a better system on a local level. As we prove the effectiveness of our new systems, the current system, which is already in a state of collapse, will crumble. If the corrupt establishment resorts to violence and attacks us again, it will only further galvanize the masses in support of us. A marginalized critical mass of people are suffering. Once we roll up our sleeves, lead by example and begin to provide solutions, they will be on our side.
It all comes down to a simple question: Are you a servant or are you a free individual? This is the most serious and profound question you need to answer, for your own sake, for the sake of your family and your future.
For all you free, aware and critically thinking people who realize that our current government is in a state of collapse and are ready for a Do-It-Ourselves revolution, we have just begun organizing on an independent social network called EvolveSociety.org. We would love for you to join and let us know what you are doing. Many of you are already doing inspiring and effective solution-based work. Let’s learn from each other and take it to the next logical level: decentralized autonomous local communities, which will form new effective ways of living, free from tyranny.
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I’ve been pondering this, and i’m thinking it would be good to form listening sessions with our elders. They are the most experienced and least self interested segment of our population. If listening sessions were defined as focusing on blank slate solutions, barring all complaints about the way things are or were, I think some good ideas could be distilled out and shared on community websites for people to try. Then they could keep what works and discard what doesn’t, thus evolving organically constructed local alternatives to our broken systems.
It is important to note that individualism, generally given a bad rap, is not the property of the right. Nor are values. Anything we should give credence and support to should IMO embrace individualism as the foundation of freedom and the locus of consciousness – the person, the individual – and see the core values as tolerance (not permissive) democracy (rights for all), helpfulness and non-idolatry. Unfortunately most libertarians I know or have known are capitalists and me-first (Rand sorts) with less interest in the values named above. In terms of separating ourselves from sociey that is not possible but iterations OF society and community are always possible – my notions include car free, density enough to spawn local economies, acceptance of the values noted above as the hallmarks of communities and a redefinition of community to make it relevant to the present. Tonnies developed the opposing terms community and society and Nisbet used them and they are now in need of reiteration. Best. S
David, I agree with most of what you are saying but I do not believe the whole system is corrupt or that every politician is corrupt…compromised yes, but not entirely corrupt. Some comments have already implied what I’m going to say: How do you distinguish yourself from those far righters who are already starting their own communities. Here is PA we are loaded with militias, survivalists etc. They are a scary, scary group. How will you be able to keep from degenerating (instead of evolving) into something similar?
I don’t know about the liquid democracy thing
or evolve society dot org in general (1st time
visitor), but in this article, you obviously hit the
nail on the head with our current situation & your
idea for correcting it with non-violence, I like it!
A medium of exchange will have to be
introduced. Ithaca, NY has had one
going on for decades now, which could
be modeled after & improved upon if possible.
I personally like hours worked as a
replacement system, but I’m open for
transition systems to that. Hours
worked eliminates inflation & manipulation
I believe. Everyone only has 24 hours
in a day. And wide cooperation would the secret sauce.
Bitcoin! A peer-to-peer currency, incorruptible by central authority. Inflation is built-in so that it will grow along with the size of the economy using in, and has a finite cap. All pre-determined, so everyone knows what’s coming before it comes. And it has the added benefit of allowing individuals the freedom to decide how much each others’ time is worth. In a basic example, a master mason’s time is worth more than the boy picking up his scraps for the dumpster.
Do you have a citation for plans to assassinate Occupy leaders?
I mostly agree with this post and many of the comments. After fighting vigorously with almost no effect besides the implosion of my own life, I realized I was only fighting for the other side of the lie. From my perspective the lie tells us we must live under the tyranny of the system or fight directly against it. A false dillemma if I have ever heard one. Today many small groups around the country and even around the world slowly topple the control that has been gained over decades of physical, financial, mental, and social ploys. I do not believe for one second that “they” ,the people that set this up and push for it to continue, are organized enough to stop the people from moving. In just the past ten years I have watched as the public begins to realize new ways of living. Pushing for better communities, more sustainability, logical and visible governing techniques. Oh yes there is still a long ways to go. I must say that from what I can see the “lies” are too pernicious to avail against them, ever. My beliefs today that have set me free from this worry and allowed me to move as an individual with my community towards the goal of better living is far from what most people believe. Statistically it is most likely less than 1% of the nation, although 4% believe enough to move towards better living if it is put in front of them. Unfortunately people like my mother that had vigor back in the 60’s proclaim to want this movement but would not even step up if the masses were already moving, they might tag along if dragged. And then there are those so lost in the lies it would take true revelation for them to change their mind, even young people, even children. So what is my answer? I choose to be in the minority., With no worry about what this nation as a whole decides to do. If we let the majority choose where to go, well we see where that has taken us in history. So I tighten my belt, put on my work boots, and hit the ground in my local community. Pushing for love and hope, giving a helping hand, and holding up the reals that lead to those ideals most people agree would be fantastic. Today a garden, tomorrow solar panels and windmills, the next day slight reforms, moves in schools for better education, lessening of waste in all areas especially the waste of human effort. Most of the world changes has been brought about by this sort of thinking. Do it in your home town. Community gardens that donate as well as sell organic whole foods at low prices, everybody eats cafe’s, support local organizations that lift people up like Habitat for Humanity. You might see as you get to work in your own community that there are a lot of poeple to join up with. The only way as one of the commenters boldly said is to work together and stop seeing each other as enemies. I was on the other side fighting against that which I truly believed in, because “they” tricked me into believing that was the only way. Today I live in the light, with no fear, holding to light the lies, and they die quickly under close observation. Working with litterally millions of people around the world, although I do not know even a fraction of them, to create a better today and especially a better tomorrow.
With love,
Mika,
A changed man
PS: I have not posted anything on here since I changed. But I felt moved to today, hope it reached someone.
It reached me tonight Mika as I was quitting David de Graw’s site. I find that sometimes the replies to some articles are better than the articles themselves, like yours for example. The biggest problem is that we are governed by educated idiots at least in 3 of the major EU countries. The UK has a real bunch of no-no’s and have had for more than 20 years.. the populace being dumbed down with TV, beer, and Orwellian policing.. The Netherlands where I live now is no better..
This presents a very big problem when setting up a totally autonomous situation somewhere in those countries, under their rules it would not be permitted, the biggest problem would be the Taxation authorities, closely followed by the Legal fraternity..
I attended many demonstrations in the 60’s, especially the Parisian uprising, the most likely of all to succeed at the time, the French CS Police actually killed a few people..! The Grosvenor Square anti Vietnam demo was violent and changed nothing, although I am sure the US took notice in the long run..
What do you think about dealing with such institutions..?
Dave
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It is really a shame we do not recognize the source of our “tyranny” The economic chaos of Europe and the poverty spread by the IMF throughout the Third world have all started on Wall Street.
Every dollar of deficit spending is a dollar of profit for the Federal Reserve that is hidden from Congress by the FRBNY’s exclusive handling of accounts from the auctions of Treasury securities. Ref. http://www.scribd.com/doc/101937790/Federal-Reserve-Heist .
The above embezzled profit, which legally belongs to the government, has been used by Wall Street to fund the New World Order campaign that has devastated the third world and is now threatening all of Europe with chaos. Ref. http://farmwars.info/?p=12078 NWO—DEAD AHEAD .
The $17 trillion National Debt of the United States has been stated to be the “end goal” of the NWO and will reduce the U.S. society to poverty while Wall Street financiers receive $10 to $100 million bonuses. Ref. http://www.scribd.com/doc/48194264/rip-off-by-the-Federal-Reserve-revised .
I do not understand why Congress does not investigate the handling of Treasury auction accounts and expose the perfidy (embezzlement) by the Federal Reserve system. Ref. http://www.scribd.com/doc/153024003/Amended-Complaint-Federal-Reserve-whistleblower .
Presently, we live under the shroud of a soft-totalitarianism…a de-humanizing, technocratic orthodoxy that has spawned the new Realpolitik.
In the final analysis…there are no viable political solutions to be employed by post-modern man, which could help alleviate and ultimately liberate his ethical and aesthetic sensibilities from their self-imposed alienation and corruption.
Alas…the spiritual malaise has gone viral!
Reality Ethics and Aesthetics are the root triad of what I believe is the philosophy for a global democratic revolution. In essence we – using our heads – is the only way forward.
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