Here’s a question. How does one remain joyful and thankful for the flourishing and freedom we enjoy (that arose largely as a result of the American/Western experiment in “democracy” or constitutional republicanism), without being apathetic to the slow creep of totalitarianism?
Don’t we have an obligation to “bitch” and protest and point out that the emperor has no clothes?
I think it’s obvious that a plan is afoot that will see a certain return to the repression and brutality that our forefathers sought to escape, if we do and say nothing.
Why else would western governments be slowly trying to disarm their people, and to build up an impenetrable wall of surveillance around us, our speech, and our ability to freely exchange value, if their goal wasn’t to absolutely dominate and extract maximum value from us for the 1%’s sole benefit?
I believe we are entering the endgame for human flourishing and freedom of action. Do we just accept it? I will be long dead before it gets really ugly. But I care for future generations’ sake.
To a degree, I’ve realized that trying to wake people up to the reality of where we are heading, and impress on them the need to learn sly and round about ways to subvert the state’s plans while we still can, is futile. Most people just can’t be bothered to look any further ahead than the point of their own nose, or even question any of what is going on around them. Things like “what is money?”, “why is privacy important?”.
How do we reconcile the need to be joyful and thankful today, with the desire to see our kids and grandkids grow up in a world that is not significantly darker than the one we have enjoyed?
I could use input from some of the beautiful minds on Nostr. ‘Cause I don’t know the answer.
Thanks for reading.
#grownostr #asknostr
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