Day 17 - The Politics of Failure: We can't change the system... can we?

Tonight's blog is a continuation of a series - 

Day 15 - Giving Politics a Bad Name

Day 16 - Restoring the Name of Politics

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Day 17 - The Politics of Failure: We can't change the system... can we?

Can politics be a legitimate way to change the ENTIRE world system?  

There is no shortage of revolutionary and visionary ideas that could radically change the way we relate to ourselves and each other as well as the way we co-exist with nature and the ecosystem. There are many groups with powerful and world changing insights and technological innovations that can completely revolutionize the way our current world functions. 

And yet not a single one of these groups has been able to actually implement their visionary idea despite having a very active and intelligent following. The popularity of these groups is massive and constantly expanding and there are worldwide chapters that are very active in engaging in conversations, debates, and discussions about the various solutions that our world desperately needs. But even with a very wide network of supporters and activists across the globe, these groups have thus far NOT made significant change within the world system beyond introducing new ideas and information. 

One of the main reasons for why there are so many groups in the world today who profess to have "the solution" and genuinely do have great insight and creative innovations of ideas and technologies that can change the way the world currently operates, and yet nothing actually ever changes - is that any change that requires a change in the world system must be done from WITHIN the world system itself backed by the agreement and political support of the majority of this world. 

Many of the groups that have come forward in order to change the world have come from seeing that the current system is NOT working, and have taken it upon themselves to research ways and means of solving the myriad issues that humanity currently faces. And while the general mechanisms for how things got this way and what can be done about it are well studied and discussed by such groups, the starting point has been to either destroy or completely stand against the current world system, the monetary system, and the various institutions of control and influence - because these institutions are seen as being part of the "problem" without seeing them as parts within a machine that can and must be changed and re-aligned if we want the current machinery of the world to give us a different result.

This is the trap that far too many potential REAL Politicians of the world fall into - the trap of accepting the notion that the current world system is inherently corrupt and largely to blame for the conditions we are now facing, and that it is too entrenched to be able to change or fight conventionally - and so the only "alternative" left is to seek a means to correct the world WITHOUT engaging in the world systems of politics, government, and finance. 

Here, having made the political statement that they will NOT utilize the political system and work within the current institutions of the world to achieve the changes that the world needs because the world system is "the problem", and that governments cannot be trusted and therefore they will not engage with it, or that money itself is corrupted and therefore they will not work with the money system - such groups by virtue of this stance being "against the system" automatically exclude themselves from being able to change anything in any real or lasting way - because they will find that it is much more difficult to secure funding, much more difficult to access positions of influence, much more difficult to implement their goals without having to greatly compromise their principles - because they will now have to fight and contend with a globally established system while having to at the same time compete with many others for resources and funding - and while all of this is happening the world system simply allows such groups to implode or dissipate or end up fighting and debating with other groups while starving them of political or financial support.

So, how can politics be used in such a way that actually changes the world system and will actually allow for the implementation of the many revolutionary and visionary innovations that have been kept out of the hands of the people by those who serve self-interest and profit above doing what is best for all?

We must see and realize that when we accept the idea that the world system is just "too big" and cannot be changed through "politics" because politics and the money system are completely corrupt, we actually make that our REALITY through this very acceptance, which in itself is a political message that influences countless others in the world who are looking for real change and searching for the REAL Politicians of the world to be examples of standing up within the very system that must be changed and redefining it's very nature and function to serve humanity instead of enslave it.

It must be understood that we the majority are the greatest and most powerful oppressors to change, and that our slavery and servitude to the system can only be done through our acceptance. Therefore unless we realize that we are responsible for the world system and the governments and financial systems upon which the world currently functions, it will always remain a mystery to us as to why the world isn't getting any better, and why we see no REAL leadership in the world that is addressing the heart of the issue.

In the blogs to follow we will have a look at what happens when people choose self-interest over what is best for all, and how each one that accepts the idea that we cannot change the world system through politics and democracy actually makes it harder not only for themselves, but for EVERYONE in this world to be able to actually change the way our world functions.

We will discuss in the posts to come how, despite our best efforts to the contrary - and despite our reluctance to accept this fact - we are at all times influencing this world by our words, our thoughts, and our deeds - and that each moment we allow ourselves to give up on self-responsibility and accept the current conditions of the world - is a moment in which we instruct the world system and everyone around us that "I, a co-creator and fellow politician of this world, accept through my silence the current state of affairs and I abdicate my power and will to the status quo to do with as it sees fit in my name", and how that very statement can make all the difference in whether we will truly change this world or remain slaves to each other's lack of responsibility.

Day 16 - Restoring the Name of Politics

"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country." 

- Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President

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Tonight's Blog is a continuation of this series - 

Day 15 - Giving Politics a Bad Name

Day 16 -Restoring the Name of Politics

For too long we have accepted the idea that "politics" is some complex system that can only be navigated by political experts and certain individuals belonging to certain families and associating with certain elite circles who have the "privilege" of becoming political leaders, and that it is best to allow such political leaders to face and contend with the "difficult" and "complex" task of governing and ruling the majority.

For too long we have accepted the idea that we are not meant to understand the nuances and subtleties of the political world, and that because of this apparent lack of understanding and specialized insight, we have no right or privilege to demonstrate our political responsibility - when in fact ours is the most critically important political power of all - "ours" being the MAJORITY - which implies the greatest leverage and power as well as the greatest responsibility.

This is why this blog specifically refers to the REAL Politicians of this world not being those who are career or professional politicians necessarily, but rather the majority of human beings on this world at this very moment who see that the state of our affairs is NOT healthy or sustainable, and realize that our current system of politics and government has suffered greatly from the absence of the guidance and direction of the political MAJORITY.

Why has politics become such a "dirty" profession? Why is it that any serious or professional politician in the current system must to a great extent compromise their integrity and make alliances and agreements with entities who understand the nature of what politics has become and will abuse the very absence and apathy of the political MAJORITY so that they can continue to earn, keep, and protect absurdly large amounts of profit at the direct expense of the common good? Because if the serious and professional politician does not play along, they will NOT be allowed anywhere near the heart of the system or the seats of power or influence or be invited to the inner circles where decisions and policies are decided not within principle or integrity, but by what the elite and the ruling class deem necessary for their continued survival and prosperity.

We currently have a system where leadership is NOT based on actual integrity or merit but rather by inheritance into the ruling class and through relationships and networks established in the absence of an active and aware political MAJORITY - where a small handful of wealthy elites free from having to work or face the consequences and hardships of this world have turned their attention to the study of control, of influence, and of domination of the world that has turned the rightful political MAJORITY into a servant class through manipulating MONEY and establishing financial supremacy.

In the United States, which is often seen as the "model" of modern democratic governance, there are approximately 5 lobbyists for every member of the us Congress, and approximately one million dollars are spent PER member of the House of Representatives. These are the odds that our politicians and legislators face in the absence of an aware and active political MAJORITY of REAL Politicians.

All of the power - all of the influence that we believe the 'elite' have - is an illusion that is constantly made real by none other than our collective acceptance. So realize here, that even though we the political MAJORITY of this world who possess the most power and influence are currently enslaved, our enslavement can ONLY happen through our collective acceptance.

Even if we are rendered unaware, our political power as a group is STILL the overwhelmingly dominant force. Unfortunately this power has been kept secret and many steps have been taken to ensure that the majority does not awaken and unite and take its rightful influence, and great effort has been set into place to ensure that the majority will always remain struggling with each other for survival - consuming each other and competing with each other - never realizing the actual potential that a united and aware global MAJORITY actually has to change this world and the politics that govern it.

By now it must be realized that there is never a time in which we are NOT a politician. There is never a time in which our words, our actions, our deeds, and our acceptances do not make a political statement. The only way for the great majority of people on this world to have become so utterly enslaved can only be through the collective agreement to the statement "There is no point in politics".

So long as the rightful political Majority of the world believes there is no way to change the system legitimately through politics and direct democracy, and continue to allow for the few politicians who do stand in positions of governmental responsibility to contend with vastly overwhelming pressures and forces - there will of course be corruption and untrustworthiness.

How can we expect for politicians to do on behalf of the MAJORITY what the MAJORITY itself has not seen fit to do for itself? How can we expect our governments to be institutions of integrity and absolute principle when MONEY alone has been able to speak louder than the voice of the MAJORITY?

Do not be fooled thus, by the few handful of elites who would proclaim to know what political responsibility is, or how best to operate a government, who would attempt to usurp your rightful place as a REAL Politician. Politics is in each and every breath we take - each and every word we speak and each decision we make is our vote and our instruction - and for too long have we been instructing ourselves and each other that we are somehow excused from our political responsibility because we are apparently "not politicians".

And so as a fellow REAL Politician in this world I continue to push myself, to REMIND myself that the Politician'sJourney to Life will often be challenged by those who intend to misdirect our political reality in order to convince us of a collective illusion - which is that somehow the most powerful and influential majority is to be subservient to a minority who's only influence must actually be borrowed from the majority itself.

I humbly request that all rightful politicians - all REAL Politicians in this world not yet accepting their political responsibility for the political powers that have been given up to elites who have abused such power in our absence and under our name, now HONOR the duty and responsibility that comes with being a part of the political MAJORITY of this world and set right what was done in our negligence. 

Walk with us and remind each other of our task to change who we are and what we accept in this world and be the example that our governments must learn from, and set the expectation for those who would seek political positions - that no more will abuse and fraud be tolerated and no more will the rightful majority of this world ignore gross incompetence and abuse because the political MAJORITY - the strongest and most influential political force in the world that in fact cares about the quality, honor, and dignity of all LIFE - is now coming to power and nothing less than what is best for all will be accepted.