The Paradigm Shift
The current global paradigm of social organization is statism. Statism is based on a central authority, rule by force, and subservience to the collective or ruling class. It is coming to an end as we wake up to a new freedom paradigm based on human rights, nonviolence, and self-ownership. This transition from the paradigm of statism to the paradigm of freedom is the most important paradigm shift in human history. We are very fortunate to be living at such an exciting time. Because the statist paradigm results in violence, suffering, exploitation, and the stifling of potential, the freedom paradigm will bring prosperity, happiness, harmony, and a new phase of human existence.
There have been similar fundamental turning points before. Learning how to manipulate fire changed our lives forever. The rise of complex language made society itself possible. Mastery of agriculture was a major turning point. The industrial revolution could be placed on this scale. Maybe the rise of computers and internet access in our daily lives was a turning point. In another thousand years, it might be looked back on as just another primary shift in the human experience. However, there is something fundamentally different about the paradigm shift to freedom because it lays the foundation for the realization of so much more of our untapped potential.
For the paradigm shift to occur, it has to be embraced by a critical mass of people. We are rapidly approaching the tipping point at which statism will be untenable, not just because the institutions are unsustainable, but because we are rising up and demanding our rights. This is not just a process of education, but also of inspiration. Because they fear the transition, some will rationalize their slavery despite knowing that they will be better off when free. Toppling governments will not be helpful if self-government is not first embraced and demanded. The shift requires a deeper understanding of what it means to be a free, beautiful, independent person.
How will this paradigm shift shape society? Should we ask for gradual abolition? Should the beneficiaries of the current system be compensated? Should we ask for some justice, while tolerating some injustice? To timidly ask for a reduction of injustice is to ask for the perpetuation of injustice. Dismantling governments as peacefully as possible will take work, but we should demand no less than absolute freedom. When this paradigm shift is complete, asserting that governments are necessary will be as laughable as asserting that the flat earth is the center of the universe. All such shifts seem crazy and uncertain before they occur, but after, they are seen as inevitable. The relevant trends already indicate that creating a peaceful, voluntary, world without government is our destiny.
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@deadamkokesh sometimes we dream anything we think is as not possible or is impossible to happen; however years later you see new changes and just with that momentum you will says Why I did not....Why I did not try it at least just to begin it. If you have that strength towards found a real freedom do, not stop please.
Respect mean P e a c e. I voted you
You have all the reason, freedom is a right and we have to demand it because nobody is going to give it to us!!
@vanemilano thanks for support !! Remember not one will give us our freedom, We do.
I think there might be some confusion.
If you are "demanding" something then that would imply that you do not have it.
Who are you demanding your "freedom" from, and how did they end up with it?
Statism is the worlds most dangerous religion. Freedom and individual liberty are important don't let anyone convince you otherwise because you can be free or be a slave but you can't be both.
The problem with this world is that most people just want laws enforced, without ever asking the validity and justness of a law itself. Those people are the biggest threat to society, freedom and peace.
Thanks for the awesome post @adamkokesh
I used to think that people wanted to control other people, but I have changed my mind and now believe that people what to be controlled.
Personal responsibility is difficult in large societies.
Put it other way round, you finding them controlling is you being controlling because you want them to act differently and not controlling. They obviously need to fulfill your expectations and act differently.
The difference is timing. Offence followed by defence. Abuse followed by self-protection.
I work for a group of alcoholic managers that are terrified someone will “find out” that they are incompetent alcoholics. Like the entire office isn’t aware?
They threaten, then deny they said anything. They Gaslight employees in this manner to show the employee as incompetent/lacking understanding.
Once labeled an incompetent troublemaker they will give you unfavorable references to keep you serving only THEM. Mentally telling them to eff off at least gives me temporary peace from their constant chaos.
Opps. I edited control...I intended to write controlled.
I don't want to control people, I have enough just to control myself :)
You probably have had this question before, but without state what stops gangs and different militias from taking control over everything? And I do agree that what we have now isn't much better..
"The individual"
If the individual wants to form a gang or a militia in order to take control(or "not take control") then individuals will do it.
They are obviously inclined to do so(as evidenced by the presence of government).
Your confusion is in believing that an entity can prevent itself.
Government stopping a group of people(with a militia) from taking over is as silly as believing that rabbits will stop long eared rodents from eating the vegetable garden.
If you put rabbits in your garden to stop rabbits then you are...well....
You are in the exact same boat as people that vote in order to prevent a group of people from taking over control and forcing their will on others.
This is what I also am eluding to, government can be shrunk by at least 90%, the general public don't really have an idea just how huge and wasteful it is. I think we need to shrink it and rethink what a governments role should be and go from there. It's a start, as living conditions get better, poverty reduced, you can reduce government more so.
And without fighting what parts to reduce. Lets say that regulations that protect you from food poisonings by expecting restaurants to follow certain hygiene rules or regulations that simply create monopolies which should be get rid off.
I'm not so sure that regulation is what protects me from food poisoning? If a restaurant is causing food poisoning then the free market will sort it out, especially in the tech age we are in of connectivity and social media.
That works too.. Only sad thing in that is that shit is probably already in customers pants.. but that customer can always write an angry review.
That is true, but even with all the regulations that we currently have there are still cases of bad food making its way into customers stomachs. People still think government is there to protect us, the truth is more so that the government wants to protect the income they receive from us. I don't believe any more people would suffer from food poisoning if government shrunk by 90%, maybe 500 years ago, but not today.
You have point there
Reputation systems will do better than regulation
You and your allies stop them.
99.9% of humans are normally cooperative with other humans.
The .1% (or less) of humans that are sycophants are born leaders that are very hard to stop.
These people become politicians and are able to protect themselves and at the same time attack others all within the laws that they create.
Governments are fictional entities...a sword and shield for wicked leaders.
How much damage can they do, and for how long... in the absence of government protection?
"Governments are fictional entities...a sword and shield for wicked leaders."
Is this about shadow government?
No.
Just pointing out that governments are not real...they contain no atoms or mass.
But the people that believe in governments are real.
I got the idea :)
In a sense we already do have gangs and different militias in control, we call them nation states. The police and army are part of that. If we dismantle the system they operate in then yes something similar will take its place, maybe private armies defending communities? Guild communities based on talents and skills something similar to early renaissance europe or the so called Dark ages. We can never fully do away with a governing organisation because without it we would not be organised. The best outcome we can hope is an efficient automated governing organisation without the class privileged rulers. This can be done through blockchain technology and volunteerism, The theory has been laid down by the Anarchist thinkers such as Kropotkin for a long time but never tried out. The best we as individuals can hope for is a community we trust, the rest is propaganda.....
thank you dea brother @adamkokesh for another amazing post, actually freedom is such a great valuble in pople's life and we all beleive that one person or even a group will never be able to change. thank you once again ddear friend.
“In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.”
― R. Buckminster Fuller
Repairing the rotten core of modern civilisation by creating a new one !
Yes, It's really true. Every person has right.and every person is free.
good freedom politics thechnology government post thank for shearing
your post is very good
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