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RE: Chipping The Cattle

in #life5 years ago

Thanks for sharing your outlook/knowledge here. As I consider you one of the great thinkers here, it's both humbling and an honor. This is one of those rare areas I find myself in disagreement with you, so I will share why and welcome any thoughts you have on mine that you would consider misguided. My point won't be as elaborate as yours, as I'm somewhat of a simple man despite my appreciation for well thought out presentations.

The disconnect between your view and mine stems from your belief that all these tools (computers, internet, tech for home production, etc) will free us, and mine that they are doing the opposite and chaining us. The very groups who control the manufacture and sale of these tools are the same ones who desire and practice our enslavement. I have written of (and read much more) of backdoors in the tech, we use their lines and satellites/towers to connect. They control the flow of goods and supplies. And most important of all, they control an army of men with guns whose job is to kidnap or murder those who run afoul of the good graces of these technological robber barons.

It seems to me that to have your view point is to ignore their back doors, to ignore their control of every aspect of virtually all the methods you champion as ones that will be their downfall and our tool(s) for freedom.

At the end of the day, when those men of violence show up on ones doorstep, one will either comply with their demands or be outgunned. If one is enough of a nuisance to them, they will not even give the option of complying. They show this again and again.

Often, possibilities can look great on paper. But once those who control the violence are involved, those possibilities will most often bend to meet their demands. A comment I received a couple weeks ago regarding anarchy by @logiczombie seems fitting here. He wrote

Anarchy only sounds like a good idea if you are well defended. Those with power like to blame the powerless for their misfortune. POOR = BAD. The gods must favor the rich because they are better than everyone else. This is what anarchy leads to, The Origin of Law.

https://steemit.com/logiczombie/@logiczombie/q0t2za

I don't understand your belief these tools will negate the truth of violence.

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