It’s easy to blame politicians. Leaders and those in authority (whether positional or earned) create change in the world along with all the unintended consequences that come with it. Or worse, they prevent positive change in order to maintain the status quo for their handlers.
Politicians in particular have a very low approval rating and, from my personal view, a much higher scrutiny because they are part of a system that legitimizes and is in many ways defined by the initiation of violent force within their domain. As someone who seeks more voluntary human interactions in the world, I’ve been especially critical of those in government (see the first comment for a post about the myth of authority and “anarchism”). I also realize, more so with age and experience and maybe even a little more wisdom, that some people are just trying to do the best they can in a very difficult system. Making sausage can be messy. Governance systems which have to coordinate very different worldviews, desires, needs, agendas, and intelligences are going to be a bit messy also. Those responsible for maintaining those systems are going to get their hands dirty form time to time packing the sausage. I don’t have experiential knowledge at that level, but it makes sense to me that only the very highest character and integrity can stand true in those environments (Ron Paul comes to mind) and even then, they don’t end up “doing” much because the system itself is stacked against them.
So given this, why am I still so tough on the profession of government worker or politician? Well, that seat of power attracts psychotic people who feed on dominating others. Their “justified” and “legitimate” use of violence (a law is simply a ceremoniously written down violent threat) creates noise in the system. I think the best environment for properly evolving consciousness is the signal of voluntary interactions. If we are in a consciousness training simulator, then I want to promote more voluntary interactions and build and promote systems which facilitate the same.
That’s why I work passionately on cryptocurrency (voluntary, uncontrolled currency), DACs and DAOs (voluntary decentralized autonomous—as in uncontrolled by a few people—groups of individuals with a shared goal with free association), and more recently sharing information about becoming more aware. As Thomas Campbell says, as we decrease entropy in our consciousness (bringing us closer to the “truth” that we are all individuated units of the same absolute unbounded oneness of consciousness), we increase our capacity for love. Being part of non-violent, non-coercive systems of governance requires a high level of personal responsibility and awareness. For some, this is very difficult. Systems we swim in today, the water we can’t even perceive as being wet, were built hundreds of years ago to try and mitigate these challenges with the tools available at the time. We have new tools now, and I think it’s possible we can help a lot of people level up quickly to participate in new systems which benefit everyone.
It’s at least worth trying.
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