The Definition of Slavery
It's amazing really. All over the world there are age old
rivalries over one group exploiting the other group. Everyone it
seems is up in arms about past and current wrongs regarding
slavery and nobody seems to realize that they, themselves, are
slaves as well. On a personal note, I am only twenty-sex years
of age and I honestly feel as though everyday of my life is
controlled by another person or persons. Speaking as a human
being, this is quite a sickening thought. I look around at the
children in the schools and the students in university to find
nothing but beaten down individuals whos only wish is to do what
they're told. Read what they're told to read, believe the labels
they're told are real, and be the person they're told will be
ultimately happy. Now, let me make this quite clear, it is
completely and utterly possible to live in blissful ignorance.
You can, in fact, drift through life walking blindly through the
maze, working from job to job, taking less and less time to
yourself, and convince yourself that you're perfectly alright
and "this is how things are.". Have you ever said that? Horrible
statement. First of all, things never stay the same. The only
constant in the entire universe is Change. So, if things always
change, then why does everything around me struggle to keep
things the Same? Why do our vary cities arrogantly try to defy
nature? Floods, tornadoes, drought, hurricanes, and other
natural "disasters" happen on a daily basis, but still we
persist in rebuilding and "carrying on". Why? Because we have no
choice. We have to carry on, develop more land, make more money,
provide more jobs, and inevitably feed the system. We Have to
participate or we go hungry. All the food is locked away,
remember? You need money to get the key, the key requires a job,
and poof your freedom is gone. And so, because I was born into a
system I don't condone or agree with, I am forced to look every
human being I meet in the face and pity the tragic events that
have and will happen to them. I have to look at a flawed system
and the resulting pain, and I have no choice. There is nowhere
to go. People have often told me "well, go into small towns.
Things are more simple out there." That's true, of course, but
being a smaller part of the problem still isn't being "out" of
the problem. I still pay taxes, I still support an
infrastructure that is designed for someone like me to pay many
other people to create rules for me to live by. It's subtle, and
there are definately a meriad of distractions to keep you from
noticing it, but you and I are the same. If you don't believe we
are connected by life, believe we are connected in our slavery.
The binds are no longer shackles, but a thin veil of confusion
held over your eyes.
Tear the veil, walk away from the machine. Change starts with
us. The machine both exists and ceases to be by our will.