So as I continue down this road of teaching myself, educating myself, reading up on those who have made observations that I am now just coming to, am once again realizing that there really is nothing new under the sun. Sure it gets rebranded or repackaged for the modern ear, but the struggle for humanity and the world we live in, to live as one should be able to choose, is as old as time.
Currently on a Howard Zinn rabbit trail, anarchism, Pentagon papers, and whatever else tickles my fancy that I come across this expedition.
History is written by the conquerors.
The reality is most people in the Western world, or any capitalist society, have been fed a bullshit since birth. Though this seems to be the case throughout history, now though I wonder about things that pop in my head as a result of reading, things of Enlightenment and what is needed for one to "wake up".
Education, experience, these two go hand in hand. Removing oneself from the bubble they have been raised in and then continue in life as that is all they know of. The pain and struggles of life that teach us either to reach out or recede further in to the back of the cave. (Plato)
I find myself asking these questions time and again... what is MY reason for existence? Echoing those Subhuman lyrics like a mantra of sorts, chastising, myself for my own inadequacies and lack of discipline to accomplish specific tasks or endeavors that I may view as declaring my humanity. Often reluctant to do so from this imposter syndrome that seems to plague me. Lofty ideals of being and influence to others when I can barely keep my own shit together and struggle with advancing or strengthening my ideals in a specific manner. Typically I confuse or conflate scenarios or the like either based on some fanciful notions or grandiose beliefs that they'll have some sort of beneficial impact.. again this ego that likes to get in the way of wanting something pure and true. What exactly are those things? Am I capable of creating something as such? I have this nagging feeling that once again I presenting with a paradox or another of life's illusions that grabs humanity in a most forceful and violent way of wanting to establish an absolute on an idea.
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