The System

Ok, so I have been keeping an eye on the goings on of the voting for President in November.

Now, I voted for Kerry because my guy wasn't nominated for the Democratic Party, and I certainly would not vote for the Republican Party candidate because of the poor record on every issue I hold dear.

Anyway, I have come to realize that this whole system is screwed up. Democracy only works when there is an informed and educate public deciding on their representation. And, as can plainly be seen around us, we are limited in that capacity.

Am I calling people stupid? No. Ignorant? Yes.

This ignorance has been reinforced for the past 25 years by the limited and diminishing education system in this country. Lack of funding, changing of standards and an exaggerated and supported hatred of intelligence and the intelligent.

It is a sad state when those who educate themselves are looked down upon by much of the population. Mainly because they are TAUGHT to distrust those who are smarter them OR to trust a small minority of "leaders" who tell them that they know what's best for them.

And frankly, I am sickened by it. The whole process of divide and conquer is working SO well that I hate (a strong word I know) those who propagte it throughout society.

Well, needless to say, something needs to be done.

What is it? Tell me more. (Or alternatively: get the fuck out of the country then!)

Create a community of friends and family (those who love and care about you and not necessarily blood) and work for all of your mutual benefit. It's a way to create your own society that you are an integral part of and not another drone like most of the rest of the country.

What happens when each small group of communities start to expand or find other like minded communities? Well, you agree to coexist as a community, or if you will, a federation of communities. Each independent from each other in how the community is run while together forming a federation of like-minded individuals.

If everyone decides to be a part of their own community and associate with other communities in a federation of communities, then perhaps we can create a REAL society of REAL people together. Not "leaders" telling you how you have to work, when, where, who can be associated together and all that.

I am not explaining it very well but it is akin to a balance between collectivism and individualism without an artifical hierarchy lording over anyone or any group.

But that sounds far-fetched doesn't it? Well, it is, if noone knows about it, or cares to know about it.

So what can you do? Well you learn about it, you teach others and you practice what you have learned.

There are many ways to do go about doing it, but what really matters is that you do this with people you care about and consider your family (as I said, not necessarily by blood but by love). It is the betterment and benefit of each individual AND, by mutual aid, the betterment and benefit of those in your community.

What this really boils down to is creating a society of communities within the shell of the old society that, to me, is no longer working.

Here are some websites that, if you are interested, can help educate you to what I am trying to get across:

http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/anarfaq.htm
http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/polemica.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism

I wish you luck if you are disgusted by the happenings in our current society and I hope, as time goes by, we will be a real part of the same community.