“I would like to plead for my right to investigate natural phenomena without having guns pointed at me. I also ask for the right to be wrong without being hanged for it.” – Wilhelm Reich (Letter, 1947)
Section 6: Aufheben
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By now, you are getting tired of all this pagan idolatry, especially since most of it is nonsense, and how you live is more important than what you believe. Don’t worry; there is only a little more. Two Gods want to be your father. The clockwise name Yeuo has four letters representing the seasons in order. The counterclockwise name Youe is the destroyer of life. Our ancestors once lived in paradise with their father, Yahweh. We lost this golden age of Saturn when people denied our place in the world, and civilization took over. Though Zeus fooled us out of paradise, people could return to Eden by living the way we were made to live. Deciding to live makes Yahweh your father, and your name becomes Yesuo. Picking nonexistence makes Jove your father. Civilized people claim to love God with all their hearts and will never get to Heaven because of the sins of civilization. Those who never believed in God still go to Heaven if they live the way people should.
This story about two fathers was in an early draft of this book. Originally, this book was intended to explore the duality of good and evil perspectives. Then I realized each perspective is good or bad, depending on how we use it. People make mistakes if they do not see the problem. Second Corinthians calls the Serpent the deceiver. But in Genesis, the Serpent tells the truth, and God speaks all the lies. We end up supporting the wrong side when we miss important details.
We should review the information, but what if people don’t? I worked for a company that collected and distributed statistics that businesses used to plan their business strategies. One day, it was discovered that hundreds of customers had been given incorrect information for over a year. Strangely, no one complained about the error. After fixing the problem, customers complained that the new, correct reports were a few hundred pages shorter than the old, incorrect reports. Our customers would present their bosses with large volumes of statistics to appear productive. And we just made them look less productive. Big businesses spend billions of dollars buying and selling information about people. If all the data collected by internet marketers and Wall Street investors is a waste of time, wow! What else do people fail to notice?
In a Maoist society, they want you to denounce your family and friends for saying the wrong words. You live in fear of your thoughts as you pretend to agree with whatever they expect you to say. In the revolution, the individual does not exist. Only the revolution exists, and a subject has an identity, but only when the identity supports the revolution. You must speak the language of the revolution, where everyone must spend their lives complaining about other people while lying about themselves. The revolutionary’s true identity only allows love for progress itself. For them, progress is love, but their Ministry of Love does not love. Progress destroys and uses. Notice how those who want to end capitalism also wish to destroy our accomplishments and our values, yet they want to use what we built. Hegel called this process Aufheben. And it is not just something the communists do; every form of civilization steals and uses. Most of the time, you do not know what you destroy, you do not know what your practice will create, and you also do not know what the process is making you do.
In a neighborhood where people lived in nice houses and had lots of education, there was a beverage shop where people were reading on their laptops. It seemed like a nice place, so I ordered one of their fruity drinks. A group of locals was complaining about a book by a Canadian. These people do not believe an idea can be true, the way God intended it. Instead, they judge everything according to how it fits their idea of privilege. In their worldview, the Canadian’s book is epistemic violence against people who are not white. The people making this claim were all white. Some of you might agree with them. I do not know which side is right because social awareness and paranoid delusions are hard to tell apart. They were screaming at the guy who was reading the Canadian’s book. The book was full of advice. Some of the advice is junk, but it’s not bad enough to warrant screaming about. They also managed to take all the flavor out of a fruit drink. They should be more concerned about their lack of flavor.
By reading books alone, I can explore our culture without anyone telling me what is right. With guidance, my worldview would have been more aligned with the politically correct narrative. Instead, I developed this silly narrative where people read different opinions before jumping to conclusions. The Canadian tells you to get yourself in order, which is better than living in resentment. Spending your whole life angry at others is easy if you live in a nice neighborhood where others pick up your mess; however, it is not a useful way to think if you are poor and need to make something out of yourself. Revolutionaries make people angry at each other, and they call it knowledge.
“To bring political knowledge to the workers the Social Democrats must go among all classes of the population; they must dispatch units of their army in all directions.” (Lenin, 1902)
When extremists join an organization, they share information with everyone that resonates with half of the people. They then start accusing others of causing conflict. Once enough people are excluded from the organization, people become afraid to disagree. People bend their knees. The extremists then utilize the organization to educate people about spreading the idea. Movements such as feminism and environmentalism began with good intentions, but extremists later hijacked these organizations. Now, the political Left controls every form of popular entertainment, which has become the enemy of the people when it makes us feel that our neighbors are bad.
Sometimes they tell us that those bad people have too much privilege. Sometimes they tell us that those bad people have systemic advantages. Those other people are just people like you. You will know political extremists have infected your group when you no longer talk to people you used to talk to. That is when you need to stand up and say, “Let us return to what we originally planned to do.”
Section 2: Cultural Exchange
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We need to scavenge ideas from other cultures to build a Nature religion. Few of us in Western civilization have the luxury of being born into a culture that lives close to Nature. A friend accused me of trying to masquerade as a Native American and said my ideas are nothing more than a mixture of new age delusions, the kind bored rich white men invent. This friend claims to come from an old tradition with values that only tribe members can understand. This person has blond hair and blue eyes, claims to descend from Native Americans, and dresses as a Native American from an old Western movie.
My friend did not grow up in Native American culture and only decided to become a Native American after seeing the movie “Little Big Man” (1970). This person wants to connect with a tradition and exclude others. Neighbors divide into enemy camps when people see themselves as a continuation of their ancestors’ conflicts. We can avoid these conflicts by accepting that culture belongs to everyone.
Visiting different cultures has shown me that the core of our behavior remains relatively consistent across all cultures. Although a story from a foreign culture may seem full of strange traditions, look deeper to find similarities to your own culture. A good drama, such as Shakespeare’s, is understood by people all over the world. Additionally, everywhere I visited, people had traditions that originated from multiple places. For example, Brazil has a diverse mix of European, African, Japanese, and Native American influences. I assume that no culture remains entirely unaffected by outside influences. This does not make the tradition less valid. Cultures discover all kinds of fun by exchanging ideas.
Clint Eastwood’s character “The Man with No Name” represents a film icon, the eccentric loner. This story developed in Japan from ideas they borrowed from Hollywood. In the movie Yojimbo, directed by Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, actor Toshiro Mifune portrays this character (1961). Then, the Italians made “The Man with No Name” films (Leone, 1964). Multiple cultures invented this monomyth, which can appeal to anyone in any culture. People liked the way the myth lived by its own rules.
Feminists have told me that the monomyth is not popular in China. They claim that the Chinese prefer different kinds of stories. I do not know if this claim is true because information about Chinese culture is being filtered through a political lens, a lens that does not want free men. There is no need to destroy the male hero story just because some women feel left out. Perhaps the definitive feminine epic has yet to be written. Perhaps in the female Journey, the woman gains courage and spreads joy, or perhaps it will be a different story. A great woman in the future will write that story.
Meanwhile, my Native American friend read the book “Black Elk Speaks” and loved the part about Crazy Horse. Like many people interested in Native American culture, this person assumes the book gives an accurate record of Native American beliefs. Neihardt, a bored white man, edited Black Elk’s words, adding the part about the death of Crazy Horse and the parts that sound like Plato. The book embodies the great American melting pot of ideas from many cultures. Both Black Elk and Neihardt developed their ideas before meeting each other. Both liked the philosophical ideas of the Catholic Church, which were developed by Paul and Augustine. Greek Platonic philosophy had a significant influence on Paul and Augustine. Multiple people talk in Neihardt’s book.
White people invented stereotypes about Native Americans, which portrayed them as wise. In the stereotype, Native American cultures lived close to the wilderness, and their stories reflect an understanding of Nature. I know a few Native Americans; some are wise, and others are not. I have little in common with the Native American experience. I am not trying to be one, though some ideas in old books about Native Americans are worth borrowing. The parts about living close to Nature and understanding Nature seem like good ideas.
People can dress like members of other cultures when they admire those cultures, and sometimes individuals from the original culture appreciate this expression of admiration. However, using cultural elements outside their original context can disrespect the original creators if they had an intimate experience that outsiders do not share. You might believe that cultural appropriation is wrong, even though all cultures do it. Even traditional cultures are not static. Whatever they’re doing today is not going to be identical to what their ancestors did a few centuries ago, and for a cultural element to survive, it needs to expand into a new context. The element might only survive in a context created by oppressors, even when the new context disrespects the original culture. Just about everything every culture does was stolen from someone else. The United States is a melting pot of cultures that have come together recently.
“The folklore of America has origins in all lands, all races, all colors. This story of faith and devotion springs from that source and seeks to capture those values.” (Cabin in the Sky, 1943)
Western European culture spread through conquest; it also has its positive aspects. People influenced by Western European culture ended slavery, wrote the Bill of Rights, and stopped colonialism. Before European expansion, every group conquered and enslaved other groups, and about everyone in Europe, Asia, and Africa was treated like farm equipment. European colonialism kills millions; however, the descendants of those conquerors realize that people have value. Also, as Western civilization grew, industrialization damaged the environment; yet, people in industrial cultures eventually realized that the environment has value. Today, people worldwide have adopted these new values. We are all a continuation of European culture, and we will continue to improve our values.
You might say Western culture supports privilege. That is true. All the stuff in Western culture supports the privilege of anyone who wants to live a full life. It doesn’t matter what color people are; everyone is given more opportunities than in any other culture. Progressives don’t want you to believe that you can stand up on your own two feet. They believe in cultural structures and see you as automated by culture, with no independent thoughts or needs. They see themselves as entitled to tell you what to do. They want you on your knees, begging them for help. So they hate the opportunities that Western culture gives people. The world has too many dictators telling us what to do. We do not need these dictators because the cultural appropriation of Western culture has captured all the tools that have given every proud Westerner the ability to make choices.
Section 3: Experts
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realized that communists could win the revolution if they disrupted societal institutions (Gramsci, 1935). This “long march through the institutions” means that toxic complaining will be everywhere, as your human resource department will ensure you understand equity and inclusion, and popular entertainment will no longer respect the great patriarchs of the past. They want this revolution to transform the social structures that underpin society in order to solve systemic issues. But precisely what is it that makes Gramsci and people who read Gramsci so informed that they can make decisions for the rest of us? What makes them better than you? What if they are not actually better?
Ibram Kendi advocates for using the government to address social problems (Kendi, 2019). Such goals are dangerous because the fight is against people in society. Perhaps you think that the privileged are enemies within society. Don’t forget that most groups of people are privileged in some situations, while being disadvantaged in others. Additionally, people can move between different groups, allowing them to transition in and out of victimhood situations. People play with social structures like playing cards. Normal people can navigate this game just fine. I do not understand how a government could improve the game.
The old revolution did not help workers. The newer cultural revolution does not help the marginalized. People help themselves. All forms of organized authority, including business and church leaders, get in our way. Tribal leaders are acceptable as long as their government dies when the leaders die. Don’t let any institution continue to grow long after the founders have passed away. The United States used to be the land of the free; today, it has billions of laws with millions of citizens in jail. Jefferson, Franklin, and George never intended for the government to get this big.
Radicals invent complaints against people they know nothing about, and they do not care if you suffer from their policies. I did not care until I met some people who were affected. That changed the picture. During the COVID lockdowns, I stayed in a rich neighborhood where the mandates were rarely enforced. The downtown black neighborhood also still looked unchanged. Then, I drove through a proletarian neighborhood where stores were closed. Some buildings were boarded up, and some buildings were demolished. This situation went on for miles along Preston Highway in Louisville, Kentucky.
I did not know that conditions had gotten that bad. The news rarely mentioned the problem. Though each store closed for different reasons, the lockdowns likely worsened the situation. Working people get punished and ignored. The problem is not greed. Such problems exist because the elite call the workers privileged, yet they do not see the workers. The economic conditions along Preston Highway improved after the lockdown, so my elitist friend will never know that anything ever happened there, but I saw it.
People in modern society depend on experts to fix issues for them. Unfortunately, some experts encourage us to fight among ourselves. Certain politicians don’t care who you hate. And those politicians claim to be against hate. During the French Revolution, Robespierre would preach against the death penalty (Speech, 1791). A few years later, Robespierre executed thousands of people. Apparently, some people can’t follow their own advice, and they make up excuses, or perhaps all progressive politicians are hiding the evil they want to do.
Politicians need to generate support to get political power, so they exaggerate, spread fear, and pretend to be necessary. Unfortunately, pretentious posers have no problem finding loyal fans, as we all want to feel necessary by claiming to be part of the solution. This need to feel necessary makes people trust illusions, and those who believe falsehoods do not see the problem. Those in control of society will exaggerate any situation, creating fear that they use as an excuse to increase their control. They will use an epidemic or social conflict to put restrictions on people, and they will not give you your freedom back when the problem is gone. Protected rich people got spooked over something minor, so everyone must stay home. The only social interaction we are allowed is social media, which restricts what people can say. I get the impression they want to keep us separated so we cannot talk to each other.
In the past, YouTube allowed users to post video responses below videos. People could see who they were talking to. Today, on social media, responses can come from programs that sound human. Suppose you think a politician is terrible. Do you know why you feel that the politician is bad? Are you merely repeating what the programs said? We are constantly being monitored by programs designed to identify the media that will outrage us against certain groups of people. They are telling us who to hate. The hate came from academia. Educated individuals enjoy feeling superior to others. They used to pretend to be superior to primitive people, but that attitude has gone out of style. Now they pretend to be superior to conservatives. Our colleges are loaded with endless literature against conservatives.
Meanwhile, the endless leftist propaganda has created kids who see themselves as Jedi Warriors fighting the evil empire when they scream at conservatives who just want to eat lunch. We are not fixing anything by playing this ridiculous Marxist revolution against each other. We do not need to fear more people. Civilization is held together with fear. People are not toxic; civilization is toxic. The toxic misuse of information happens whenever anyone claims to know best for others. One person’s dream can become another person’s nightmare, even when people think they are doing the right thing.
Marx wanted “a revolutionary reconstitution of society at large” (Marx, 1848). Revolutions that attempt to change too much are more likely to disrupt an entire society than to do good. So let us tell the truth whenever progressives lie. When they claim to be peaceful, point out that they are not. When they pretend to be saviors, you should point out that they have never saved anyone. When they claim to speak for the people, you should point out that they have no idea what the people say. When they try to blame our culture for social problems, point out that our culture could fix those problems if we didn’t have to waste time and resources on their nonsense.
Section 4: Civilized, I shall not be
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To reduce our dependence on civilization, we will need to downsize the amount of civilization around us. Exactly how we are going to do this, I do not know. The process may take centuries. It is something we need to do because civilization is killing us. Walk around any civilized city, and you will see unpleasant sights. A progressive might assume progress will one day solve these problems, and this faith in progress prevents people from seeing a better way. Remember, no one tested to ensure civilization was the best way to live before they forced it on us. Also, remember, the sins of civilization are your sins. Now, try to doubt progress. Let the illusion disappear and see events the way they are.
I have focused on Marxism in this book because it is one of the most active forms of civilization that is trying to kill us. However, all civilized progressivism is extinctionist because each step moves us further from nature and makes us less human. We can not allow the extinctionists to win. Do not trust the laws of civilization because everything it offers becomes an addictive drug. Never sign their contracts. Their deal takes you from you, and they will want more. Beware of religions, politics, or any systems that try to cage the beast. Honest people do not need to control other people’s thoughts.
The United States Bill of Rights limits the power of government. Unfortunately, Politicians reinterpret these laws, using them to reinforce the state. Before you pass laws, consider if people would be better off without these laws, consider the reasons you make these rules, consider if these reasons are valid, consider the consequences, and remember that even carefully planned legislation will make the situation worse when it has unforeseen consequences. Beware of legislation that reduces rights or liberties; governments tend not to give them back. The world has too many dictators telling us what to do, and the last thing we need is more rules.
In Davos, Switzerland, influential individuals discuss a “Great Reset” that they believe will address global problems through increased government intervention. You will now be referred to as a stakeholder, although they will make the decisions on your behalf. We do not need it. The paranoid declare war on the world and feel safe with civilization. Fear destroyed their confidence. We need to discover our strengths, which are the aspects of ourselves that enable us to thrive within the Earth’s community. Though civilization has numbers on its side, do not surrender. Leaders only control you if you let them. The strength of character that we need is not the censorship that the gender studies classes want to impose on everyone; it is more akin to Brigitte Bardot, who was admired long ago for speaking freely.
I have an old friend who says that telling people to do anything they want is disrespectful to people. This person believes that rules keep people safe, dignified, and free, and they want to punish anyone who disagrees. I’ve been told everyone would run amok if we had too much freedom. That might not be true if the prosperity brought about by the government also makes a life of crime possible. We do not know what would happen if people were allowed freedom for an extended period of time. All predictions on this issue are purely hypothetical. No one knows what would take over after civilization.
Is it possible to leave civilization? Henry David Thoreau and Edward Abbey ventured into the wilderness to discover what it had to offer. They seem to like what they found, but that might only be true for them. The rest of us can have different paths. If you think a city is an unhealthy place to live, find other Nature lovers who will purchase some land, learn to live with it, and use only the technology they need. Don’t become discouraged if your first attempt fails. Learn from your mistakes, and then try again.
If even educated people cannot recognize their mistakes, how can we determine if our information is misleading? I have failed to define my ideas clearly, which is a problem because I have also failed to test my ideas. I do not know how to test my claims, and any untested hypotheses are intellectual garbage. Nonetheless, the question of what we are remains too important to ignore. Too many people define us with untested opinions and then try to impose restrictions on people. We would know better about what to do if we knew ourselves.
How does someone stuck in civilization, like me, claim to know anything about the ways of the wilderness? As larger cultures absorbed tribal cultures, the old ways died everywhere. People no longer have a place to get away from civilization, leaving nowhere for the savage to live. A bit of wilderness gets reserved for campers to go out for the weekend and bring their portable electronic entertainment systems. Without any real experience of being a natural human, my only answers are speculative. I believe we have natural needs, and unhealthy conditions frustrate these needs, which in turn create unhealthy conditions.
Am I on a mission to contradict civilization, only seeing what supports this mission? Am I overlooking the ways civilization has freed us from some of the suffering of the past? Of course, the good old days were not always good, and people might have fewer restrictions today than ever, but I do not think I am entirely wrong. Complaining about civilization has led to a sense of independence. Some of you would rather worry about the Dow Jones or other unimportant news. Get off that boat so those concerns no longer matter. Trying to fit us into civilization is like trying to fit a round peg into a square hole. Civilization works by breaking the peg. Instead, break the hole and let the Animal run free. This way of thinking will not appeal to the masses. It was made for a few proud individuals.
You may find my ideas too extreme and prefer a more moderate approach. Do you want a moderate lawyer who only defends half of your case? Do you want a moderate security guard who lets the thieves take half your stuff? Compromise equals surrender when excuses replace resistance, and civilization advances by forcing Nature to compromise. Slowly, nature will compromise and move away to nothing. Take the necessary point of view, Earth First!
Whenever anyone talks about going back to Nature, you can safely assume that this person lives in an urban environment and has no idea how to live off the land. The city takes care of these people, and they will live protected their whole lives. Nonetheless, people who genuinely appreciate nature and take care of themselves do exist. Perhaps I became less dependent on the city when I raised chickens and harvested my eggs. It was a start, and that is the kind of stuff that more of us need to do. Next, I will learn about plants.
Section 5: The Right Side of History
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Have you ever heard of the Environmental, Social, and Governance scores? It is a framework, whatever that means. So, who invented ESG, and how did they get control over us? Are they the United Nations? They call people stakeholders, like that arrogant Leninist named Klaus Schwab. Companies need a high score to get loans, which also means companies have to support Leftist nonsense. That included nagging employees about diversity (McGowan, 2023). You might think diversity is good. Unfortunately, promoting diversity has become a favored tool of activists seeking to divide society.
Back in the old days, Drag Queens such as RuPaul looked Attractive. The images that the Marxists are forcing businesses to display are ugly, annoying, and insulting. They are also forcing companies to place these unsightly displays everywhere. Ugly old men dressed like strippers started showing up in schools where young children were forced to look at them. The elitist news media called the parents homophobic when the parents complained. The liberal journalist also insisted that these clowns were real women. The clowns had pronouns that you must use, or you could lose your job. Using other people’s pronouns can be hard to do, especially when the narcissist does not look like a woman, and you must call them a woman even if you do not think they are a woman. Radical revolutionaries want you to fear your thoughts. You must all put on a false face and lie because validating their feelings is more important than you.
Whether you want to think of a trans person as a woman or a man does not make you transphobic. People can think either way and live long and be happy with trans people. Activists accuse people of transphobia while they use trans people to annoy society. These activists pretend to be allied with transexuals while they make society dislike transexuals. Unfortunately, our universities and the entertainment industry do not want you to have your own opinions on this subject. They want to tell you what to think because they get their orders from the framework.
You might think that we need regulations. Even if that were true, the individuals who create the regulations should be elected representatives, as people are supposed to have some say in who makes the rules. The framework is managed by guys whom the people did not elect. These sneaky globalists use frameworks such as ESG and DEI to commit extortion on the institutions that people use. The obsession with political correctness has smothered our culture until Saturday Night Live is no longer funny, The New Yorker magazine is no longer smart, and superheroes are no longer heroic. They all repeat the same narrative over and over again, like the guards in Skyrim.
Even if the giant investing company BlackRock no longer supports ESG, the framework has plenty of other nefarious schemes in store for us. In the news, we hear about billions of dollars that need to be spent fighting climate change and poverty. Exactly how this money is spent is too complicated for me to understand. Various groups are being created that also refer to us as stakeholders. These groups produce nothing. Their primary purpose is to regulate people. Agenda 2030 is a comprehensive framework that emphasizes the words’ resilient,’ ‘inclusive,’ and ‘sustainable,’ so you can feel secure. Soon, such Frameworks will be able to suspend your bank account, and you will need to maintain a good credit score to access opportunities. Just say what they want you to say and do what they want you to do. Only the right servants are worthy to be used as bricks in the tower (reference, Shepherd of Hermas). You no longer have the kind of liberty Jefferson tried to give us. You serve the collective.
Do we actually allow billions of dollars of taxpayer money to go to sneaky organizations that use the money to spread Marxism? You might say that’s not true. Others might argue that cutting USAID’s spending slowed the communists down somewhat. I say that the rest of Washington needs trimming. Normal people would like a government that does not hate them. I heard that the natives of England are also hated by their government. I don’t know much about British politics other than that their Socialists use a wolf in sheep’s clothing as a logo, and George Orwell tried to warn us about those Socialists. Other European countries are also experiencing similar problems. You can call it Oligarchical Collectivism or Stakeholder Capitalism; it will not control us forever. No matter how many ugly images they throw our way, they can not break us. Our Patriots are still proud. Every time the news calls us a lie, every time Hollywood calls us stupid, every time the justice department locks us up, we get stronger.
Someday, the good guys will bring America back to what it was. Outside the Capitol Building, we will build a monument that says, “Governments should fear the people.” And this motto will guide Congress each day as they salute the flag and say, “Make America Great Again.” Congress will pass an amendment to remove numerous buildings around Washington. This includes the FBI Headquarters, the Federal Reserve Board Building, the Internal Revenue Service Building, and any other buildings that have become a burden on the people. These organizations do not serve the people; they serve their own interests. We, the people, must destroy these structures before they destroy us. Once the government is reduced from trillions of dollars to a few million, we can eliminate most taxes. Income tax would not exist.
The new age is slowly developing and barely noticeable at this time. The Age of Pisces ended in 1998 when the equinox Sun was at the point between the two points where the Milky Way crosses the ecliptic. During the Piscean age, people loved ideas more than nature. Initially, Apollonian traditions, including Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam, were dominant over other traditions. Complete madness happened as institutions were given control over people. The new age of Aquarius is the Age of Aphrodite, where the body and the individual are respected. Christianity will endure as people continue to find helpful advice in the words of Jesus; however, they will also protect the Sacred Grove and view the gospel in a new light. A new story will be told about Bolon, the supreme guardian of the Sacred Grove. A new movement called the “Soul of Humanity” will allow humans to choose their place in the brave new world.
The whole world has become infected with civilization, and natural earthlings seem considerably weaker than Jove. Will people ever be free? As long as one tree in the Sacred Grove remains, we can make the water of life. One cell, immune to a disease, can cure the entire body if the cell can spread its immunity. Sometimes, when a cell receives an immune response, it can enhance its own immunity. So, if this path fails, you can try another and learn from past mistakes. Find people with similar ideas. Two can do ten times as much as one. Three can do one hundred times more than two. Four can do a thousand times more than three, and that is a million times more than one.
I make fun of people’s beliefs; however, we should take a few beliefs seriously, particularly those that protect our rights and freedoms. We all have rights, including the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These rights emerged from our human needs. We do not need to say these rights exist on a transcendental plane because we make them exist, and they will always exist, even when governments try to take them away.
Section 6: You will own nothing, and you will be happy
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What if the world were taken over by an evil God, and there is no bigger God to fight the new God? You might think that the situation is hopeless. What if no guiding light or supernatural purpose exists in the world? What if no God listens to your prayers and no one cares? Fortunately, such questions are just fairy tales. They are for entertainment purposes only.
Liberals pretend to be the side that thinks about issues, which might have been true decades ago. All the information on the internet has not made people more knowledgeable. Instead, people avoid challenging questions and let the bots on Twitter think for them. The bots let you believe that we need more solar power. So, what happened to the solar panels that people installed ten years ago? They are now piles of rust. When you try to show a liberal that their plans did not work in the past, they ignore your evidence because the bots let them believe that your ideas are misinformation. So now liberals have been turned into Socialist change agents and are ready to fight the discrimination they see all around them. What kind of world will they create?
A Socialist might want to become the founder of an autonomous zone. Such Socialists believe that people have hidden needs to contribute to the autonomous zone, and they think awakening those needs would transform the autonomous zone into a new Eden. In other words, they think that when they get rid of capitalism, everything will work out. Such projects fail because Socialists often lack a clear understanding of what people truly need. People do not want to live next to walls covered with graffiti and urine. Activists burn down businesses yet build nothing because they reject the successful ways of our culture, and they have no realistic alternatives. I noticed that activists do not stay in the autonomous zones. They go home to their parents’ houses in the suburbs. They leave poor people to do all the work. Respectable people build their own stuff.
I also have no idea how to create a better society. Am I as silly as my friend who bought a Native American costume online? I don’t wear a costume, but I follow many unconventional ideas. At the beginning of this journey, I wanted to walk the Earth like Caine in the TV series Kung Fu (1972-1975). After more than a year, there was still something missing in my claims, something I had not yet considered. There could be a bunch of missing ideas.
This journey eventually reached tribal reservations. The houses, the cars, and even the roads seem worn out. I had seen these kinds of conditions in poor countries, but this was in the middle of the richest country in the world. Some say this place is the product of government Bureaucracy. Others say this place is what happens when a group of people does not care about another group of people. At a restaurant somewhere in South Dakota, or maybe Nebraska, a person who looked like a lady walked into the room. We started arguing about nothing important until the Native Americans started talking about walking in the way of the Animal. Did this person learn that expression from reading Black Elk, or does this person come from a place where people talk that way?
Though this person claimed not to enjoy prostitution and was not proud of being one, the person started bragging about sexual adventures. Of course, this attitude would be considered distasteful by most people; the uniqueness of this individual interests me. The attitude of this holy person resembles the one portrayed in the ancient hymn “Ishtar Will Not Tire” (Benjamin, 2015). Perhaps we could learn something from this sacred prostitute who acts as both the lowest and the highest form of tool. The one who does stuff so disgusting that people become fascinated. I heard that in certain cultures, such individuals are a myth come to life, but that might be a rumor someone invented to attract tourists like me. I get the impression this person chose to live this way. But why?
Even before I met the person, I had been reconsidering my beliefs. What if I was wrong to see the satisfaction of emotion as the best goal, and why do I always think the ultimate answer to the universe is in front of me? Here I am, trying to find answers from a ridiculous person in the middle of nowhere. If there is no answer, all the great philosophers and mystics wasted their time. Or perhaps I’m too dumb to figure it out. What a useless trip this has been.
I noticed that people often discuss things they are involved in. A sailor might talk about the sea. A hunter might talk about the forest. We find the Animal by being part of an activity. Life hurts when your activity requires you to face dangers and feel pain. Sometimes, the pain is worth the effort.
“But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.” (Mr. Savage, Brave New World, 1932)
I was young and strong back then. In our vast universe, a single person might seem small, but a healthy young man is an incredibly powerful creature and can accomplish all the things Mr. Savage wanted to do. The Earth is my home, and even an overprotective civilization can’t stand in my way. The Dog could tell I had just learned something meaningful, tore a page out of a porno magazine, gave it to me, and then said, “Keep it because now you know the shit.”
I exited the restaurant because the time had come to walk around the badlands for a few days. People in the local tribes seek visions in dark chambers. I prefer to walk. It’s time to let these people do as they please. I do not understand their culture and probably never will. The expensive Italian hiking boots had served me well for hundreds of miles, and now they are worn out, so they were taken off. The rough Earth felt good on my feet, which had been bound in a civilized garment for so long. My possessions are now down to one faded shirt, ragged pants, a small magic rock, and a recently acquired porn picture. Someone took my expensive sleeping bag, soft foam sleeping pad, and tent with gold poles. That’s OK. The time has come to get to know this cold, dry grassland, where every step is accompanied by sharp little rocks, prickly plants, and biting insects. The tree hugger Edward Abbey thought that this was the way to experience nature.
“You can’t see anything from a car; you’ve got to get out of the goddamn contraption and walk, better yet crawl, on hands and knees, over the sandstone and through the thornbrush and cactus. When traces of blood begin to mark your trail, you’ll see something, maybe. Probably not.” (Abbey, 1968)
The domesticated feel scared and want a safe place to hide, caging themselves to escape suffering, fearing the beast within when the beast wants to leave the cage. They want freedom from the beast. Instead, let us find the freedom to be the Animal by saying yes to life. Do not fear, and feel the next age coming. Let the strange distortions in your visions seem clearer. Only someone decadent would allow themselves to fall into chaos and corruption when most of us feel secure in the protected civilization, feeling no need to face the horrors outside. People like me tend to seek the sleazy underworld, dislike the orderly, lawful light, and prefer primal darkness. Our ancestors struggled to rise above the primal slime. This book tells you to slide back into it.
A car drove up, and the cop gave me one of those looks police used to make us submit. At over six feet tall, I would have the advantage in a fair fight, but the officer has the support of an entire civilization. Even before we were born, civilization was our enemy; its institutions were ready to domesticate us. When the hand of civilization reaches out to smack you, should we hit back or submit? But this officer is a civil servant doing a job and probably has a loving family. Conflict with this officer would serve no purpose. The best way to handle this situation is to remain polite. But do not submit. I looked at the officer and then said, “I walk where I want to walk.”
The End
Live Wild Or Die
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