"The truth is that none of us in the modern West enjoys political freedom. We are permitted to fight about political details, but we’re not free to choose ways of life other than the ones provided to us."
–Paul Rosenberg
Discussion
Well said đź‘Ť. The sole reason why we are not living freely is because we as a species still haven't learned to appreciate it. Most people just want power, money and/or secure their family at all costs. They are willing to trade away inalienable rights, for the opportunity of slavery (state), "its okay to be a slave in a system, as long as the others are bigger slaves" - the opportunists.
How we come out of this? I see only one way, the species must evolve. We can fight for our whole life, many did, but nothing will deeply improve, as long as the species doesn't evolve. And it seems the evolution will require a lot more pain, more pain than what we already saw. I fear what the nazis did is gonna be a cheesecake, compared to what we will have to endure.
This quote is from Paul Rosenberg, whom I just discovered and am getting acquainted with. Here is a podcast episode of his I just listened to that addresses this topic. Slavery and the State was abolished during the so-called "Dark Ages" and people had a lot more freedom than we are led to believe! And then the State was revived with the so-called Renaissance and Enlightenment. Perhaps to be free once again "Rome" just needs to fall, again.
https://pod.link/1462643209/episode/35aae798c0e8380b415bc7c5c0b309d8
The Network State thesis is the virtual embodiment of panarchism; the Internet, #Bitcoin, and #Nostr (bits, cryptography, and a permissionless social space) allow us to physically realize it.
The tools are here; we just have to use them.