"The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"



Society, what a concept. The dictionary calls it "A group of human beings broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a comman culture." There are many societies, some of which encompus entire contenents, while others only small buildings, such as a church. But what makes a society function, why does it not fall apart? Nature, of which we are all part of, naturally goes from a state of order to a state of chaos. Only energy can keep this from happening. That is what goverments are for, to keep everything from breaking down. But what is a goverment? Every soceity has some type of goverment, and within this goverment, there are rulers, whether you would like to believe it or not, it is not possible without them, and has never been done. I should define ruler before you get angry. I am defining a ruler, or governing body, as a person or group of people who have power over the rest. In the western world, the ruleing body consists of corporations and their puppets, politions. There is no free choice. It is drilled into our head by the media (controled by the ruleing corporations) that there are only 2 choices for presedent, for public positions. As the position gets more powerful (president being most powerful, followed by senetor ect), the media becomes more forceful. This is why Ralph Nader did not do well, because he was locked out of the debates, out of the papers, writen off as a self-centered, egotistical nut-case. That is what, sadly, many believe. But this is not a paper about Ralph, it is about society, so lets go on. Corporations, and their wepon, entertainment, have brainwashed the world. The church must be jealous. So, what shall we do? How do we free ourselves? It looks impossible, for sure. Read 1984 by George Orwell, and replace "Big Brother" with "the corporations", and you get a picture of the world today. Proletarians, living in the shanties, playing the lottery, this represents the 3rd world and the vast majority of the worlds population. The party-members representing the the middle-upper class workers, buisness men and women, this is Europe, Japan, and the United States. Then, those men being surved stakes behind curtains, they are the corporations. Orwell was right.

Though I have yet to see a light at the end of this black tunnel, I do know what the answer is. Sadly, it is unattenable witht he world's current population. That is, to retreat back in time, get rid of all the gagets and gizmos of modern life, all the convineinces. Let nature take its course and let a little more Chaos out. Let us live in small communities, with nature. Hunt, gather, farm, similar to the native americans, let us make decitions as a whole. As I said before, there is always a ruleing body, and our ruleing body will be the majority. If you dont like that, you are free to leave, for (as i said, its impossible now), there would be plenty of space for you to go. There would be no ownership, just respect and understanding. And education, free-thinking education, will be #1, and it will not end at 18. So, let us decline and fall, into a state of chaos, where everything is a circle. Let us decline and fall. Let us live.

P.S- Boycott all products you see adveratised, for adveratising is the blood of corporations. Let the heart stop.