Pacifism as a Deterrent to Peace
Nowadays, the banner
of ‘Peace’ covers the sheer cowardice of the
‘movement’. The pacifistic mindsets which confuse
ought with is could serve to be the greatest detriment to the
actual achievement of peace.
It seems the ‘progressive
communities’ (and even some self proclaimed ‘radicals’),
have confused peace, as a time in which no war is occurring, with
the system’s official definitions of peace, as a period in
which no war is officially declared (which tends to be more
narrowed in even more by pertaining to only that systems’
involvement). The result ends in a complete exemption from
conflict as opposed to fighting for the end goal of peace. This
isn’t to say the entire ‘peace movement’
disregards unofficial warring acts (strategic military offenses)
as a state of peace, but to critique the ‘movements’
armor of pacifism.
The long held catchphrase that violence
begets more violence has become a clearer indication at the level
of self removal that the ‘peace movement’ currently
holds. The fact that those involved can refrain from health or
life threatening confrontation does not question the warring
ideology of civilization, it merely mirrors the very
stratification which makes allowances for such ideologies.
As
long as there is civilization, there is always war. There will
always be a continuous effort on the part of the civilization to
control every aspect of life and to wipe out all alternate ways
of being. This is inherently a thorough assault on nature and
it’s communities since civilization spreads from
anthropocentrism. This separation put into practice is a
declaration of war, it is saying this is how we will exist at all
costs. The abolition of this ideology and practice will be the
only true peace.
The ‘peace movement’ also
suffers mass delusion in confusing violence with war. ‘Violence’
has been redefined as any action which inflicts pain on others.
This is something that will always be inherent in life. The
community of life requires this kind of ‘violence’ in
order to sustain and enrich itself. It is perfectly natural for
these things to happen. The violence that is problematic is the
systematic violence that is required by civilization. The
violence that flows from the ideologies of the totality are the
physical acts that constitute war. Individual acts of pain and
death for the community of life should never be confused with
this.
It is with this that the ‘peace movement’
should stay out of the hollow shell of pacifism nad be willing to
defend the community of life which is peace. It is personal and
it is universal.
We can no longer separate from the war of
civilization and its systematic violence and seep into the
comforts that it provided. We should embrace the rage and
passions that connects to the community of life. It is from this
that we can reemerge to fight for what it is in our hearts to do.
We must break the ideological taboos placed before us by
civilization and fight by whatever means necessary for the sake
of our lives, our future, and our community of life.
-Kevin Tucker