In the aftermath of World War II,
as colonial power retracted, deep state consolidated all across the world. In weaker
nations with nascent compromised democratic institutions powerful outside
forces arbitrated these consolidations. These seized entrenched channels of
colonialism to create post-colonial exploitation couched in language of democracy
and liberal values. So instead of nurturing democracy they used democracy as
source of control. Democratic values were undermined to consolidate democratic institutions
as source of power. It activated feudal framework, regressive institutions and
primal associations as easy mechanism to ensnare and control herd. So
eventhough people voted, ostensibly to different political parties, it is similar
kind of people who get elected with incremental addition that valued status
quo, and these elected leaders were further controlled by superstructure of
deep state. A clear case of deep state control is spread of neoliberal extractive
system that used language of democracy to consolidate and used feudal nepotistic
connections to extract. That this extractive mechanism seems immune to immense
misery through widening inequality and imminent collapse of climate is telling.
They use manipulated media controlled in neoliberal value systems to create and
control narrations as also keep the herd distracted. Any aberration is ridiculed
and stamped out as threat.
In the garb of democracy with no
connection to reality, unhinged in self importance, they promoted extreme as natural choice, extreme crude choice of
‘identity’, extreme form of religions (specifically conveniently constructed ‘minority’
through narration control as their lynchpin of benign caring self in an
increasingly apparent compromised self that was easy for common people to decipher). Meanwhile to prevent scrutiny they undermined the ability by degrading primary education and access to health, as the crass spread they positioned as civilized blessed arbitrators. As the misery grew people reacted in ridicule (one word that saw realtime shift
into complete opposite of its meaning in shortest of time is ‘woke’, a pejorative
sarcasm that consolidated through social media) and as the anguish multiplied opportunistic
forces saw the widening gap while the deep state posing as liberal wallowed in self-assured
arrogance. Reactionary forces consolidated through majority extremism and calls
of sentiments connecting to glorified past that is being threatened. If democracy had percolated
through humanist institutions, if liberal thinking had consolidated through quality
education, then it would have worked as anchor so as to not allow misuse of democracy
couched in language of liberal to nurture any form extremism and regressive
values. If liberal was rooted in humanistic concerns and not a compromise to
capture power by sinister feudal forces to maintain control under the garb of democracy
and high sounding ethical concerns then we wouldn’t be in this impasse in
crucial juncture of human history. If systems of control were demystified and negated
to help humanistic values to percolate to each individual we wouldn’t have seen
en masse regressive consolidation. Liberals were living vicarious life by exaggerating
concerns to make themselves relevant. Arrogance prevented awareness of shifting reality -nor were they really bothered as long as anything that gave
them traction to showcase carefully tailored benign self -essentially built on
misery of common people.
Make no mistake the opposing
forces, although unleashing chaos across the world, is still a binary within
the framework of neoliberal value system except that the pretentions of liberal
is scaled down or abandoned. The regressive majoritarian is viciously seeking
to occupy the centerstage. The viciousness is the key attribute here, it
carries the rage of people left neglected and ridiculed, it effectively channelizes the
helplessness of common people in an increasingly insular manipulated world. Deep
state created system of control and the political parties occupied this spectrum
of influence in different shades of opportunism. What Trump represents (as also those with authoritarian
tendencies but supported by populace) is the promise of uprooting status quo,
the ensuing chaos in the carefully constructed liberal world. There is an unraveling
of liberal control deep state, the hypocrisy of those in power in last many
decades will be exposed. And I surely hope it is devastating so that we get to reevaluate
the meaning and significance of liberty and freedom and how it is consolidated through
democratic institutions. The sinister system of control posing as liberal need
to be exposed. Since democracy has not percolated this chaos will consolidate another
system of control -the conservative religion and opportunistic faith. Secular humanism
was misused by sinister forces and has lost ground to retrieve herd. What is
clear is that juvenile religion will give ample space for neoliberal system to
extract and keep the herd rivetted.
