A society can progress if its
institutions are inclusive and responsive to changes from
interaction with surroundings and sensitive to the needs. Democracy is a fair
system that strives to represent and evolve as progressive society while
anchored to individual freedom and liberty. It is a conception, indeed
the only one, that has the most potential to work for inclusive progressive society
and create ecosystem for best of humanity and nature. Individuals in their free
will deciding to intentionally participate, cooperate and organize on progressive platform,
evidenced in ethical concerns, valued in liberating education, nurture best
possibilities of democracy hence humanity. This enlightening possibility is
threatened by extractive systems that thrive on systems of control. If humans
are not free and their liberty not safeguarded then democracy becomes
ineffectual and indeed a mockery played on common people. Only a free human can embody and express diversity. Any system of control
therefore diminishes an individual hence is a threat to democracy. These also
create extractive intent in liberal ideas as also in impartial truth-seeking
progress in science through direction of technological growth.
Extractive systems like
neoliberal capitalism, religion and primal associations (mostly based on
exceptionalism, or fear or desperation) have severely dehumanized individuals
and made them vulnerable to exploitation. Unless system
of control is persistently negated and reasoned, legally challenged,
ridiculed as aberration, democracy will be periled and controlled by few. There is no free will in associating with systems of
control. It is indoctrination. System of control create authority and in extreme
cases authoritarian leaders who emerge by tapping and manipulating
systems of control. Authoritarian leaders are manifestation of systems of
control. Authority expresses systems of control. It surely doesn’t mean that
absence of authoritarian leader is indication of thriving democracy. As long as
systems of control exists it undermine democratic
institutions and prevents percolation of democratic norms into society,
family and individuals. Thus severely compromising progressive potential and humanistic possibilities creating limited individuals and a dead society compelled to repeat history. Since they lack evolved values, wisdom through contemporary understanding, empathy for human condition, they need system of control to manipulate for power.
Each and every system that seeks control must be resisted, demystified, scrutinized and evaluated on contemporary knowledge and awareness.
Past cannot be reference but understanding. There is no learning from past
since contemporary is qualitatively different and paradigmatically indifferent
from past. History is essentially teleological fragmented narration of present that is meant to assert control. Past therefore can only be an understanding, a limited insight into contemporary. Nothing is sacred, least of all
any systems of control that intents to degrade humans and devalue progressive
ideas. Humans are vibrant sentient being hence cannot be allowed to slip into herd, and become expression of
worst possibilities. Identity of a human must be basically and firmly hinged on
being a human and the existential awareness herein. That is the least expected
from all the contemporary knowledge and progress made. Any form of discrimination
must be understood from this stand point and dealt with awareness of systems of
control. Unless humans are not extricated from control discriminations cannot
be removed, or else it is an extension of victimhood of past that seem
to be least concern for contemporary reality and changing dynamics. Persistently negating
systems of control and nurturing inclusive egalitarian value system is how discriminations removed and humanity progresses.
Significantly words shouldn't be
allowed to be misused. Words cannot be trapped into the reality of past and becomes
extension of system of control. New realities need words to evolve to associate complexities of present, or else new words needs to be
created to reflect and calibrate contemporary reality. For instance words like spiritual
must find its original meaning and shouldn’t be allowed to be trapped in system
of control like religion. Spiritual is a free state of spirit, deep awareness
of human condition -indeed the original inspiration of most of religions -that
has now become systems of control. Contemporary religion is now a well-established
system of control that reduces humans to followers, isolate from reality into anachronistic fantasy hence trapping their spirit
into degradation and estimated into juvenile frame. There is nothing
spiritual in this dehumanization. Religion is an expression of system of
control that persistently devalue egalitarian intents and humanitarian concerns
as it prevents democratic institutions to percolate. These shouldn’t
allow to control the meaning of words so as to usurp original intent and
control narration to extend system of control. Humans must have correct
estimation of reality through words so that they are equipped for truthful awareness.
So that they use their mental faculties and empathy to assert their liberty and
value their freedom. Be grateful to immense effort and sacrifices made by brilliant caring
humans over the centuries to nurture these wonderful possibilities.
