What is this anarchy I speak of?

     There is a group of people in Boston, as I am sure there are in many other places, that are anarchists. They believe in a classless, stateless society…as do I. Now whether it is they, or the media that is giving anarchists a bad name, I am not sure. So I want to tell you what anarchy is not. Anarchy is not bombs, save those for the military. Anarchy is not chaos, save that for nature. Anarchy is not disorder, save that for Congress. Anarchy is not a fad, a club, or even a civil rights movement. But the ultimate civil rights movement would lead to anarchy. Anarchy simply means not allowing somebody to control your life, however minor it may seem. It’s definition is simply: a society with no government. It does not even mean “every man for himself.“ It does not change you as a human being. Your innermost desires will still be there. Your need for food and water, your need to feel loved, your need for sex and your need for fun will all remain. What else will remain is your desire to be social. Despite how it may slow you down, even today you will still take the time to help someone in need. Maybe not as much as you should, but it is not human nature that has made helping people a bothersome act. It is the fear of losing your job if you are late, the need to hold on to money you dearly worked for, or the fear that you will help somebody who wants to take advantage of you. Someone who might hurt you. Real anarchists know why those fears exist today.

     Real anarchists understand that we are living within a system that exploits you and encourages people to take advantage of each other. We understand that when your feelings are suppressed, they build up inside you until you explode. We understand that when you are discriminated against unfairly, you will begin to resent the world and seek revenge. We understand that you did not choose your parents and therefore don’t have the same opportunity as another who was lucky enough to be born into a privileged family. We also understand that your true human spirit (the one you were born with) is rearranged as you grow up by money and religion. We feel that we know of heaven on earth, but that it seems unfathomable based on the beliefs force-fed to you from early childhood. We also don’t need blind faith to find this “heaven” because it is logical accounts that lead us to our beliefs.

     Don’t label people as bad, as evil, or as anarchists. What I am trying to do is show you how this system is hurting us. I am trying to show you the root of the problem instead of offering the solutions to the symptoms. Much like taking pain killers for your headache, making more laws to stop crime will never solve anything. Instead, realize that headaches come from a real problem such as: Too much stress, too much noise, or a battering of your skull. Instead realize that crime comes from: Too few opportunities to survive, too much being taken advantage of, or too much coercion being driven into your skull. “What are you really good at?” “Well sorry, we can’t market that.” “Here, why don’t you work this job (that you will hate forever) because that is the only way you can survive.” We all have a contribution to this society but this system won’t allow it.

     If it is so important to get a job done, why do we have unemployed people who are willing and able to work? So the owner of the company can make $5 million a year, instead of $4.5 million? If it is so important to find a solution, why are there bright people working monkey jobs? Can’t we feed them long enough for them to work their magic? If it is so important to instill morals in this country, why isn’t there a Christian-only cable service? Aren’t there enough Christians to support one? Can you guess the common theme?

     Before I can give you the solutions, you must ask yourself all of these questions. You must realize that things are not right. You’ll have to understand why we humans have worked thousands of years to even be this free. Then, I can offer you some solutions, but more importantly you can take part in finding the solutions. It may seem like you don’t have enough time to worry about it now, but if we worry about it now, our free time will open up immensely in the future. You already mortgage your future as it is. Why is this any different? We need to realize the dreams of some of our greatest freedom-fighters, and also realize that somehow those freedom-fighters are the ones that keep getting gagged.

     When you talk to your friends, families, and neighbors, and you find yourself complaining about the way life is, remember these things. We are not going to accomplish anything by bombing the white house. We could put plenty of homeless people in there. We are not going to accomplish anything by shooting government officials. They’re will always be a replacement, and then we will have to sacrifice more freedoms “for the good of our country.” I’ll offer you a few simple solutions, but mind you what we learned about brainstorming in elementary school. We can refuse to work until everybody has the choice to send money into the government. No more direct deductions, tell them when they start working for you, you will pay them. That’s how we live, right? Don’t give your money to anybody that claims to be working for your interests without seeing exactly how they plan to spend your money. Don’t pay a man who says great words for a national TV audience, pay the man who does his work while being displayed on national TV. Most importantly, realize that the son of the most wealthy man in the country will do exactly, if not less work than the women on welfare living in poverty. Treat him as such.

Now if only there was a market for freedom-fighting.