We only choose to be Rational, after being Insane

In between my studies, I like to fill my spare time with observation. And if I am really in a masochistic sort of mood, I like to observe the political, financial and social structure of the world we live in today. Or in other words – watch it completely fall apart. For whatever is worth, I believe that falling apart is the only way for us to survive as a civilization at that point – the very history of our existence has proven that we only learn through collapse, pain, loss and cruelty. It took us centuries of misery, brutality and executions to realize that medicine and science in not a heresy and religion will not cure our physical pain or improve our day-to-day quality of life. It took Europe 30 years of brutal conflicts to dissolve the imperial system of governance and instill the emerging nation-state. It took the human race hundreds of thousands of years of war, terror and inner revolution, to stand where it stands today. We have evolved and changed a lot, but obviously not enough. Because we still choose chaos, war and insanity over peace, understanding and rationality.

The very existence of complex life on this planet is a result of numerous catastrophic disasters, that for what its worth, happened for the better. Although, most of the reasons why we exist in a first place is due to nature’s way of operating, we, as a species with an upper-brain, have made quite some effort to exterminate our very own existence. Even today. We might think we are more evolved and civilized today, but we are still living in barbaric times – more technologically advanced barbaric times, but barbaric times nonetheless.

You don’t think this statement is true? Turn on the TV – put some well-established international news on. Screen the recent issues of New York Times, the Guardian or any other newspaper that comes along. Look around yourself. You still believe we don’t live in barbaric times? If not – what would you call the wars in Iraq and Afganistan we have going? What would you call the recent events in Middle East? Or North Korea? Or Ukraine? Greece? Norway? USA? Czech Republic and Bulgaria these days? You call this behavior civilized? Rational? Non-barbaric? If yes, my dear reader, you need an emergency psych consult and probably a neurological interference. Because, what is going on today is exactly the opposite of civilized.

In my humble opinion, what is going on today, is not only the fault of failed governance, corruption or miscalculated risks. Nope. I see it mostly as a stage of our own evolution as people – and at this point we failed. WE as a collection of species, haven’t learned how to care for one another, respect, tolerate and understand each other. We haven’t truly evolved to the point, where we don’t need an upper-power (e.g. government or religion) to tell us right from wrong. Today, the legacy of being controlled is so ingrained, that we don’t even need chains to be called slaves. We are slaves – slaves of the upper-one percent of this population that dictates you who you are, who you should be, what are your priorities, your heroes, your political views, your goals. Yes, your goals. Do you know what your major goal is? To shut up, not pay attention, consume and not care for anybody else but your damn self. Consume all the over-priced products from unhealthy processed food to the latest iShit, so the corporate monopole can earn billions from our blind consumption, banks can earn trillions from our credit card interest rates and government can quietly continue to serve the people they were put on to serve – the elite. Not you and me. So let’s not pretend that the people you vote for every 4 years are actually defending your interests.

And when this not very well written scenario started showing its serious gaping holes, the logical thing for us to do was to peacefully challenge all forms of authority and centralized political and economic power and attempt to eliminate them for their unjustified choices of governance and try to establish a libertarian social society, in which we understand our collective responsibility and….oh, wait, wait, wait…this is what we might have done if we were rational and civilized people. And instead of seeking responsibility to ourselves and those at the top of the food chain, we did the only thing we knew how – turned against each other.

A Norwegian right-winger, after years of racial and ethnic tension that was quietly suppressed in the society, killed dozens of innocent people. The Danish Immigration authorities, on the other hand, inspired by the anti-foreigners movement started deporting people, even children, without any solid grounds and violating some basic human rights. The Greeks responded to the collapse of their entire country by violent protest, that caused numerous serious injuries to people and countless millions of euro in damages (just what they needed to not go bankrupt). The English, followed Greece’s example – no surprise there. Now Eastern Europe is going insane due to problems with the Roma communities, Sarkozy is getting more and more arrogant in his political statements, even before the French got out on the streets, the US switched from one hell to another – now they are governed by Obama, and despite his intelligence, charisma and obvious oratorical skills, his administration is from top to bottom – Wall Street. The Middle East is going ape shit after their repressive leaders started falling like dominoes (much like the Balkans after the fall of the USSR) and Israel is still holding somewhat arrogant position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (yes, I watched the entire UN hearing). The North Korean abomination is still not over and sooner or later we will witness a war between the two Koreas, Japan’s moral views cannot keep up with the ruthless capitalism, so more and more suicides occur on daily basis, Indonesia is sinking in more and more corruption with each passing day, the African population is getting progressively worse, should I go on?

Long story short – we are doing it all wrong. And I have come to live with it, because from my personal observations, for the most part, people are not ready to be rational. We would probably turn to peace, after we have exhausted any other option.