I watched “THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY” and it has
caused me to question my current position in life again! Yay! Haha. Ideology is
imbedded in all that we see. We are subliminally and obligatorily advertised a
specific lifestyle which promotes and propagates our current
democratic-capitalist society. For most of my life I can admit I have been
aligned with the outcasts of society who have detested this subversion of
choice. Although I do agree with the negative impacts of our current system, I
cannot agree what has happened is an unnatural event.
Evolution is an idea which is applicable to the entire
natural world, not simply animals. We are mistaken to think the organization
and methods of our human systems are a conception of our own. We are molded and
affected by all environmental and circumstantial systems we interact with.
Therefore our current conditioning is a direct result of our desire to survive.
This brings me to a rather interesting conclusion; a different question must be
asked. Since I learned of subliminal ideology I have always asked, how did it
come to this? Why do people accept it? How can we change it?
In the last two days I have thought about ideology
extensively. My mind is drawn to a work by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “The Possessed”.
His work builds to a climax where a
strange man proposes a strange idea: this is the natural way, and it will
always be so. Humanity will always be split 90% to 10%. Ten percent of the
population will always maintain a majority of control over the others through
the use of ideology. This ten percent will also be divided by the same natural
1/10 ratio and so on and so forth.
People continuously move up and down this hierarchical system
of rank based on a value determined by those inclusive to the top 10% of the
top 10%, (i.e. Top 1% of power/wealth). Intelligent people who succumb to the youthful
and ignorant idea that the system can be forced to change will attempt to start
revolutions, which often result in overwhelming violence. Merchants (top 10%)
profit during these conflicts and continue to maintain their control over the
population thereafter. Whatever names
and appearances change, the system in and of itself still remains fundamentally
the same.
I used to be under the impression this was somehow unfair
and unnatural. I used to think in this age of information we would be able to determine
a way to break this human mold. Now, I am humbled by the raw power of our
natural world. We are part of a larger organic system which perpetuates its own
survival. We are simply a smaller organism which lives inside of a larger
organism up and unto the entirety of the cosmos.
I can only surmise this is to mean that our system is not of
our own design, (no implication of an omnipotent influence involved with its
creation lies within the previous statement; the cosmos occurs naturally and
without divine intervention). We casually stumbled upon a natural system to
govern ourselves, identified it, and defined it as our own creation; the first
mistake of our application of possession over the natural world.
Consumption in
America and throughout the world is not due to the ideology of this natural
system of organization. In my opinion this is a direct result of our desire for
possession. Inherently we desire to possess something in order to provide some
sort of comfort or a delusion of security from our fear of the natural world. I
repeat that I think our desire to possess stems from our desire to silence
fear.
In my opinion our fundamental system will always be the same: eternal and infinite. What will change is how you live your life. People who are more compassionate and generous that are able to maneuver themselves into better ranks within the system through hard work and education can provide more of a positive impact on other individuals within the system. Therefore it is imperative an individual must first be removed from the system and be subjected to solitude until their true self is actualized through a resurrection of natural desire.
This physically tormented state will subdue the subconscious
and conscious mind insomuch that the person will understand what are actually
needs, what their wants are, and which ideas were taught to them by society and
their parents. When an individual recovers they will be aware of their mind,
body and soul. The struggle to maintain your identity in a sea of ideology will
finally begin. As for me, I will continue to observe and create! I wish you
luck!
