As much as you or I may think that everyone neeeeeeeds to be interested in, think about, and know about, political philosophy, the truth is that people shouldn't have to know or care about it. I look forward to the day when no one has to waste time pondering authoritarian mythology, and can just live their lives in peace, pursuing their own goals and interests without delusional thugs of the state continually trying to rob them and forcibly interfere.
I sympathize if you're frustrated that so few people seem to want to learn about voluntaryism. Then again, they don't know what they don't know. Most people just assume that "politics" is beyond their understanding: some mysterious, shady but inevitable thing that happens. They know the game is run by--or at least corrupted by--liars and crooks. But they don't understand exactly how it works, and don't see any way out. So they mostly ignore it, and hope "government" doesn't give them too much trouble.
By analogy, in an ideal world, people shouldn't need to have an in-depth understanding of cancer in order to not die from it. And in an ideal world, people shouldn't need to have an in-depth understanding of political philosophy in order to not be victimized by it. However, since we don't yet live in that ideal world, the challenge is to find a way to make all the "normal" people pay attention, and care, and understand.
And that is one of the miracles that I think my project, "The Mirror," will actually accomplish.
P.S. For quite a while I was working on "The Mirror" full time, due to the very generous support of a few people. I now work on it as much and as often as I can, based on how much support I have to do so. I need to start sending regular progress updates to those who support the project. But if you don't yet support it--a dollar a month will do--then my answer to "How is it going?" might be a somewhat rude, "It's going a tiny bit slower than if you were supporting the project." :)
P.P.S. To those who can't, or don't want to, use the Patreon system to support the project, you can also support it directly via PayPal (by sending to "[email protected]") or by Bitcoin (by sending to 1LdCiMJVjcy1X5p3g65eUaRFBiR2KsV6fe).
interesting read. I feel that apathy is a result of a continuous feeling of powerlessness brought about by the unawareness that our most important power as humans is our ability to control our actions, and part of those actions are our thoughts which lead to language and expression.
most of these negative human conditons can be quickly altered by practicing small habits such as directing the focus on our breath
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i do agree though that there is a level of nueorology involved that is difficult to bypass
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I agree, very often people don't care simply because they don't have power to change it. It's an not ending circle, because only a few percent of people in the world has power to change anything - so the better question is why they don't care?
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They don't know how to care, still it isn't an excuse. Cultural illiteracy is the problem of our age. Give them the info that destroys their personal paradigm, that's my kinda anarchy!
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I believe we will always have to care. Even when the tide is turned and apparently a sufficient number of people are awake and can act to end global totalitarianism. There will always be threats to bring back the system. At least it will be a lot better when we have the upper hand.
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That's right. There will always be sociopaths being born, since that is also an unfortunate part of the human condition, so there will always be a need to protect a new order that with not be the corrupt "World Order" that Sociopaths and other misfits rule today.
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@larkenrose and everyone... I'm just writing article about why people don't care on example of homeless man. I could choose any other example, but homeless man is let say typical example of people not caring about other people. Article is almost over. I tried to go much deeper I could, but not to make article in book.
P.S. @larkenrose I just had interesting thought... Is there any way to translate "The mirror" project into other languages, so we can help people all over the planet? If yes, I'm very interested about translating it to croatian language. (If it is not already done)
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I look forward to reading your article. I think people don't care about homeless people because they are afraid they might have to take them home. I had this experience myself - in which a homeless guy asked me for help and in an 8 month period I became his friend and ended up giving him the keys to my car so he could sleep in my car because I was renting a room in a house where people were totally not interested in helping him and then in the end he and I got an apartment together in VA housing for formerly homeless vets -but most people are set in their ways and don't want to be inconvenienced so they instead have to hate the homeless person... just like they have to abuse animals that are being raised for slaughter - they haven't confronted their fear of death or their ideas about killing other living beings for food- so if they abuse the animal or think the animal is stupid they can get away with killing it.
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This answers to a many times asked question:
"Why do you care about such things ?"
"I care because you still don't care about caring"
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The vision you have, the ideal world, I like it.
Keep on inspiring! Each moment we're growing wiser!
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Do you have the project on github?
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Never heard of it. So I guess the answer is "no."
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Is it a software development project? The video on the patreon page and some of the wording, eg:
led me to believe you're making a game or some kind of app. If not, some clarification might help.
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Well, it functions and looks sort of like a virtual reality game, but it's not programmed at all the same way. Too much to explain at the moment. Maybe I will explain here later.
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Are you this person? http://www.larkenrose.com/
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Yes. (Well, if I was being an annoying literalist, I would say, "No, that's a web site, not a person." But it is mine.)
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Just curious :p. I'd definitely be interested in hearing more about your development.
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I will support all I can toward "The Mirror" project @larkenrose Another reason I like the Steemit platform, we can actually help projects such as this. Look forward to the final product. I know it will be great. Steem on!
Let peace be the journey,
@vickiebarker
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should be, we should care about any circumstances around us
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I just checked out your site, clicked on the first video... "It Can't Happen Here", but the video is no longer available,censorship on "Used to be Tube"???
Anyway I am going to watch some of your videos, I did watch the one about cops and your statements.
Knowledge is power, and dumbing down society is how they accomplished to divide and conquer the people.
But there are a LOT of website and people such as yourself putting out the information to educate those who are willing to know, if one seeks knowledge one shall find it.
I will try to keep a lookout for your project to understand it better, thanks for your support to the re-education that is so instrumental in taking back our freedoms and our countries, whether it be here in the US or abroad, governments have hijacked this world, it didn't happen over night and we wont get it back over night, but we can get it back.
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This link still seems to work:
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People care on something that they can progress..
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If you're looking for a libertarian web site that does not require a donation and does not constantly beg for money. If you're looking for a web site that has lots of free libertarian music and content, you might want to try:
http://alrightsounds.com/
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Hi larkenrose, I like this project and the intent behind it. The problem of others 'caring' is tricky. For many it seems that it is only the approach of immediate personal calamity that prompts them from their slumber and focuses attention on what matters. For some, they will simply sleepwalk into oblivion/totalitarian madness, never realising that it is happening, and more to the point, that they actually have a say in it (for example, the so-called 'progressive left' in the West right now, and everyone who unthinkingly goes along with them). I suspect that 'caring' is a maturation and hierarchical issue - rather like Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs. So when your basic needs are met, you are then free to care about others around you getting their basic needs met too, but until then, you are too busy just basically surviving. Most in the developed world have their basic needs met - but most do not have real self-esteem, and certainly very few are 'self-actualised' - something that for most is a vague, misunderstood myth of 'enlightenment'. Our very society is structured in such a way that self-esteem is constantly undermined - basically, because insecure people with low self-esteem will spend a fortune on things they don't really need, such a big government, military, and lots of material goodies, because they are trying to fill that gap without realising what they actually are doing. So a few parasitical people get very rich, most struggle, and life goes on... Until these needs start being met, giving a flying fuck about anything else just won't happen. These, I believe, are the issues that need addressing before 'caring for everyone' becomes simply an unspoken truism of society, rather than a luxury that only the sensitive edge of the 'bell curve' of personality-types will occupy themselves with. Good luck with this project, I will support you when and how I can. Db
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Yeah, just helping people around us to self-actualize = revolution.
Whether it be making the creative and business sides of things connect, we have to fall back into our affinity groups and try to affect change not on a 'local' level but on an immediate level.
I can't remember who said 'Think globally, act locally' but he was on to something.
We keep our eyes on the bigger picture (thanks to the internet), but we don't get distracted by all this 'protests' and other forms dissent.
What we need is effective players, agents, actors, all in the field, interacting in a dynamic and unpredictable, creative-genius way.
That's how we will tap into organic people power
Doesn't have to be 'local' in a geographic sense. Just do for the people you care about. The people you believe in. The people you want to support.
There is no macro-solution, one-size-fits-all solution.
It's a myriad of composite semi-progressive solutions being put in place that will enable a much bigger and powerful change to take place.
We saw what trying to overhaul the system looks like in the 20th century and it wasn't pretty.
Instead of trying to change the system, we should be trying to create and sustain ALTERNATIVES
Getting off the grid and having strong support networks is the only way we will ever wage a proper revolution
My 2 cents
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Hi larkenrose, I like this project and the intent behind it. The problem of others 'caring' is tricky. For many it seems that it is only the approach of immediate personal calamity that prompts them from their slumber and focuses attention on what matters. For some, they will simply sleepwalk into oblivion/totalitarian madness, never realising that it is happening, and more to the point, that they actually have a say in it (for example, the so-called 'progressive left' in the West right now, and everyone who unthinkingly goes along with them). I suspect that 'caring' is a maturation and hierarchical issue - rather like Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs. So when your basic needs are met, you are then free to care about others around you getting their basic needs met too, but until then, you are too busy just basically surviving. Most in the developed world have their basic needs met - but most do not have real self-esteem, and certainly very few are 'self-actualised' - something that for most is a vague, misunderstood myth of 'enlightenment'. Our very society is structured in such a way that self-esteem is constantly undermined - basically, because insecure people with low self-esteem will spend a fortune on things they don't really need, such a big government, military, and lots of material goodies, because they are trying to fill that gap without realising what they actually are doing. So a few parasitical people get very rich, most struggle, and life goes on... Until these needs start being met, giving a flying fuck about anything else just won't happen. These, I believe, are the issues that need addressing before 'caring for everyone' becomes simply an unspoken truism of society, rather than a luxury that only the sensitive edge of the 'bell curve' of personality-types will occupy themselves with. Good luck with this project, I will support you when and how I can. Db
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The self preservation instinct... if you can’t survive with what you have... how can you give more than you need. That’s the dilemma.
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People don't care because deep inside they do not have self worth. Because they must become calous to deal with how little they think of themselves and this makes them cold to the cares of others.
If everything is seen as going wrong for them they cannot see others worth either.
The system we live in seeks to voluntarily imprison us at out usual social class trapping your self worth within the bounds of your birth.
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I believe that ideal world doesnt just EXISTS. Let s see the truth, the ideal world and the ideal people you have to find them or to create that ideal world. Or is just in your mind. Think about it was for everyone to find their ideal world or people ?!
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The comparison between the politics and cancer is a really tough one...
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It's easier not to care. It's easier to listen to the mainstream media than it is to type something like, "Donald Trump Patriot Act" into the Google search box.
Too many people STILL think that the government is here to help THEM. They refuse to believe that it's truly impossible for most politicians to actually care about those that vote for them.
Let's take Trump for example. The man couldn't keep what most people believe is the most sacred oath one can make and that is to love, honor, cherish your spouse. He couldn't keep that ONE promise to ONE person. People seem to believe though that he'll keep a promise like....."I'll end ISIS within 30 days of my inauguration". REALLY??? Even if that was possible, do you think he'd have the knowledge to do so? He can't keep his marriage promise to one person, yet he is going to worry about keeping a generic promise like lowering the deficit to 300 million people he doesn't even know.
I, for one, don't think we'll ever do away with government totally, but, I do think we can and I'd like to have a government that will leave me alone. A government that believes in the same liberty that I do. Liberty meaning I should be able to do whatever I like as long as it doesn't interfere with your liberty, your meaning anyone. I should be able to stick a needle full of heroin in my arm as long as I am willing to accept that I very well could DIE from it. I should be able to smoke a joint if I like. I should be able to play poker from my living room and use my bank account debit card to fund that endeavor. I should be able to drive from El Paso to Dallas without being questioned about my nationality. I should be able to enter the airport without the risk of being sexually violated by agents of the state, etc, etc, etc.
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Please keep us updated as you complete the project. I would be very interested in contributing.
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I am not sure that people don't care, otherwise why are we seeing such a polarization especially in the US? did you notice that democrats tend not to be friends to republicans? People obviously feel like they belong to a different "tribe" or faction, so they must care about it. The problem is that they are too lazy to do anything about getting informed and actively seek good information. We care about so many things but so often we don't do the things we should do. For example we all care about our own well being, so why are we all probably over weight?
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I think and think of solutions to all of these issues. For this one, I believe there are several pieces: stop the power of propoganda away (removing people who do not care to think from the electorate would help), creating a committee that does care and informs the electorate for inapropriate actions (until it is currupted), and adding a legal surveillance system which would create accountability.
Would these be too much to handle? I don't feel they would.
I would add actions like these to my political platform and remove completely the controversial partisan bulletpoints we are using now.
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Really? I don't buy this idea at all. The whole problem is that you DO have to CARE if you are going to accomplish anything in life and CARE is an action word. We can't just look forward to a time when we don't have to care and can just do what we want. That's how we stay in this situation of SLAVERY that we are in, by thinking that someone else is responsible for CARING and we can do what we want. Now of course, we are in a state of extreme narcissism - brought about by the control system taking advantage and encouraging a lack of care.
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Did you miss THIS, from the article?: "However, since we don't yet live in that ideal world, the challenge is to find a way to make all the 'normal' people pay attention, and care, and understand."
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You completely and totally missed the point.
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ok, I see your point, I guess, if this was written with a rather sarcastic tone, but I don't actually think that IS the ideal world...you prob don't either - but that is probably your point. You have a dry sense of humor and I missed it, probably because I am just so aggravated by the zombie apocolypse.
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