...is that the question?
How to be free? That's a seductive question and it's led up some blind alleys ... your blogger took up communism in search of freedom ... like many before, in many countries, inspired by heroes like Che Guevara, who had the sense to leave the stage before the polar switch ... freedom in revolt morphing into repression in power ...
The hungry and dispossesed of decaying Europe sought their freedom in the virgin lands of the Americas ... African slaves came along to help, themselves cruelly captured commodities ... source of capital for Empires ... wandering locals lived lightly on the not quite virgin land ... in tune with Nature ... but this was freedom's dark period ... Nature was to be tamed ... great wealth ensued ... for some ... and then the polar switch ... the Land of the Free rings hollowly now ... subtler forms of repression convince us that we are freely choosing these ways which separate us from Nature ... who reasserts her power ....
So, is the question to Be ... pawns in a game ... players in a dystopian drama, authored by aliens, directed by quislings, cheered on by the hypnotised .... or not to Be ... to decline to energise it ... to be aware of the futility and step out of it ... to Be instead co-creators in a new game, which serves us better ... a Utopia long dreamt of, where Nature and we cooperate ... see we are not separate from Nature or each other ....
And after that?
One drama at a time!
Life is full of spaces to rest from playing the various parts, to review performances, try different roles ... all the world's a stage ... apparently ....
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