Beyond politics: How "holistic voluntaryism" could end the authoritarian chess match
Derrick Brooze, of the Conscious Resistance Network, posted a message about the hatred bubbling up over the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In it, he writes:
Rather than listening to the provocateurs calling for more violence or using this as an excuse to score political points against the "other side", I pray people will instead opt to use this moment as an opportunity to come together. To cool down the rhetoric and the hate.
To be clear, I am not attempting to diminish the reality that both sides of the American corporate parties have authoritarian tendencies. This is a reality we cannot ignore.
The Democrats wanted to round up and force-vaccinate people during COVID1984. They also have a problem with free speech. The Republicans have their own nationalist authoritarian streak as well, as we are seeing with Trump. And they are willing to silence speech when it suits them too.
I agree with Derrick. The "left" and "right" are playing the same dangerous totalitarian chess game, and people are getting psy-oped into sacrificing themselves as pawns on the board. The narratives from both sides are a push towards censorship and control, taking away people's ability to speak and bear arms.
I also agree with Derrick that there is no political solution for this political problem. If anything, the more top-down control we see, the worse it'll get. Instead, I'd encourage you to read Derrick Brooze's book, The Conscious Resistance Trilogy, where he offers a detailed non-political approach. He argues for "holistic voluntaryism" (or "relational anarchism") as the only non-violent, non-coercive and non-divisive path to lasting peace and unity.
John C.A. Manley
John C. A. Manley is the author of Much Ado About Corona, All The Humans Are Sleeping and other works of philosophical fiction that are "so completely engaging that you find yourself alternately laughing, gasping, hanging on for dear life." Get free samples of his stories by becoming a Blazing Pine Cone email subscriber.
