Day 105: Human Liberties

I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to believe that the right to be free is a right that is more important than any other right and must be protected at any and all cost.

I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to entertain myself with an idea of absolute freedom that doesn't really exist in real life, because simply within the consideration that we live in a physical time-space reality implies limitations and thus not absolute freedom, where we cannot choose our form, we cannot choose to be able to fly, we cannot choose not to die and so on.

I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to believe that if society were to be reorganised in a way so as to improve the well-being of the group as a whole, that this would mean an unacceptable infringement on my personal freedom, where I would have to give up various freedoms that I would be able to pursue in an individual-based society.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to ask myself the question what there is in life that I can actually choose - where I have apparent freedom, but just blindly accept that this freedom exists as though it is a given and as though I 'enjoy' and 'experience' this freedom.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that most of a human being's life is already structured before-hand by mandatory schooling and the necessity to work for money to be able to survive.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that what we 'choose' to study is not in the realm of freedom as what someone studies is determined by intelligence, by money available by the parents or support structure and by the prospect of how much money one can make with the jobs that could be available after completion of the studies.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that our profession is not really part of the realm of freedom because what job we end up doing is dependent on whether there are any vacancies available and if you can 'compete' with other people for the same position.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that the choice of who we spend our life with is often not part of the realm of freedom as it is often determined by the need for financial security, where the secret reason for marriages is money and not 'love'.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that what we wear is not a free choice, because what we can wear is firstly determined by the size and shape of our bodies, by what clothes are available in the stories, by what we can afford, by what is seen as acceptable in our social group of friends and by explicit rules and regulations that determine what is 'appropriate' and what is not.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that we are not free in what choices we make in shops in terms of what brands we buy, because this is again determined by what we can afford, by what is seen as appropriate by our social environment and, not to forget, by advertisement that brainwashes people into believing that their brand is the best brand and that you really need to buy stuff of that particular brand.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that what we do in our 'free' time is not to do with freedom either, because what activities we can partake in is again determined and limited by the money we have available for these activities, as well as by our particular talents and capabilities.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise taht it's not because we can choose our next holiday destination that we are free, because we're here talking about where we're going to spend the one or the two weeks in a year where we are actually able to leave our house for an extended period of time, whereas for the rest of the year we're homebound due to our job - so how can choosing a holiday-destination have anything to do with freedom.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that participating in democracy as it exists today does not proof freedom, because we can only vote once every so many years after which we again have no say in decision-making.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that if those things are, however, what constitutes 'freedom' - then reorganising a society in a way that benefits the group will in no way diminish these freedoms, but only expand them, as the Equal Money proposal shows.

I commit myself to relinquish any and all delusions of freedom we apparently have - because in terms of anything relevant, our ability to choose about it is really extremely limited.

I commit myself to educate people in the simple common sense that what aids the whole, aids the individual, as each individual is a part of the whole - and thus, the best way of expanding our freedom and range of self-determination, is through reorganising society in a way that focuses on the group first and from there, implicitly, empowers the individual.

I commit myself to educate people in how an Equal Money System will not diminish any 'freedoms' we have now, but will only expand them since our choices will no longer be determined by money-concerns and thus, we will actually be able to ask ourselves what we enjoy doing without ulterior motives.

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Day 104: We have to Protect our Freedom!

The following paragraph is taken from the blog-post 'Day 102: Liberalism':

"Within liberalism it is believed that the individual can only “realise their potential” within being ‘free’. All individuals ought to enjoy equal freedom and within this is implied that people are only free to the extent that their freedom does not infringe that of others. Liberalism also likes to emphasizes freedom in the light of private matters and freedom as the absence of state interference. State intervention is often interpreted as undermining the individual’s liberty, which is why liberals are pro capitalism and proponents of free market economies."

The principle of individual freedom is used time and time again to prevent a way of organising society in a way that places the group above the individual.

So - we take a moment here to look at the question: what are these individual freedoms that are so important to be defended?

Apparently we are all immensely free and any proposition to focus our efforts towards the common good instead of individual pursuits of happiness would infringe on these freedoms. So, I took a moment to look at a human being's life and started wondering what all these freedoms are that people keep talking about.

Looking at a human being's life today, there really isn't that much people can 'choose' for themselves. You cannot choose to go to school, this is usually mandatory, you cannot choose to go to work, you have to go to work to make money. So - in terms of the basic structure of your life-path, it has already been laid out before us and there's nothing much you can do to change that at all.

So, what we can do is 'fill in the colours' - we can choose what we study. However, this choice is not exactly 'free' in the absolute extent, because what we study is often determined by intelligence, by money available by the parents or support structure and by the prospect of how much money you'll be able to make with a job once you've completed these studies.

We can also not exactly choose what job we want to do, because it depends on whether there are any vacancies available and if you can 'compete' with other people out for the same position.

So, what is left then? We can choose who we spend our life with, but even this is often determined by the need for financial security, where marriages often happen for money and not for 'love'.

Then, what does choice come down to?

To what we wear? Come on! What you wear is firstly determined by the size and shape of your body, by what is available in the stores, by what you can afford, by what is seen as acceptable in your social group of friends. And that's not even considering the limitations imposed by regulations that would deem certain ways of clothing to be offensive or 'too provoking'.

What brands we buy, maybe that's where our freedom lies. But what brands we buy is again influenced by our social environment and most of all by advertisements - where companies continuously brainwash us to think and believe that their brand is the best and buying their brand would make us happy. When we act on this brainwashing, is this the freedom that is spoken about?

Maybe our freedom is in what we do with our 'free time', like what hobbies and activities we partake in. But what we can do with our free time is again determined by the money we have available, what are talents and skills are.

Freedom could be picking out the next holiday-destination - but then again, can you really speak about freedom when you're talking about one or two weeks in a year where you are able to leave your home while the rest of the year you're forced to work?

Or maybe you mean that freedom is the ability to go vote once every so many years to choose the people to represent you in politics - but I mean, really - you only vote once every so many years and beyond that, you have no say.

I'm just trying to figure this out, you know - what everyone keeps talking about.

Let's take an Equal Money System as an example. You'll still be going through education and herein have a say in what you enjoy studying. You'll still work, although will only require to work for about 4 years and after that, it's up to you if you want to contribute or not. Your clothing will still be determined by what is available, except you'll have time to play with making your own clothes and be creative within it. You'll have a massive amount of free time where you can really dedicate time to what you enjoy doing, to developing skills and interests. You'll be able to decide who you live with and this time money won't even be a constricting factor. In terms of politics, you'll be involved in all decision-making, not just once every so many years. So - looking at all the freedoms we're so afraid of losing - you won't lose any in an economic system that is focused on the well-being of the group - you'll only gain more.

So, someone please explain to me what these important freedoms are we apparently stand to lose, because I'm just not seeing it!

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Day 89: There ain't no Such thing as a Free Lunch

I commit myself to show that competition is not the key to a well-functioning economy, as the unwell-being of the majority of beings demonstrate within this world – where the economy based on competition has failed to provide goods and services for all to be able to at least live a life of sustenance – where instead a few live a life of extreme abundance at the expense of the many

I commit myself to show that no economy can be successful where there are winners and losers – unless all are provided for equally within the consideration of what is Best for All Life – the economy has failed

I commit myself to show that competition is a scam as there is in no way a form of ‘equal opportunity’ existent within our current world scenario – and so every competition is rigged and pre-determined from the start – where those who have will keep on having and where those who don’t will keep on lacking

I commit myself to show that competition as a drive for the economy in order to produce “good” services and goods is completely inefficient and wastes a lot of energy – as there are now several corporations/companies who will make the same thing in different ways, with different looks, with a different ‘character’ yet providing in essence the same product/service – where instead of having one product that works best, that works for all -- we have x amount of different companies producing the same thing and within their own firm creating another x amount of different variations of the same thing – and if one firms product even closely resembles the product of another firm – even more resources get wasted into court trials and whatnot because “they created something which looks like what I made, and I am the only one allowed to make profit/benefit from this ‘invention’ “ – all in all resulting in an economic system of waste where we are creating so many different variations of the same thing in the hope that we’ll be the one dominating the market – all for the sake of profit and catering for a lifestyle of consumerism as the illusion of Free Choice – but as all economists should know: "There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free Lunch" – and so our Free Choices come at a Price as Consequence – Are you ready to face the price tag?

I commit myself to show that an economic system driven by principle as ‘Do unto another as you would like to be done unto yourself’ can work more efficient than an economic system driven by competition as ‘I’ll stab you in the back before you can stab me’

I commit myself to show that if our Human Body which works as a ‘world on its own’ can provide for 50 trillion citizens as all the various cells which together make up the body – we can create an equally efficient system as our World Economy within creating a System that caters to All and where All take care of one another

I commit myself to show that our current political system is as rigged as the economic system – where we have the illusion that apparently ‘politics is for everyone’ – but where in the end politics is only for those with money – where for a moment during elections and campaigns the politicians will pretend to care about what you have to say – while at the same time controlling and brainwashing your say through advertisement and other PR stunts – resulting in an orchestrated game where the winner is already pre-determined – just as in the economic competition game – as it has been proven over and over again that whoever spends the most on their campaigns and imprint themselves into the minds of the people will win the elections

I commit myself to show that we cannot expect government officials – whether politicians or bureaucrats – to act within a way that serves the people, if we ourselves are not willing and finding ourselves able to change our nature and act in a way that is Best for All – and within that I commit myself to show that there is no point in blaming the politicians for all the ‘bad things’ they are doing if one is not willing to step up and do what it takes within the economic and political processes to bring about World Change to what is Best for All

I commit myself to show that we cannot blame the government officials for being corrupt and abusing money as each one of us abused money every day within hogging our money and spending it on consumerism where we have accepted and allowed ourselves to have been corrupted by advertisement and media – where we accepted and allowed ourselves to be lured in by all the pretty pictures and promises of happiness – and within that failed to check our priorities where within having been so pre-occupied with buying happiness we have completely ignored our fellow human beings who do not have the luxury of playing the consumerism game, where every moment we spend our energy and attention towards consumerism, those who have not are sinking deeper and deeper into shit

I commit myself to show that it is not a matter of the private or public sector handling the economy – but a matter of principle – where currently economy and politics have taken on as their task the distribution of resources and values respectively – and where both have accepted and allowed themselves to distribute these using the principle of Money and never the principle of Equality – where as long as we allow Money to decide where we place our resources/values – we will have an unsatisfactory system, unless of course, we have Equal Money as the principle of Equal Life Value

I commit myself to show that a world where Crime will be as good as non-existent, since crime is merely another way of Cry-Me – where the criminal is crying out to a corrupt world forcing his hand into corrupt actions – and so as long as we do not take responsibility of our Corrupt System which in its very essence is a ‘Money Magnet’ within only catering for those with money – we are all responsible for every single crime that happens

I commit myself to show that trying to fix the system by ‘tweaking’ at it here and there is not going to change a thing, as the very core of the system will still run through the same equation as inequality – and so no matter how much we tweak at the details, the system will simply re-align itself right back to where it was before – or worse

I commit myself to show that there are barely any economists out there in world who have a solution for the economic crisis in our world – because they are not even aware of the problem because they have yet to question their own value system of inequality – and because they are unable to see the problem with our rotten system, they will be unable to come up with any viable solution unless they themselves face their rotten core of Valuing Self over All Other Life

I commit myself to show that the Equal Money System is the answer to our all of our Economic Problems

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Day 66: Inflation - Part 3

I commit myself to create an economic system that is not built on the principle of trade-offs where each one can be provided for to the fullest without compromising another or another aspect of one's well-being.

I commit myself to expose the economic system and the manner in which it balances itself out - for what it is: a system of compromise and inequality - instead of admiring the apparent ingenuity of the current system.

I commit myself to create an economic system where there are no such forces as inflation that stand outside of one's control - that are determined by those with huge amounts of money - so that there are no unexpected surprises in our life where we suddenly have to sacrifice certain things, just because we can't afford it anymore.

I commit myself to create an economic system where the allocation of goods and services is determined not by some powerful individual, elected or not, but by the people, together, through a democratic system of 1 man 1 vote.

I commit myself to stop blaming the economic system for how it influences my life, but instead, commit myself to take responsibility within the realisation that each of us have created this system in our acceptance and allowance and thus, to educate myself in how economics works and join groups who are dedicated to find solutions that are best for all.

I commit myself to let go of the idea that I, in any way, have free will within the capitalistic system as the capitalistic system controls the economic environment and one cannot get around this environment in order to do anything in this world.

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