Misdirection

I'm quite easily distracted. Clearly, I'm not alone in having some sort of attention deficit, although it's not generally considered a disorder. In order to inspire or enable political change, people have to act and that takes effort and time: resources which are in short supply for most.


There are myriad examples of political misdirection which all vie for our attention on a daily basis. All of these distractions yield wasted time and effort and, at best, a pyrrhic victory. Whether it is lobbying for a tax break in your chosen industry, fighting for equality, venting your spleen at the haves/have-nots divide, petitioning for the removal of an unelected demagogue or debating the minutiae of statist policy, your efforts are futile when compared to the enduring elephant in the room. That the state exists, and extends exponentially, is the only motivation that should be required, and its subsequent total abolition is the only desirable end. Anything else maintains the mass delusion that the state is, in any way, shape or form, legitimate.


I am convinced that anyone, outside of the ruling class, would turn on the state if its destructive influence was elucidated in terms they could relate to. Returning to the aforementioned examples, each one of them becomes moot absent the state. They are all examples of seeking special privileges from the ruling class, underlining how gargantuan state power has become and how the people now live to serve the state, rather than vice-versa.