If all are humans, then why do some die of hunger while others waste part of their food supply? If the United Nations Human Inalienable Rights are for the human species, then those who do not have these rights are the non-humans. Although the more abundant species, non-humans are boxed inside their nations and dominated by caste structures so they cannot take back what was originally taken from them. The economy we live in today is built upon the oppression of the non-humans as our banking system is designed to increase the social rifts between rich and poor, turning benign economies into concentration camps of pay-slaves. Those who hold the reins of power believe that their system will last them forever, oblivious to what history has repeatedly proven about the inevitable rise of the non-humans at every turn of events. Little do people know that the answer to their dilemmas is much simpler than imagined and surprisingly within their reach. Knowing the path to solve their economic strife, people will have the power to break their shackles and experience true freedom, one that will unite us all.
If all are humans, then why do some die of hunger while others waste part of their food supply? If the United Nations Human Inalienable Rights are for the human species, then those who do not have these rights are the non-humans. Although the more abundant species, non-humans are boxed inside their nations and dominated by caste structures so they cannot take back what was originally taken from them. The economy we live in today is built upon the oppression of the non-humans as our banking system is designed to increase the social rifts between rich and poor, turning benign economies into concentration camps of pay-slaves. Those who hold the reins of power believe that their system will last them forever, oblivious to what history has repeatedly proven about the inevitable rise of the non-humans at every turn of events. Little do people know that the answer to their dilemmas is much simpler than imagined and surprisingly within their reach. Knowing the path to solve their economic strife, people will have the power to break their shackles and experience true freedom, one that will unite us all.
What is common between humans and moths? The first natural thing a human being would do in the dark wilderness is to light a fire, fend off the dark, keep warm, cook meals and turn back wild predators. It seems that the fire serves such a vital purpose in a human being’s life, but it serves an even higher purpose, a purpose that has been at the root of all civilizations ever since pre-history. Fire is a beacon. If a wandering human being spots a flame from a glaring distance amidst a sea of darkness, he finds himself instinctively drawn to it. This is the effect of one small light in the wilderness.
Now imagine this light is a city.
For what is a city if not a bunch of people gathered around to illuminate the darkness? Whether it is the high-rises of Kuala Lumpur or the neon lights of Las Vegas, a city’s purpose is to attract people to it. The brighter the light, the greater the city.
The city puts up its light in all its splendor, and like moths, people are drawn to it. It employs them, empowering the light which will attracts more to it. It employs them, too; increasing in wealth and might, the city’s light becomes a beacon of hope. People drop their shovels and forks in the distant mountains and fields, abandoning their gardens and families, and walk in enchantment towards it. Like children who trap their moths in jars, the rulers trap their people with economic shackles and dazzle them with spectacles of light so they will not break free. The city puts up a grand show that keeps its people enchanted to do its bidding.
Cities are the pinnacles of civilizations. They are the great lights in the wilderness. They need as many humans as they can muster, because without people at the bottom to serve, those at the top are just paper kings.
Nations are born from camp fires. Cities have helped these fires burn strong and furious. But what has that actually done to the average farmer who was living in peace and harmony in his village? After having dropped his simple life to go live in a squalid misery belt, has he found his happiness or has he actually lost it?
As I commuted to work every morning for eleven years, I found my rude awakening when my mind finally escaped its jar. My mind was free to roam about as it pleased, but my body was still entangled with house payments and car loans. Having nowhere else to go, the freedom of my mind became a spoke in my eye. Fate, as it seemed, was not without a sense of humor. Were humans merely fated to live like moths? ‘For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many there be who go in there.’ Mat 7:13 Every day I see hordes of people massing at the city gates, packed fender to fender on the highway with grouched faces and terrible moods. I keep wondering why on earth they keep on doing this. They’re obviously not too happy about going to a work that taxes forty-eight hours of their weeks plus whatever time it takes for them to commute.
While searching for the light, the masses have taken in society’s chains of servitude. The light has blinded their eyes and made them oblivious to the fact that they are now enchained with little hope of escape. But why couldn’t they escape? Have they gotten so accustomed to their boutiques and malls, their cars, their houses, their mortgages, their designer shoes and fancy shirts? Could they no longer survive without their pubs, restaurants and nightclubs? Have they gotten so accustomed to their prestigious urban life that they have accepted their chains as payment for such luxuries? But what prestigious life did they really enjoy if that prestige was tied-up to their bosses, their company owners or their rulers? At any given time the powers-that-be could simply take away that prestige just as easily as they had given it to them. What value would that prestige be if it came at the cost of their freedom?
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