Understanding Slave Mentality

 

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In
the initial stages of nearly every recorded tyranny, the saucer eyed
dumbstruck look of the masses exhibit astonishing and masterful skill when denying
reality. ~ Brandon Smith

The facts behind their dire circumstances and of their
antagonistic government become a source of cynical psychological
gameplay rather than a source of legitimate concern.

Their desperate
need to maintain their normalcy bias creates a memory and observation
vacuum in which all that runs counter to their false assumptions and
preconceptions disappears forever. It is as if they truly cannot see
the color of the sky, or the boot on their face.

The concrete world of
truth becomes a dream, an illusion that can be heeded or completely
ignored depending on one’s mood. For them, life is a constant struggle
of dissociation, where the tangible is NOT welcome…

This is the problem that we in the Liberty Movement deal with most
often in our writings and films. Our confrontation with willful
ignorance has been epic, even by far reaching historical standards.

The gains in social awareness have been substantial, and yet the
obstacles are incredible. Unprecedented. As an activist trend, we
have an almost obsessive drive to draw back the curtain so that the
public has at least the opportunity to see what is on the other side.

Unfortunately, there is another danger that must be taken into
account…

It is one thing to bear witness to the rejection of truth in our time
and the oblivious attitudes of many towards the growth of
totalitarianism. Eventually, though, a second phase in the development
of oligarchy arises.

I am speaking of the point at which tyranny
becomes so blatant that the skeptics have to acknowledge its existence,
but after doing so, they choose to rationalize it as necessary.

Yes,
there are many in this world that will laugh at the prospect of the
Orwellian nightmare only to happily embrace it when it arrives in full
color.

I was recently looking into the divisive issue of U.S. Marine Sgt. Gary
Stein, whose position has come under threat due to his criticisms of
Barack Obama and his founding of the ‘Armed Forces Tea Party Facebook
Page’.

What I discovered was a large number of Americans in support of
Stein’s right to speak as a citizen (even under Marine regulations)
against the unconstitutional actions of any president or presidential
candidate.

I also discovered a considerable number who wanted to see
the soldier dishonorably discharged, or even set upon a noose as
punishment.

Now, we all know that the Department of Defense monitors web news and
social networking activity, and they have been caught red handed in the
past posing as regular citizens with strangely militant
pro-authoritarian views (look into their organized propaganda attacks
on websites dealing with the levee failures during Katrina, for
instance).

It is by no means a stretch to suggest that they would also
troll the comments sections of mainstream news articles in an attempt
to engineer a fraudulent consensus that Sgt. Stein’s actions have been
negatively received by the majority of Americans.

That aside, the
underlings at the DOD are still Americans, and the views they espouse
are still expressions of a subsection of this country (a small elitist
one). Also, sadly, there are plenty of non-government-paid people out
there who believe exactly as they do.

Surely, we can debate over the details of Marine regulations until our
ears bleed, and I could point out several facts that the mainstream
media did not cover in their hit pieces on Stein.

(Like the fact that he
went to his superiors and asked them to advise him in the handling of
his political position long before the present charges against him were
ever formulated, and the fact that he followed many of their
suggestions…) Ultimately, the regulations of the Marines or the
Federal Government are irrelevant.

Such laws are transitory, and are
usually written so broadly that the authorities of the day can execute
them however they wish to fit their needs at the moment. The real
question here is one of principle, moral compass, and Constitutionality
(a document which is a reflection of eternal natural law).

We have to
set aside the pointless legalese of defense standards in the case of
Sgt. Stein and ask ourselves an important question; do U.S. troops have a
right to free speech?

If you believe so, then their rights are not limited or exclusive.
They are free to say whatever any other American has a right to say.
If you believe they do not, then you have relegated the troops to the
position of second class citizens, or even property of the state.

There is NO in-between. Discipline and military coherence be damned.
Either these men and women have First Amendment protections and are
full citizens or they are mechanisms of the government whose civil
liberties have been erased.

Even though I understand the psychology behind it, I am still shaken
with raw electrical astonishment when confronted by those who support
the latter notion that American soldiers are indeed property of the
state, that their actions must be dictated by the president and not the
Constitution, and that this is required for the military to function.

Very few of these absurd multitudes ever ask what “function” such a
military, populated by ethical robots who are blindly subservient to the
dictates of a single man, would actually serve?

What good is an unprincipled military?

An unprincipled government?

An
unprincipled society?

What reason is there for these constructs to
exist?

The Nuremberg Trials solidified the reality that soldiers will
be held accountable for following criminal orders, and still, there are
some who claim that our troops must adopt a shoot first pay later
methodology.

I bring up the circumstances of Sgt. Stein to illustrate the situation
our nation is currently facing; we are on the threshold of total
despotism, where the naysayers who shrugged off the threat of rogue
government yesterday suddenly embrace it and support it today.

When
Stewart Rhodes first formed the Oath Keepers organization, the same
talking point was consistently used in an attempt to derail it; “The
orders you would refuse to obey could never occur in this country…”

Yet, many of the warnings of Oath Keepers have come to pass,
including the unlawful disarming of peaceful U.S. citizens during the
disaster in New Orleans,…

the institution of government directed
assassination programs of U.S. citizens under Bush and Obama,…

the
passing of NDAA legislation which includes provisions for indefinite
detainment of Americans without trial,…

warrantless wiretapping,…

surveillance, and…

even home invasion by authorities is becoming common,
and the Obama Administration has put into place several executive
orders (including the The National Defense Resources Preparedness EO)
which pave the way for Martial Law to be declared.

The cold hard reality is, the Oath Keepers were right, and Sgt. Stein is right.

Now that this is becoming undeniable, the opponents of their
tenets are switching gears to fight for the implementation of
unconstitutional laws which they used to deny were even possible. Can
this situation be any more insane? Oh yes…

There are no limits to the surrealist hell that can be unleashed when
dealing with what I like to call the “Slave Mentality”.

The slave
mentality takes many shapes. It is pervasive in times of social
distress, and, it can be infectious.

The psychologist Carl Jung wrote
in his book ‘The Undiscovered Self’ that the cruel sociopathy seen in
the populations of Nazi Germany or Stalinist Russia is actually latent
in many of us.

All it needs is the right set of sociopolitical
circumstances and a weak enough will, and the shadows in the hearts of
lesser men are given license to come out and play.

This is just as
true in America, where people now operated on assumptions that the
state is an absolute provider in the event of national calamity.

But what are the signs of this unconscious desire for collectivism and
control?

What makes a slave do what he does?

Here are just a handful
of explanations to consider…

The True Slave: The true slave is not a person who has
been shackled, beaten, tortured, and made to comply under threat of
death. As long as that poor soul has the spirit of rebellion and is
ever seeking freedom, they are not imprisoned fully.

The true slave is
a person who enjoys their subservience, who is weighted with fear by
the very idea of independence from the system, and who would actually
fight and die to maintain the establishment which enslaves them.

The
true slave is not able to imagine living any other life beyond his
micro-managed existence.

The Facts Lose Value: The worst flaw of the slave is
not necessarily his ability to overlook the truth, but his ability to
see it, comprehend it, and then shrug it off anyway because it is
contrary to his mission to fulfill his private delusions.

For the
slave, the truth exists, but is no longer useful. Lies make his
universe turn, and facts are a tool to be used or cast aside at his
leisure.

The Obsession With The Law: The slave mentality,
though illogical and psychotic, still requires a certain foundation to
hold it together. The laws of governments tend to suffice.

These laws
may go completely against the force of inherent conscience, but
because the slave has already abandoned listening to his inner voice of
reason, this does not bother him much.

If you have ever wondered why
modern tyrannies always feel the need to put their horrific
enforcements in writing first, THIS is why. Oligarchs understand that
the law provides the slave with a means to rationalize his
participation in the crimes of the state.

After all, if some
gut-bloated bloodthirsty elitists in government etch their mad inbred
ramblings into law, then we have no choice but to follow them, right?

The Need To Be Accepted: A slave seeks harmony not
within, but without, even when that “harmony” is with a system that is
designed to destroy him. The viciousness of collectivism lay in its
ability to comfort converts with atrocity.

As long as the slave feels
as though he is a part of the machine, and accepted by the group, he
cares not what the machine does to others.

Common arguments include;
“We all have to live together, and so we must sacrifice our selfish
individualism for the greater good…” or “Governments are here to
protect us and we should do everything we can to make their job
easier…”

Rarely if ever do they question if the system is
legitimately helpful or harmful. The system just “is”, it fulfills
their need to be coddled, and that is good enough for them. For all
their talk of “unity” and the “greater good”, collectivist are for the
most part deeply selfish.

They do not support or participate in the
collective for the sake of others. They do it to satiate their
personal desires.

The Need For Control: I suppose it’s ironic, but the
average slave loves tyranny because it affords him a perceived seat at
the table of power, perhaps for the first time in his entire life.

Collectivist slaves are often people who have felt weak and inadequate
since childhood.

While honorable human beings fight this personal
uncertainty by strengthening themselves physically and mentally, and
improving upon their own character, the slave takes the easy route by
joining with bureaucracy and living vicariously through its conquests.

Through the state, the hollow, cowardly, and stupid, have the ability
to “show the world who’s boss”, and get revenge for a life filled with
meaninglessness.

The Need For Structure: An individual takes
responsibility for himself, learning over time to provide his own
structure which works at his pace and serves his unique needs.

A slave
does not have the energy or the drive to do that, and so, he asks the
establishment to tell him how he should live. He will hold at face
value the word of nearly anyone in a position of petty authority.

When
confronted with those who go their own way, or who rebel against the
cookie-cutter template for social participation, the slave sneers in
disgust.

Independent rebellion is abhorrent to him, because the system
provides him with his very identity. To insult the fabric of the
system is to insult who he is. It’s pathetic, but common…

The Need For Vindication: Sometimes it is not enough
for certain people to have their own world view. The slave seeks
approval for his world view at every turn, even if that world view is
twisted by bleary eyed logic, and will go so far as to force others to
agree with it so that they can feel safer in their beliefs.

It is
natural for people to seek out others with similar views and ideals,
but, it is not natural or healthy for those same people to use the
government apparatus as a weapon to frighten the rest of us into
submission just so they can become more confident in their ludicrous
slapdash philosophies.

Slaves want a world without contradiction.
Laughably, everything they do is a contradiction.

What I have seen in a number of the reactions to the honest activism of
Sgt. Gary Stein is a knee-jerk bias that reeks of the slave mentality,
but it offers us a window in gauging the leanings of the general
public.

Now that the once theoretical dangers of federal fascism are
breaking the surface of the water and circling the American sinking
ship, the great test is to watch closely where the masses place their
priorities.

Will they take the path of the individual, admit to the
laboratory mutation that our government has become, and try to make
things right again?

Or, will they take the path of the slave, forget
their past follies and empty arguments, and jump on the totalitarian
bandwagon?

Certainly, it is not as if the cheerleaders of the state
usually get out of the tumult with all their limbs intact. In most
cases, they are lucky to get out alive once the smoke clears.

One
might think that the lessons of history would be guide enough, but then
again, the average slave has taken every conceivable measure to ensure
that his particular fantasy land is magical enough to withstand
substantial examination.

The system is their drug, and the upheaval
that free thought brings is such a buzz-kill…

Brandon Smith – April 2, 2012 – InformationLiberation

 

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