ENTITLEMENT
Prior to this century, all nations, cities, and all the thousands of institutions that are invented to belong in them were written on paper in ink. Now, these entities are written in cyberspace. Same thing. Both are very vulnerable to erasures. And both are the invention by human hands long, long following the creation of nature to which all living creatures belong. And long after humans were endowed with certain inalienable rights among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And inalienable means rights that cannot be taken away or given. They are stuck too solidly in each human HEART.
These paper nations, cities, and institutions invented as illusions have been forced into the shape of unquestioned human reality by illusory authorities, more inventions on paper, also forged into mental reality for all humans. All this comprises governance by superstition. It is justified by the theory that humans cannot discipline themselves (in other words, are incapable of being human) in the face of facts that tigers have no difficulty being tigers and elephants likewise easily are elephants and bugs are and so on and on. But humans, it is theorized, cannot manage to be human. It is striking to this writer that in this new reality the subject has always been “humanity”. The primary standard for measuring all conduct is “to be humane”. And yet, the system in place requires us to be obedient to a teacher a sheriff a judge a pool of lawmakers a king or president a priest or elder of an organized religion and a boss invented also on paper by…those human hands! Query: if I am incapable, on my own, to be humane what makes the system think all these invented authorities, also only human, will make me so? The scandals say it is otherwise.
And, get this, the founders of nations and religions all admitted openly and profoundly that it is otherwise. All professed a belief that some power in every human makes it possible for any human to be expected to live in humane harmony according to the nature of humanity in order to justify authorities’ use of violent force against their fellows. Usually the authorities take an oath upon entering office to act under the influence of such an existent power which created them to be human. There exist humans who, knowing with clarity themselves this truth, live in that precise way daily. Such people are lovers of life. As in poker, why not call the hands of all these authorities at once with one voice and walk away from their table? Then the authorities must fold ‘em for lack of an audience. The ace up their sleeve is revealed hypocrisy. We must all then be ashamed and lock arms as one in a new peace.
