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Journal Entry: Sun May 4, 2008, 5:05 AM

The Communist Republic of Internet





In the coming years the very foundations of our society will crumble before our eyes. Trust your inner sensing, for this is indeed exactly what is going on. We are already seeing this, right now -- the weather, the governments, the religious institutions, the education systems, the family, the economy, the ecology of the planet -- literally all aspects of our lives are in turmoil. All of our social systems are facing huge problems, problems for which they have neither the resources nor ability to address. And, it has only just begun...
Liberty is the most cherished fruit of life. Yet, amazingly, we find all man-made institutions shaped to work against the liberty of man in the final analysis. A careful study of the society history is sufficient to prove this assertion. The evolution of the state when viewed from an unbiased, detached angle of perception will appear no more than an institutionalized journey of man towards progressive self-imposed slavery.
The human social organization had never changed. For its building brick is property. Or theft. The social contract never evolved. “The proprietor, the robber, the hero, the sovereign — for all these titles are synonymous — imposes his will as law, and suffers neither contradiction nor control; that is, he pretends to be the legislative and the executive power at once . . . [and so] property engenders despotism . . . That is so clearly the essence of property that, to be convinced of it, one need but remember what it is, and observe what happens around him. Property is the right to use and abuse . . . if goods are property, why should not the proprietors be kings, and despotic kings — kings in proportion to their facultes bonitaires? And if each proprietor is sovereign lord within the sphere of his property, absolute king throughout his own domain, how could a government of proprietors be any thing but chaos and confusion?” (Joseph Proudhon). The subject of accumulated goods through time changed. From raw meat to cars through land and factories.

The current governments will fall -- for they no longer meet the needs of the governed. The cause is that the principles upon which these governments are founded are deeply flawed. One of the major factors, however, is that through internet, we, The People have relinquished our responsibility to govern ourselves, and to create the appropriate circumstances and environment in which to learn, grow, and develop to our highest potentials; and live, work, and play in a manner that is aligned to our spirits and ultimate happiness. We create our own reality. We are responsible for all that we experience. There is nothing external to blame. We are seeing and experiencing the direct results of our own choices. Yes, each and every one of us.
Pure communism idealistically offers a contract of cooperative interdependence between and among its constituent citizens. It says:
- From each in accord with their abilities.
- To each in accord with their needs.
Unfortunately, this has never been offered on the planet in a manner where its conditions could be upheld. The USSR did not set up an economy and social structure that offered appropriate jobs that used the unique abilities of individuals and clearly did not give the people what they needed. If it had fulfilled these conditions, nothing in the world could have made it fall. Part of why it failed is that it is not practical to create such a union between individuals within a society.

Yet today’s internet reality type of interaction has at its very core this principles:
- From each in accord with their abilities.
- To each in accord with their needs.
It is a collective contract between individuals as equals choosing to create a new type of society between, among, and around them.
As an individual, flexibility will be extremely important in the days to come, as will intuition and knowingness. Knowing your abilities, your talents, your capabilities, your strengths and your weaknesses -- these will be extremely important to not only your happiness, but to your very survival as well. Further, it would benefit you to begin to create mutual support groups (as forums and virtual communities does) around you. For, the interdependence and cooperation among these groups, these chosen "extended families", will also determine the quality of your life during the coming times, and possibly whether you will survive or not. Unless your selfhood is expanded to include others, you will not make it through, I can almost guarantee it.

CYBERNAUTS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!

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~avalanchepark:iconavalanchepark: May 4, 2008, 8:32:33 AM
"Pure communism idealistically offers a contract of cooperative interdependence between and among its constituent citizens. It says:
- From each in accord with their abilities.
- To each in accord with their needs.
Unfortunately, this has never been offered on the planet in a manner where its conditions could be upheld. "

I think this is due to the fact ideals are easy to conceive but sometimes difficult or impossible to realize . The fact is that the members of a society have to share the ideal , and the ideal must be compatible with the natural desires and behaviors of those people .

I am not sure that today's governments are more crumbly that the historical sweep of those that have come before . I'm not sure that the impending crisis of energy and food will drive them in that direction - sadly bad times drive repressive governments .

In the end the way to have an impact is to join with others who share your ideals and create organizations that do the good works you envision and mold the vision of a good society in the minds of your fellow citizens , and push the governments (to the degree you are in a nominally democratic state) to act more in accord with that vision .

I think the networks you see are important but they had better be real and local rather than virtual and dispersed and built on real interactions .

After all . how long will the internet last if the underlying political stability comes unglued .
~Balauru:iconBalauru: May 4, 2008, 10:29:57 AM
Longlive CPI. ( the comunist party of Internetia )

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~l0nd0n:iconl0nd0n: May 4, 2008, 10:31:14 AM
I disagree this system!
It's CCCP rubish!

Im sorry body...

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~selley:iconselley: May 17, 2008, 12:36:15 PM
Sorry have to agree with l0nd0n.
I do not wish to say more this is just NOT the place.
I don't even know why did you put this here.


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*Archaedin:iconArchaedin: Jun 10, 2008, 6:46:51 PM
I wouldn't expect this to get much support. The internet is used mainly in capitalist areas, as far as I know. And people living in Capitalist countries are often pretty ignorant of other ideologies. I'm speaking from an American (United States) prospective when I say that people usually don't understand communism.

They are raised in a system that, to counter a threat of people doubting that its the best system there is, makes all other systems seem terrible. For example, I hear people saying they hate Communism all the time, they hate everything it is. I ask them what Communism is, and they usually don't really know.

Capitalism does not control its people against their will. It does something far more sinister, it controls their will itself.

And for a while I was a socialist under this type of belief, until I realized something. Yes, my countries people are ignorant and usually brainwashed in my opinion. But life is good, and we're happy.

Personally I would always choose knowledge over happiness. But is there anything more important for a countries people than to be happy? Even at the cost of liberty, happiness takes priority.

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*ersi:iconersi: Jun 18, 2008, 10:11:20 AM
You're an optimist, I think. The worst thing about today's society is that people have stopped thinking and analyzing. Abstract thought is almost dead. Everything has to be specific, practical and money-oriented. And the huge majority agrees with that. Citizens don't really exist any more, they have been substituted by consumers. Young people know everything about last generation cel phones but they have never heard about Proudhon. We live in a new Dark Age, where the powerful ones use the floodlights of show business and the allure of the Internet to blind us to the truth.

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