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DISCLAIMER: I found this text in my notebook, I must've wrote it months ago. I decided to give it some changes to make it more solid. It was in Spanish, and I'm kinda too lazy to translate it, so...
Los humanos somos seres perversos, ya que solo nosotros somos capaces de cambiar la ley y el orden de este mundo para que se ajusten a nuestras necesidades y deseos.
Antes de nosotros, todo el mundo y los seres que lo habitaban se veían arrastrados por una ley natural: la ley del más fuerte. Esta ley dicta que, cuanto más fuerte seas, más puedes hacer y más derechos tienes.
Con la aparición de las civilizaciones, esta ley se aplicó sobre nuestra especie con un pequeño cambio: el poder, la ley del más poderoso. Cuanto más poder —o lo que viene siendo estatus— tiene uno, más cosas puede realizar. Por ejemplo, un rey puede fácilmente quitarle la vida a un campesino sin consecuencia alguna, mientras que el campesino, normalmente, no tiene ni el derecho de respirar el mismo aire que un rey. Esto se manifiesta en cualquier situación posible: jefe y empleado, tirano y civiles, padre e hijo.
El poder o el estatus es un concepto abstracto creado por nosotros mismos, por el que situamos a las personas por encima o por debajo de nosotros según su lugar en la jerarquía social. Nosotros pensamos que tenemos "libertad de hacer" o "derecho de tener", pero, en realidad, todos vivimos en una jaula, esperando a que la persona de arriba nos permita adquirir lo mínimo y necesario para vivir.
Yo digo que esto no es sociedad, no es convivencia y no tiene respeto alguno por la vida, la mente y el cuerpo de todos los que están situados en la base de esta jerarquía, ya que hemos instaurado este sistema en el que ni tu fuerza, ni tu inteligencia, ni siquiera tu utilidad son importantes. Solo el estatus, la popularidad y la habilidad de manipular a la gente.
Referencias: Concepto de poder y jerarquía: Thomas Hobbes, Rousseau. Percepción de libertad y control social: Vigilar y castigar de Michel Foucault. La manipulación como herramienta de ascenso social: El príncipe de Nicolás Maquiavelo.
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Squishy08
I decided to translate it because I thought the ideas were powerful.
The law of this world
Humans are perverse beings, given that only we are capable of changing the law and order of this world so that it's adjusts to our necessities and desires.
Before us, the entirety of the world and the beings that inhabited it, were seen dragged by a natural law: the law of the strongest. This law dictates that the more powerful you are, the more you can do and the more rights you have.
With the appearance of civilization, this law was applied to our species with one small fix: power, the law of the most powerful. With more power --or what comes to be status-- one has, the more things one can bring about. For example, a king can easily confiscate the life of a peasant without any consequence, meanwhile the peasant, normally does not even have the right to breathe the same air as the king. This manifests itself in whatever situation posible: boss and employee, tyrant and civilian, father and son.
Power or status is an abstract concept created by our very selves, in which we place people above or below us according to their place in the social hierarchy. We think we have the "liberty to do (be)" or the "right to have", but, in reality, we all live in a cage, waiting for the person above us to permit us to acquire the minimum and necessary to live.
I say that this is not society, it is not coexistence and has no respect whatsoever for life, the mind and body of all those that are situated at the base of this hierarchy, since we have established this system in which nor your strength, nor your intelligence, not even your utility are important. Only status, popularity, and your ability to manipulate the people.
References: Concept of power and hierarchy: Thomas Hobbes, Rousseau. Perception of liberty and social control Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault. Manipulation as a tool for social advancement: The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli.
(Rly good job btw the Spanish version has a different essence)
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH
you don't even know how happy this made me
by Holden; ; Report
No problem! It was a good read (^^)
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Duduie
I had to copy paste this in google translate to understand this but all i have to say is that's why i'm trying to learn about anarchy! Man, you do i great job expressing a lot in a few words to be fair, and i despize that i don't know spanish so i could read it properly, not some poorly translated version– i'm gonna take spanish starting next year so i can at least understand a bit of it
(bro, go study!!!!!)
I'm DONE studying, one hour is sufficient :P. I'll go climb a mountain now, I'd really like to see the sunset today! I do think anarchy has a pretty positive view on the human mindset, and I can't say I agree with it, it would be utopic if it worked, but there are, unfortunately, many walking pieces of shit in this world.
by Holden; ; Report
Have fun in the mountains! I'll have fun in stalingrad in ww2
by Duduie; ; Report