We are all abused spouses. Father government - our leadership, are the worst abusers of our relatioship - the social contract we all have agreed to. This “marriage contract” is broken and there are no police coming to help us, no family interventions, we are alone - just like so many real, abused women out there - suffering domestic violence.
It’s not a stretch or stupid analogy. I think it is very apt, a poignant metaphor for what we all are experiencing in our societies, in our day to day lives.
The social contract describes the process of citizenry. That WE individuals consent to surrender some of our natural rights and freedoms to a sovereign authority in exchange for security, stability, and the protection of our remaining inevitable rights. It acts as a foundation for all political legitimacy, ensuring the government derives its power from the "consent of the governed".
But now, with the current collusion of corporate - government and their cabals - the social contract is broken. The marriage is in tatters. We the abused, must do something. We must get out of this toxic relationship whereby our rights have been eroded, not upheld and thrown out the window.
I looked up the signs that someone is an abused spouse. Here they are, from the Mayo Clinic. Think about them and how they relate to how our governments, suppossedly entrusted to protect us, our rights, our freedoms - our abusing us.
Here, I give you the same signs that you are an abused citizen. After reading, consider getting out of that relationship - far from it. Change things!!!!!
Calls you names, insults you or puts you down. According to our leaders, all the ills and wrongs of our communities and society are the fault of individuals, not the ones in control of the bacon. YOU are said to the problem. [You aren’t]. Poor? Well it isn’t because of institutional policies that for decades have kept you penniless - it’s because you are just lazy, a no-good, a degerate.
Often acts jealous or possessive. Our leaders control our privacy, our movement, our ability to assemble. They keep us distracted, on their screens. And if we try to build alternative lifestyles, lives outside their reach and consumer bubble - their wrath and anger rises.
Tries to control how you spend money or your access to money. Crypto. Credit. Financial control. They want your tax dollars so they can spend it, use it as their own. The public treasury is a joke. Minimum wage is a joke. Government is now just a trough where leaders use OUR money to enrich themselves.
Tracks where you go, what you do online or who you talk to on the phone. Privacy? You have none. Palantir, Homeland Security. They record anything and everything. Talk to your friend about X and you’ll be targeted about X.
Prevents you from going to work or school. Tuition fees anyone? Try to work where you want and when you want - you can’t. There is a concerted effort to keep most of us dumb, broke and illiterate. AI is the tip of that spear. What ever happened to our libraries?
Stops you from seeing family members or friends. Society is now organized such that we are kept working, paying debts, living here and there. Community is broken. People live 100s of miles away from their loved ones. The business of government - want you hunting low paid jobs - not building happy communities with loving families.
Threatens to keep you from seeing your children. The control of governments over our children is incredulous. Family and social services no longer function. It’s just a farce. Parental rights have been broken to a point where the state basically controls your decision making over your children. Remember the pandemic?
Gets angry or abusive when drinking alcohol or using drugs. Our leaders are know sexual predators, pedos and deviants. THEY need the help and intervention, not us, Joe and Jane citizen.
Tries to control whether you can see a healthcare professional. Health care costs? You are just a pipeline for money and they want you sick - so you’ll keep sending that money, paying the premiums.
Threatens you, your children or your pets with violence or a weapon. Israeli trained, attack dog style policing. It’s endemic to our whole security apparatus and law and order. You don’t matter, it is just slash and burn and obey … It’s sickening that we’ve become afraid of our own enforcement agencies.
Hits, kicks, shoves, slaps, chokes or otherwise hurts you, your children or your pets. (see above)
Forces you to have sex or engage in sexual acts against your will. AI porn anyone. It’s now up to 20% of what goes on, online. Your body and face is probably already up there. Do those we’ve entrusted with our rights care? No, they are making money from it!
Controls your birth control or demands that you get pregnant. Right to life, anyone? Control over our own body is a fundamental right that we just don’t have anymore.
Blames you for problems in the relationship or violent behavior, or tells you that you deserve it. Back to where we started. YOU are the problem, not the erosion of regulation, the lack of investment in infastructure, the inept leadership and a government that doesn’t side with the people but is just there as a business, not supporting our social welfare.
Alas, YOU aren’t the problem. It’s the abuser. The system that now views us citizens not as partners. A system that views YOU as an object of $ and not a human that they are entrusted to care for.
Tear up the social contract. Let’s build anew. I’m awaiting for one who will be our Wat Tyler. Until then - keep up the good fight and get out of this abusive relationship.
Yours truly, DD.
