Independence

Dependence and independence. From the system. As it is, not as the authorities declare it to be. Everything you have to do and do so that the system grants you the privilege (not the right) of life.

Biological life. The other qualities that it consists of, well...you have to pay for that privilege to be happy. Or at least for the illusion.

A quote from "Trainspotting" and the point is self-evident :

Choose life.

Choose a job.

Choose a career.

Choose a family.

Choose a fucking big television.

Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers.

Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance.

Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments.

Choose a starter home.

Choose your friends.

Choose leisure wear and matching luggage.

Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics.

Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning.

Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth.

Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself.

Choose your future.

Choose “life”...

But why would I want to do a thing like that?

I chose not to choose “life” : I chose something else. And the reasons? The reasons? Come on...

Life consists primarily of time. It can be defined through time both qualitatively and quantitatively. Without any deep philosophies, at least for a start. Time is a fundamental category in both the quality and fulfillment of an individual’s life. A person gets too little or nothing for the huge stake he places in the hands of the gambler called the System, and through his brokers and local gamblers - politicians, bureaucrats, parasites, employers...if he does not belong to the above categories, and even if he does belong to the lower echelons of that pyramid - he will receive an anal application of a Kwa-Zulu sized Penis.

One invests his life and what one`s get in return? He gets - feces!

No one asked me if I wanted to be part of this whole hypocritical, criminal, bloody system in which I am condemned in advance to pay derivatives for everything. Literally everything.

Well, no more.

Ya Basta, agueros de culo!

Freedom may be just the ability to dispose of the time that life consists of, in the largest and most comprehensive measure possible. If you want, you can also measure it, establish some kind of unit-measurement for freedom that would read "How much of a given period of time an individual spends on things that he does of his own choice, of his own will and for his own pleasure".

Probably with the intensity of the use of expressions like "I have to", one would sense to what extent a person is free and how much. I have to do this, I have to do that, I have to get up at such and such an hour, I have to go to bed at such and such an hour, I have to go to work, I have to fill out documents, hang around counters, stroke someone's ego, I have to put up with this, that, that...because this and that and that and everything and nothing depend on me, I have to, I have to, I have to...and so on every single day, from cradle to grave.

We are not talking about voluntary, chosen interaction and cooperation with people. But about imposed and forced, the kind that takes up time and nerves and resources...and permission is obtained so that the individual can be - abused...or if you don't mind the outdated expression...A slave! If this were applied to today's living, the results would be devastating. How much of our life do we have for ourselves and how much for the system?

Having sufficient resources that put the individual out of the eternal race for "survival", from all the conditioning and blackmail with which the system is used... is certainly a condition that must be met. Of course, 100% independence is hardly possible, but a gradual reduction in dependence is not only possible but within reach. For everyone. If there is anything good in this 2024 Anno Domini, it is some technical possibilities that have never been so accessible. You would be surprised to know how little is needed for an independent life from social and psychological pressure.

For energetic, social, political, emotional, spiritual and intellectual independence. It only takes a ridiculous fraction of the time it takes to serve the system. And the stake at bet isn`t your soul or life or sanity.

It`s fun actually. Imagine that. If you dare!

(Roger Mortis 019)