I believe that the system is an expression of humanity, not an alien power hanging over it. If the system is suicidal and destructive, crazed and short-sighted, this is because...
this is the center of everything i have been saying:
the way we live today, and the systems and powers which govern it, is a very, very recent phenomenon in the history of humanity: a blink of an eye.
saying that it is "human nature", is like saying how you are groggy and in a bad mood when you get the flu is the
true essence of your personality.
it is hard to remember or imagine for us, but before this
stupid fuck-up, life and its organization was very different.
and i'm not saying we should return to a
pre-mistake way of life, (well maybe, in ways different than the obvious ridiculous ones), but it is important to realize that we are at least CAPABLE of living in an egalitarian way. and it won't hurt to learn from the way our ancesters have survived for hundreds of thousands and millions of years -- actually it might be the only way forward, by studying the past.