Sunday 4 May 2014

Philosophy of revolution

Every revolutionary mind preaches that we must empower the voice of those who are oppressed. They all like to say "We must give power to those who are against the current state of society." But it isn't the part about the change that scares me What really makes me worry is the empowering of the oppressed. I am a firm believer that the true revolution is a perpetual revolution. Because by setting an end to a revolution means establishing of a new system. And those who dare speak against the new system would be considered traitors and the enemies of the state. That is why every coup d'état around the world caused equally if not worst problem as the government it just over threw. Over throwing communism and replacing it with democracy (or vice versa) does not equal successful revolution. In fact, there is no successful revolution as there shouldn't be an end to a revolution. Even if we can overcome the paradox of the idea of empowering EVERYONE, that would also jeopardize the core value of the revolution. Then the solution seems very simple. Revolution should only work like the white cells that deter any ideology that tries to establish itself as the main value in the society. Well then this idea of revolution sounds a lot like Mao's Cultural revolution. And we don't want another tragedy. So those in the street of Venezuela, Syria, Ukraine, etc must realize there is no end to this. The end result of your fight isn't utopian society. I will not say every revolution in nature is evil. But we must realize the path humans took millions of years ago, forming of societies, was an 'unnatural' (even though nothing is unnatural in evolutionary paradigm) and unprecedented way. The core idea of revolution makes perfect sense in interpersonal level. And we call it personal development. But it doesn't work the same way in societal level. In societal level it becomes ego battle of "my moral. my ideal, and my interest is more important than yours." All revolutionist, either consciously or unconsciously, they view others as expandable commodity for their personal development. Whether you are doing it for your family or other people, at the end of the day, you are doing what YOU WANT TO DO of your own free will. Remember, revolution is a shifting of power, not elimination of evil.

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