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- [ What Is This Thing Called The System? ] [ By The GNN ]
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- WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED THE SYSTEM?
- by THE GNN/DualCrew-Shining/uXu
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- deus ex machina
- machina ex deus
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- Naturally, this file is based upon a non-critical empirical
- study of the actual world, therefore it is free from ideological
- and individual dogmas. What I present are no personal statements,
- they are merely humble facts. Amen.
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- Often used, but still rather dull, the concept 'system' bears a special
- quality; it is always thought of as the guilty part when 'something' is wrong
- in society. When people feel a sort of alienation or dissatisfaction towards
- something, the word 'system' rescues the individual from further thoughts.
- It is easy to blame 'the system'. Some people prefer to use the word 'state'
- instead, but it is fundamentally the same thing; a good, though invisible,
- combatant for pseudo-intellectuals and common people to verbally fight with.
- But what is this thing we call 'the system?'
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- The definition of a 'system' says that it is a composition of smaller
- parts, that need not to be identical (in fact, it would be rather strange if
- that was the case) nor even close in resemblance with its construction. A
- nail or a plank is not identical with the house it is a part of.
- Yet, a system cannot exist without the help from these smaller parts.
- Even though they are individually disposable, they must always exist in a
- certain quantity. If that was not the case, the system would fall apart and
- cease to exist. If we remove one nail, nothing will happen, but if all of them
- suddenly disappear, the house will fall apart. The parts would still be
- around, unorganized perhaps, but the system in question would be no more.
- It is important to emphasize the crucial detail that the parts are not
- identical with the system they are a part of. A nail is a nail, nothing
- more, nothing less. Yet, it keeps the house together. By merely studying a
- nail, we cannot know anything about the system. We need to step back and see
- things in a bigger picture to be able to get a grip of what is actually
- going on.
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- The System we are experiencing every day is very hard to get a grip of.
- It is often thought that the System is separated from the individuals. The
- line of thought in this case is that the individuals are unable to affect
- the System, or that the System has a will of its own and desires. That
- cannot be the case, because a system can just interfere with and gain
- strength from its own parts. It cannot do anything with things that are
- separated from it.
- This may sound rather strange. We do believe that when we are treated
- badly by the System, we are not 'in' it. Nothing could be more wrong. The
- truth is that we are all a part of the System, we are all keeping it alive.
- The System around us is nothing more than a our own collective madness.
- What is troubling with all this is that when people blame 'the System'
- they are blaming themselves and their indirect stupidity. This is of course
- not that unexpected, because the people of today are not especially
- intellectual. They are just able to see the symptoms, not the disease. If
- they would see the disease, they would realize how complex certain things
- are, and that is for sure a hard thing to experience for a small mind.
- By merely looking at one individual, or groups of individuals even, we
- will not understand the System they are a part of. When those individuals
- reflect upon themselves, the result will be the same: They will not see
- the System, they will just see themselves. Therefore, when they blame 'the
- system' they do not really know what they are talking about.
- Some people would object to this and say that they would love to see
- the System break down, and therefore they cannot be a part of it. Sure, it
- is a nice thought. But most of these people contribute to the System too.
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- But how can a person contribute to something that he does not fancy at
- all? Indeed, one would like to think that when one does not pursue to uphold
- something, one cannot be said to actively uphold it.
- But this is, unfortunately, perfectly possible thanks to 'indirection.'
- Too many of those who blame the System indirectly contributes to it
- every day. For example, they pay their taxes, they watch and accept the
- latest news on the domestic problems without second thoughts, and they vote
- for people who are employed to keep the System going.
- Why they do this is not that hard to understand; they do it because they
- have failed to see what the System really is. They just blame it, but they
- do not know what it is. Of course, this is a form of internal schizophrenia
- in the individual, and it is often this malady that constitutes the
- alienated feeling against the 'something' that they refer to as 'the bad
- system.'
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- Must we be a part of the system? Is it, by definition or necessity,
- impossible to break free? It is not. It is, in a sense, rather hard because
- the complete rejection of the system requires an intellectual step that is
- very complex. Manuals on how this might be done cannot be written.
- The first step is, however, a giant but simple one: Think.
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