History
indicates that eventually, often in cycles of about 70 years
(occasionally a few hundred - and rarely a thousand or more) the power structure immolates itself or is
crushed by it's own victims or a neighbor who has noticed growing
weakness.
All "great" empires eventually fall. After a period of
struggle and positive change, it all happens over again.
I think this
is why Jefferson spoke about recurring revolution as necessary.
Ultimately, our challenge is to individually make ourselves into the
kind of person we can honestly appreciate, and live according to our
convictions, often by beating our heads against whatever wall impedes
our sense of propriety.
We hope for change in our lifetime and do often
get it - sometimes after it seems too late to enjoy.
Change involves
transition that historically involves repression, degradation and all
kinds of overtly hellish behaviors before the more refined hellish human
behaviors prosper for a brief period and then grow sodden again.
Life
often appears meaningless.
I think life only has the meaning we each
individually give to it and we express that meaning by being true to
ourselves - often requiring the sacrifice of sanity and sometimes even
the personal liberty we seek.
We give it up in our demand for a right to
it!
This applies across the board from social life to parenting, etc.
Weirdly, that's where our moments of happiness come from.
It seems that
if you want to be a human, some degree of sadomasochism is a necessary
personal quality.
Fortunately, once we have pulled back the curtain and
recovered from our surprise, we realize that the man there only has
such power as we give to him - though he is usually not going to
relinquish that power gently.
The real "wizard" pulling the levers behind your curtain is you.
You must "rig" yourself to deal with the system you find yourself in.
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