The heart of the matter.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.
Charles Bukowski

Equality. The core belief that we are all in this together requires us all to acknowledge that we are all equals in this existence. Whether we are rich or poor, old or young, gay or straight or everything in between, we are all deserving of the same rights and respect. Whether we are black or white, Sunni or Shi’ite, creative or content, we all are worthy of love, life, and the freedom to explore the multiverse in order to search for and fulfill our purpose. Democracy alludes to this basic universal requirement, but instead of actually practicing that basic tenet, democracy instead limits the rights we are ‘granted’, and in fact creates divisions among us which in turn lends itself to discrimination. The truth is that all a Democracy is, is three wolves and a sheep voting on who’s for dinner, and any system that starts off by dividing us into groups is inherently a negative one. As I have said countless times, I would allow the general populace to ‘vote’ on every minute of my life, as long i I was the one who provided the two options. Consider that deeply, and think of all the implications of it, for it is more than a glib twitter line, a throwaway philosophy, but a basic truth and reflection of the system we have allowed ourselves to be enslaved by. Voting is not freedom. Voting is not ‘control’ over your society. Voting as practiced by the elite is simply an illusion of choice, and a tool to divide us. This is not to say that any other so called ‘system of government’ are the right one, or even better choices. The heart of the matter, the core of the truth is that the only choice is to dissolve the borders that divide us, shatter the bondage of discrimination and hate, and embrace true love for all, true love of every man women child, every beast and every tree, every rock and plant, every possibility. We must love ourselves, and each other, for we are truly all in this together.