Hero

If you see the oppression of the poor and the deprivation of law and justice in the region, do not be bewildered by that phenomenon. For a high-ranking official watches over another high-ranking official, and those placed even higher watch over them. (Eccl.5:7)

In the year 2021, many people are disappointed. Disappointed in the politicians, the high-flyers of society. Not only did politicians fail to keep their promises time and again for years. Since 2020, politicians have begun to severely suppress the people with corona measures that destroy much more than they solve—if anything can be solved at all, for the flu is timeless and 2020 is not significantly different from many previous years. The people are being psychologically and economically oppressed, and whoever resists this through demonstrations and civil disobedience also experiences physical oppression. After all, the authorities hold the monopoly on violence. Why is all this happening? And will it ever end? It seems as if every administrator who enters the chambers of power transforms into a ruthless monster that shows no regard whatsoever for the interests of the citizens and seeks only the interests of ‘something’ higher than themselves, higher than parliament and cabinet, something that holds the actual power. These are the bodies and institutions known in the media as the lobbyists for major multinationals in the pharmaceutical, energy, and financial sectors. These multinationals are in the hands of a very small group of people with absolute power. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Democracy does not exist. Politicians who appear to come from the people are actually parachuted in from the top of power. Behind the scenes, important positions in government and parliament are granted only to people who are loyal to the system of the actual power holders. They are ‘bought and paid for’. Election promises are often barely reflected in coalition agreements. The outcomes of parliamentary debates are predetermined. Politicians who do not toe the line are stigmatized. Even the opposition is poisoned by politicians who put on a show without intending to ever truly stand in the way of the elite. If they did intend to, they would either never have stood a chance of securing a place in power, or would have been eliminated in time, or would be eliminated the very moment their resistance to power became public.

That is why democracy is essentially nothing more than a puppet show. What can humanity do against the overwhelming dominance of the 0.01% (or smaller), who possess the vast majority of the world's capital? What can the unsuspecting citizen do against an elite that has built an organizational structure behind the scenes with terrifying blind obedience? How does the little man defend himself against a brilliant cabal that employs every social, psychological, and technological method to optimize a well-oiled control mechanism? Humanity stands no chance whatsoever. Arguments such as ‘We are billions, they are only a few thousand’ fail to recognize the difference between the total control structure of power and the total absence of organization among the unsuspecting civilian population. Every leader emerges from the age-old control mechanism, no matter how different that person may seem from other leaders.