A Musing.

We live in a lie that we perpetuate on a daily basis. The social contract that was signed for us has been upheld thanks to continuous and elaborate distractions. When man gave up the freedom inherent with being an animal born and raised in the wild, we expected the freedom to be protected from the dangers of a chaotic world by a benevolent structure. When we acquiesced our ability to roam, think, struggle, to kill or to hoard, we did so with the expectation that this structure would protect us from our animalistic tendencies.

In this bargain, we accepted to raise our children within an education system designed by the structure for the structure. We accepted to spend our youth and the peak of our physical and mental aptitudes in the service of the structure. Some of us did this for the individual liberty to pursue happiness, others did so to contribute to the well-being and prosperity of the community or the structure itself. We agreed to follow a rigid structure; to have our days dictated by the schedule of a working week. We gave up the rudimentary knowledge of nature, the reverence for the elements, because this structure would uphold its side of the bargain.

The structure promised to serve its people, to provide dignity and security to its people. With the fruits of our labour this government would ensure that no child would be left to go hungry, that no woman would be left to raise a household by herself, nor would they let a man go without purpose. But this structure has broken its promises.