It may seem odd to compare our relationship with the state in the same breath as a domestic relationship with a spouse who is abusive, violent, controlling and manipulative. But when we take a look at the symptoms, a stark reality sinks in. 'Battered Citizen Syndrome' (BCS) is something that we need to explore if we want to find freedom.
BWS is dangerous primarily because it can lead to what some scholars say is "learned helplessness" – or psychological paralysis – where the victim becomes so depressed, defeated, and passive that she believes she is incapable of leaving the abusive situation. - family.findlaw.com
You can read all about 'Battered Spouse Syndrome' on line if you wish. What I want to focus on is the 'learned helplessness' that is associated with BCS. Every state in the world depends on the coercive power of the courts and physical violence of their military and police in order to maintain control and order. A hint of this agenda can be found in the Letters Patent that formed the Office of Governor General of Canada where it stated:
IX. And We do hereby require and command all Our Officers and Ministers, Civil and Military, and all the other inhabitants of Canada, to be obedient, aiding, and assisting unto Our Governor General
Obedience does not make a healthy relationship. Agent 'X' said it best in the film 'JFK' when he said:
The organizing principle of any society, Mr. Garrison, is for war. The authority of the state over its people resides in its war powers. - 'X' (JFK film)
Well, they've been doing it all through history. Kings are killed, Mr. Garrison. Politics is power, nothing more! - 'X' (JFK film)
If we are to be blunt with ourselves in regards to our relationship with the state, we must recognize that the state depends on coercion and violence to govern. As a result, the citizens are terrified to leave the relationship. People complain about crippling taxes, crushing debt, police brutality, war crimes, poverty, etc but seem blind in recognizing that these are actually the symptoms of a physical, emotional, mental and spiritually abusive relationship. NOBODY deserves to be treated this way and we are all a party to the violence because the people that wear the masks that engage in this level of violence, do so with our own consent and authority.
In the past 100 years, there has been a deliberate and concerted effort to make the citizens so dependent upon the state and their corporate minions that most people cannot live without some form of benefit or privilege granted to them by their violent master. If anybody does manage to escape the control and intimidation, then physical harm comes to bear on them.
This 'learned helplessness' has been a deliberate act against the freedom, independence and sovereignty of the individuals on this planet. However, life does not have to be this way and getting out is challenging ... but not impossible.
The examination of this relationship shows just how tenuous the state's control over the people really is. The state engages in false flag operations to scare the shit out of the people just to maintain control. This is no different than an abusive spouse beating the shit out of their partner or even killing them.
It does not matter how many times they apologize, the behaviour always continues. Remember the apology to the Japanese for being interned during the world wars? How about the apology for the Chinese head tax or the residential schools? Yet reserves are nothing more than internment camps for the indigenous, Child Protective Services is residential school version 2.0, legislation contains punishments and benefit withdraws for non-compliance, jails run for profit in the US are full of millions. These are all examples of an abusive relationship that must end if we are to find peace and prosperity.
My blog examines these issues with our relationships as life here on this planet is ALL about relationships. We are in a spiritual kindergarten, learning how to get along. I'm not advocating killing the king. I'm advocating walking away from the king and learning to self-govern. As this idea spreads, the king will have no choice but to abdicate. He/She will pout, throw a temper tantrum and do all kinds of nasty things to threaten, intimidate or even physically prevent this from happening. But there is nothing they can do to stop it.
But just like Battered Spouse Syndrome, BCS requires a strategy to allow people to exit safely so that they can then find the courage to make the move. My wife and I are almost finished extracting ourselves from the abuse and it has been a relatively safe process. I really do believe that taking a highly spiritual path through this gauntlet is what protected us from retribution. As we are spiritual beings, standing in that authority, power and jurisdiction has served us well.
In the end, the power rests in the hands of the individual. We try to give it away, but it always results in corruption, war, poverty, pain, violence and coercion. The power of the individual should only be governed by the individual.