Revolting in the Body and Mind

Every slave master miscalculates the physical breaking point of their slaves, assuming that they will have an infinite tolerance for abuse.  In an equally abusive necroeconomy, our biological limits are being exceeded by a system which tries to get as much out of us as it can.  But there are physical thresholds.  When these are exceeded, the tables turn.  It is the sick body which now dictates to the mind.  The sick and the hungry are now ready to fight.  Not for their freedom, but for their very survival.  Enough is enough.

This is why revolution against this system will only materialise once our actual bodies begin to feel the collapse of civilisation.  For those of us with a healthy mind and body connection, an intact Infinity State, this has already happened long ago.  We want to revolt, and we know that the revolution will manifest itself when crucial biological limits are exceeded.  Others yet, are sluggishly transitioning from a consumatronic to a consumosceptic state: they are just beginning to realise that they have been exploited as mere consumption units by a system which convinced them it is not a slave owner, but a protector.  They became remote-controlled purchasing zombies being sent from one shop to another, from one exploitative job to another.  They are realising that they can make active choices, if they begin to think for themselves about what is and what isn’t good for them.

Along with the physical triggers, the mental breaking point for these humans is trust.  When they no longer trust this system, when they can see through how it has robbed them of their body and mind, they are ready to revolt.  As the consumatron zombie begins to test-drive this new consciousness, it gradually exits the virtual matrix of the necrocapitalist theme park.  It begins to question the consumaverse itself. 

Our natural state is to live a much simpler life: one which gives both our minds and bodies the space they need to develop themselves without intrusion, instruction, distraction, prescription or oppression.  But although revolt against this dehumanising economic system begins in the body, it also requires eventual confrontation with the original fear mongering and economic growth narratives of the Church of Money and the Unhappiness Machine.  The Civilisational Lie must be questioned: necrocapitalism will always need more consumers to sell to, religion more supporters to financially exploit, and politicians more voters to lie to.  Centuries of propaganda by these powers of profit convinced society that making more copies of ourselves was good for society and for the planet.  We have been farmed, just like the animals we farm for burgers.  It is time for the animals to break down the barriers and exit the farm.

But even if we manage to set our minds free, we are still slaves whose physical bodies are chained to salaries.  By driving to extinction almost every sustainable business that every existed, this system forced us to collude in the destruction of the planet.  We have very few living examples left of truly sustainable businesses which we can emulate.  Many of us are afraid to be outright anti-business, fearful of being labelled nihilists.  But becoming anti-business does not mean you are anti-human, in fact the opposite is true: the vast majority of business today is by its definition anti-planet, which effectively makes it anti-human. What is the point of employment when most jobs are servicing a suicidal, self-destructive business model? The consumatrons are waiting for the end of the world in front of their laptops, smartphones and service counters, having become nothing but executive assistants to their own extinction. Change will find them one way or another, whether we are able to see beyond the petri dish or not.

Modern business is out to kill us all.  Although today’s post-industrial ecocidal business model is profitable for the business owner, it is in fact an overall loss maker when taking into account impacts on equality, the environment, the climate, and everything that lives and breathes on Earth.  Revolting against this system is not a choice anymore.  It is our only option if we want to continue to exist.  But because it is the body who eventually triggers the mind to act, the chances of a timely revolt against necrocapitalism, not to mention a successful one at that, are limited. 

But any honest, genuine revolt doesn’t begin based on its chances of success.  It is the result of a boiling point having been reached, whether this is in the body, the mind, or both.  Revolt can take place on purely ideological grounds, sometimes in full awareness that it will largely fail, yet manage to leave a crucial legacy behind it for the next revolt to build upon. “Heroes” prefer to go down fighting not because they want to sacrifice themselves, but because the only valid form of existence they recognise is one where they are free. This requires both courage, and the disturbing, yet liberating realisation that they have been slaves all their lives.

Revolt is a natural, healthy process in any society, much like an occasional forest fire clears out the ecosystem and rejuvenates the forest.  But our ability to revolt is being disabled by a civilisation who appears to have censored itself out of existence, making its bed literally inside the inferno it has ignited.  It thinks that it can sleep through its inconvenient collapse.

The existential need to maintain corrupt governance structures is why leaders won’t respond to calls for change.  They will only respond when forced and pressured by people, events and circumstances they have lost control over.  Governments can rarely be persuaded to act on time, but they can be brought down.  While they may have risen to power as protectors of society, all too often governments become preoccupied with protecting themselves from society.  This is the point when they really must go. 

George is an author, researcher, molecular biologist and food scientist.

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