Tuesday, May 17, 2005

A Breath of Freedom, or is it?


Life: An Eternal Struggle

Finally, some time to update my neglected blog. I have ten days of medical leave because I tore my right foot ligament again. At least I am breathing the sweet air of freedom outside camp.

Moving on, I have been thinking about the concept of the power struggle between every life form, especially humans (It seems like I have too much free time). It seems like the will to dominate, which is desire to lord over people, is ingrained within the blood that flows through our veins. To put it in simple layman terms, if anyone has an ounce of power, everyone will be dicking all over for it. It is only just a matter of how do they establish and hold power. Humans, to me, have an intense hatred for one another as humans often manipulate others for their own unscrupulous gains. A war has always been raging on since the beginning of time; it is the war for power.

So far, I have only noticed two main approaches of gaining and securing such power, which more often than not, both are simultaneously used. The first is aligned to the concept of Order. Order is an extremely effective way of maintaining power because the pyramid structure of a hierarchy allows the one at the pinnacle to use anyone below him to command the masses. A good example would be the military forces where a general would make use of his majors, captains, and sergeants to command the legions of privates and to keep each other in line with the general’s policy. There may be a few dissidents but they will be crushed into submission by the rigidity and weight of the hierarchy. The second approach is aligned to the concept of Chaos and the Darwinian theory of natural selection. The strong shall survive and the weak surely must perish. Constant power shifts are common to those who adhere to this belief and the ones in power are always on guard from competitors. Very often, the lords who rise up often establish Order to maintain their power, as power gained from Chaos is frequently temporal. Very few will remain in the realm of Chaos once they rise up due to its nature, need I explain more?

As much as I would like to be an inconnu to this extremely meaningless conflict, I cannot say I am an angel. Perhaps this is the true curse of life after being banished from Eden.