Independence
A Value Of The Utopian Realism Character Principles
Independence is the state of being when one is self reliant, self sufficient and capable to take care of oneself to the extent of what is realistically possible.
The opposite of independence is parasitism.
When we are all children, we must be parasites, as we are incapable of being independent when we are so young. We literally lack the ability to take care of ourselves, especially when very young. We must rely upon our parents to feed, water, clothe and shelter us, for we cannot do it ourselves. It is not a sinister form of parasitism, but a natural form. When we are inexperienced, we have an excuse, so it is excusable. When we grow up, there is no such justifiable excuse.
Sinister forms of parasitism, range from begging bums to governments and religions.
When a beggar sits on the street, hand held out, begging for money from strangers, they are demonstrating parasitism, which is the opposite to independence. One who is independent would never do such a vile and sinister thing. If one has the time free to beg, whether sitting, standing or walking the streets, then they have the time to work, to busk, to provide some kind of value to earn something in return for their efforts and contributions.
A man who works to earn his due, whether that is to earn money or to contribute to himself and his community, is independent.
A man who scourges on centrelink and government payments, who begs in the street, who relies upon payments through theft and violence, is not a man, but a parasite.
An independent man will not take that which he does not deserve, is not worthy of or has not rightfully earned.
Governments (politicians) convince thugs (police) that it is morally sound to threaten hard working, independent men into “gifting away” a large portion of their income to those who are too lazy, stupid or helpless to support themselves. This is parasitism.
The church and religions also commit extortion, although to a lesser extent. They do not use the threat of violence and imprisonment for disobedience (to ‘donate’), they just use the threat of eternal punishment in hell instead. People then willingly donate their hard earned cash to fund a sinister mind control organisation to enslave and domesticate the minds of society.
Dystopia is about encouraging, breeding and creating as much parasitism as it possibly can.
Utopia is about creating independence in everyone.
Instead of giving money to beggars for being vampires, which is only encouraging more blood sucking, these beggars should be reeducated. They should be taught how to become independent, so that the society or community they are existing in does not need to suffer from them, or they from themselves. Rehab facilities can be built to accommodate all the existing beggars and for any potential ones in the future. Although the root cause must be addressed to prevent any future beggars, but that takes work and time. The facilities will provide these beggars with a roof over their head and a comfortable place to sleep out of the rain and cold. They will be fed and watered and the facility will be managed by volunteers. In return for the necessities of life, the beggars will be expected to work to get themselves back on their own two feet. There will be rehab programs to get them of the drugs, psych programs to aid in healing their trauma and active working programs to get them being productive and useful. There is no excuse not to work. From picking up rubbish in the streets to doing admin work on computers, people with or without physical injuries can contribute. Contribution makes one feel useful, and one who feels useful is less likely to be useless and a parasitic scourge. The goal with beggars is not to give them money on the street and to encourage their self destructive drug addictions, but to offer them the opportunity to become independent.
The same can be said about petty thieves who mug people, who burgle or in any other way, take what is not theirs and that which they have not worked to earn.
This is especially relevant for police. They are thugs who commit crimes and terrorise the masses into funding their organisation so they can continue to commit crimes and terrorise. There is no organisation more parasitic then the police. Without the police, governments couldn't enforce taxes (armed robbery). The prime role of the police is to coerce, threaten and steal money from people to pay for them to coerce, threaten and steal money from people. They are the ultimate parasitic scourge on humanity. Yes, it is true they are having their stings being pulled from up higher, but they are the brutes with their boots on the ground, doing the dirty work for psychopaths they don’t even know exist. Without this unusual predator, who is simultaneously the apex vampiric monster and the lowliest gutter rat, humanity would have a yet unseen monumental freedom to thrive independently, such to the extent we could create a much more Utopian world in a lot less time.
There should be no handouts to those who are simply too lazy to work. It is a great evil to steal from the rich and give to the poor. To take what is earned by those who have worked hard to give to those who have hardly worked is a grave crime.
Those who have little should be taught how to have more, should be educated how to raise their standards and to become the best they can be. The bar should not be lowered to accommodate the worst of society. The bar must be raised to increase the standard for everybody. A helping hand must be offered to those who need it, to raise them up to join those who wish to be the best they can be. If that hand is swatted away, then the parasites will find there is no more blood to suck, as none is being offered.
A Utopian society is one where every individual is independent. Even in the ideal end stages of Utopia, where a resource based, machine automated economy takes care of all the work humans do not want to do, a man should still contribute to others, or at the very least, not take more than he should.
A parasite in a Utopian society could steal others belongings, take credit where credit is not due, deceive and manipulate people into doing things for him that they should not do. They would litter, leave public toilets a mess, not clean up after themselves at restaurants or other public places, break public property, graffiti and be a general public nuisance.
When one behaves as a parasite, whether in Utopia or dystopia, they choose to not look after themselves and be responsible for their actions, they do not behave like grown adults.
One who is independent does not make others do for them what they should do for themselves.
An independent man will clean the toilet after he uses it, will put all his rubbish into the appropriate bins, will clean up his messes, wherever he may make a mess, will not destroy public property or cause any problems which require someone else to take care of. Emergencies, like asking for firefighters to come and help put out a fire, are exceptions.
Parasites do not care about the problems they cause for others. They will take what they can without offering anything in return.
Independent men do not cause problems for others, they solve problems.
In Utopia, people should only do things for others because they want to, not because they have to.