{"id":63135,"date":"2022-07-24T18:49:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T23:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63135"},"modified":"2022-07-24T18:49:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T23:49:19","slug":"our-entire-civilization-is-structured-around-keeping-us-from-realizing-we-can-do-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63135","title":{"rendered":"Our Entire Civilization Is Structured Around Keeping Us From Realizing We Can Do This"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"a938\" class=\"pw-post-title if ig ih bn ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is it iu iv iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd gi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caityjohnstone.medium.com\/our-entire-civilization-is-structured-around-keeping-us-from-realizing-we-can-do-this-c7f6dde47b5\">Our Entire Civilization Is Structured Around Keeping Us From Realizing We Can Do This<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"fr ft jf jg jh ji fn fo paragraph-image\">\n<div class=\"jj jk dp jl cf jm\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">\n<div class=\"fn fo je\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cf jn jo\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/max\/1400\/1*4IAzd4riz1_3tDDm_Sb7_g.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"379\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"56a8\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph jp jq ih jr b js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km ia gi\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><a class=\"au kn\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/going_rogue\/our-entire-civilization-is-structured-around-keeping-us-from-realizing-we-can-do-this\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\"><em class=\"ko\">Listen to a reading of this article:<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"kp kq kr ks fz ji\">\n<div class=\"m l dp\">\n<div class=\"wy ku l\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gg aq as ag cf\" title=\"Our Entire Civilization Is Structured Around Keeping Us From Realizing We Can Do This by Going Rogue With Caitlin Johnstone\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fw.soundcloud.com%2Fplayer%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fapi.soundcloud.com%252Ftracks%252F1302305446%26show_artwork%3Dtrue&amp;display_name=SoundCloud&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fgoing_rogue%2Four-entire-civilization-is-structured-around-keeping-us-from-realizing-we-can-do-this&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi1.sndcdn.com%2Fartworks-CEfzWgw0Gk0kFN86-7p9k6A-t500x500.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=soundcloud\" width=\"692\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"9045\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph jp jq ih jr b js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km ia gi\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">\u2756<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"kv kw kx\">\n<p id=\"4426\" class=\"jp jq ko jr b js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ky kb kc kd kz kf kg kh la kj kk kl km ia gi\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Rise, like lions after slumber<br \/>\nIn unvanquishable number!<br \/>\nShake your chains to earth like dew<br \/>\nWhich in sleep had fallen on you:<br \/>\nYe are many \u2014 they are few!<\/p>\n<p id=\"390d\" class=\"jp jq ko jr b js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ky kb kc kd kz kf kg kh la kj kk kl km ia gi\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">~ Percy Bysshe Shelley<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"8138\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph jp jq ih jr b js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km ia gi\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">The video footage coming out of Sri Lanka right now has been the recurring nightmare of every ruler throughout history.<\/p>\n<p id=\"f900\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph jp jq ih jr b js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km ia gi\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Thousands of protesters outraged by the\u00a0<a class=\"au kn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2022\/07\/08\/mwrb-j08.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\">deteriorating material conditions<\/a>\u00a0of the nation\u2019s economic meltdown have\u00a0<a class=\"au kn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/World\/News\/watch-sri-lanka-protesters-angered-by-economic-meltdown-storm-presidents-house-20220709\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\">stormed the presidential palace<\/a>\u00a0of Sri Lanka\u2019s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and I guarantee you the\u00a0<a class=\"au kn\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsWireLK\/status\/1545686446224183296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\">aerial<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"au kn\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNONews\/status\/1545692019288416256?s=20&amp;t=sqqUPdgFd8F0cmlgCV4XWQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\">footage<\/a>\u00a0as they poured into the building en masse has made every government leader and plutocrat a little uncomfortable today.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kp kq kr ks fz ji\">\n<div class=\"m l dp\">\n<div class=\"aem ku l\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gg aq as ag cf\" title=\"NewsWire \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf0 on Twitter: &quot;Video footage of Sri Lankan protesters taking over President's office in Colombo\ud83d\udcf8 Buddi U Chandrasiri pic.twitter.com\/FINwaaqUat \/ Twitter&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/media.html?type=text%2Fhtml&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;schema=twitter&amp;url=https%3A\/\/twitter.com\/newswirelk\/status\/1545686446224183296&amp;image=https%3A\/\/i.embed.ly\/1\/image%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fabs.twimg.com%252Ferrors%252Flogo46x38.png%26key%3Da19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07\" width=\"692\" height=\"826\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"aeba\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph jp jq ih jr b js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km ia gi\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Just look at that. Look at all those people flooding in there. That is some truly awe-inspiring power. Imagine how terrifying it would be to find yourself on the receiving end of it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9151\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph jp jq ih jr b js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km ia gi\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">I don\u2019t know enough about what\u2019s going on in Sri Lanka yet to comment with any authority on what powers might be at play in this uprising, but I do know that every ruler throughout history has spent time envisioning what would happen if a crowd that size decided to storm their base of operation. If their numbers became too great to suppress, or if your forces who would be doing the suppressing joined the ranks of the people instead, the best-case scenario for you is that you\u2019d have already fled the building by that point, as Rajapaksa\u00a0<a class=\"au kn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/sri-lanka-president-gotabaya-rajapaksa-flees-as-protesters-storm-home-report\/article65619360.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\">had the good sense to do<\/a>\u00a0shortly before the building was stormed. If enough angry people get their hands on you, it won\u2019t matter if they\u2019re armed with rockets or pistols or their own bare hands; you are in for a violent end.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Entire Civilization Is Structured Around Keeping Us From Realizing We Can Do This Listen to a reading of this article: \u2756 Rise, like lions after slumber In unvanquishable number! Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you: Ye are many \u2014 they are few! ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63136,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63135\/revisions\/63136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}