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Underground eXperts United
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[ What Is This Thing Called The System? ] [ By The GNN ]
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WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED THE SYSTEM?
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by THE GNN/DualCrew-Shining/uXu
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deus ex machina
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machina ex deus
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Naturally, this file is based upon a non-critical empirical
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study of the actual world, therefore it is free from ideological
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and individual dogmas. What I present are no personal statements,
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they are merely humble facts. Amen.
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Often used, but still rather dull, the concept 'system' bears a special
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quality; it is always thought of as the guilty part when 'something' is wrong
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in society. When people feel a sort of alienation or dissatisfaction towards
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something, the word 'system' rescues the individual from further thoughts.
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It is easy to blame 'the system'. Some people prefer to use the word 'state'
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instead, but it is fundamentally the same thing; a good, though invisible,
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combatant for pseudo-intellectuals and common people to verbally fight with.
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But what is this thing we call 'the system?'
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The definition of a 'system' says that it is a composition of smaller
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parts, that need not to be identical (in fact, it would be rather strange if
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that was the case) nor even close in resemblance with its construction. A
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nail or a plank is not identical with the house it is a part of.
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Yet, a system cannot exist without the help from these smaller parts.
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Even though they are individually disposable, they must always exist in a
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certain quantity. If that was not the case, the system would fall apart and
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cease to exist. If we remove one nail, nothing will happen, but if all of them
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suddenly disappear, the house will fall apart. The parts would still be
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around, unorganized perhaps, but the system in question would be no more.
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It is important to emphasize the crucial detail that the parts are not
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identical with the system they are a part of. A nail is a nail, nothing
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more, nothing less. Yet, it keeps the house together. By merely studying a
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nail, we cannot know anything about the system. We need to step back and see
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things in a bigger picture to be able to get a grip of what is actually
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going on.
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The System we are experiencing every day is very hard to get a grip of.
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It is often thought that the System is separated from the individuals. The
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line of thought in this case is that the individuals are unable to affect
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the System, or that the System has a will of its own and desires. That
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cannot be the case, because a system can just interfere with and gain
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strength from its own parts. It cannot do anything with things that are
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separated from it.
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This may sound rather strange. We do believe that when we are treated
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badly by the System, we are not 'in' it. Nothing could be more wrong. The
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truth is that we are all a part of the System, we are all keeping it alive.
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The System around us is nothing more than a our own collective madness.
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What is troubling with all this is that when people blame 'the System'
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they are blaming themselves and their indirect stupidity. This is of course
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not that unexpected, because the people of today are not especially
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intellectual. They are just able to see the symptoms, not the disease. If
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they would see the disease, they would realize how complex certain things
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are, and that is for sure a hard thing to experience for a small mind.
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By merely looking at one individual, or groups of individuals even, we
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will not understand the System they are a part of. When those individuals
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reflect upon themselves, the result will be the same: They will not see
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the System, they will just see themselves. Therefore, when they blame 'the
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system' they do not really know what they are talking about.
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Some people would object to this and say that they would love to see
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the System break down, and therefore they cannot be a part of it. Sure, it
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is a nice thought. But most of these people contribute to the System too.
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But how can a person contribute to something that he does not fancy at
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all? Indeed, one would like to think that when one does not pursue to uphold
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something, one cannot be said to actively uphold it.
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But this is, unfortunately, perfectly possible thanks to 'indirection.'
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Too many of those who blame the System indirectly contributes to it
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every day. For example, they pay their taxes, they watch and accept the
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latest news on the domestic problems without second thoughts, and they vote
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for people who are employed to keep the System going.
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Why they do this is not that hard to understand; they do it because they
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have failed to see what the System really is. They just blame it, but they
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do not know what it is. Of course, this is a form of internal schizophrenia
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in the individual, and it is often this malady that constitutes the
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alienated feeling against the 'something' that they refer to as 'the bad
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system.'
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Must we be a part of the system? Is it, by definition or necessity,
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impossible to break free? It is not. It is, in a sense, rather hard because
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the complete rejection of the system requires an intellectual step that is
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very complex. Manuals on how this might be done cannot be written.
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The first step is, however, a giant but simple one: Think.
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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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Is a computer terminating your patience?
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Well, FUCK IT! Then check out http://www.algonet.se/~daba
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candy is dandy but liquor is quicker
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