Norberto R. Keppe* An excerpt from the book: Liberation of The People: The Pathology of Power
Every human being from the moment of birth becomes a slave to those who hold socio-economic power because he must buy his food, the house he lives in, the clothes he wears, the shoes he uses on his feet — in practical terms, an infernal mode of existence.
And the worst of it is that every day we see people dying of hunger and cold around the world as a result of the malevolence of those who hold economic power — cold individuals, devoid of charity, aggressive and evil as only demons can be.
Those who have socio-economic power believe it is they who carry the world, not that all the rest of humankind must carry them, with their egoism and exploitation which deprives human beings of their well-being and freedom.
It seems incredible, but true human liberation depends basically upon the nullification of socioeconomic power, for humanity is controlled by such power, which has monopolized all of the means of production as well as science, the arts and technology, to such an extent that all countries and all people are dependent upon it. It is like the Mafia, forcing every scientist, every artist, every worker to return to it the product of his labor if he wishes it to be used.
The greatest sin in all the world lies in power, which today is to be found in the socio-economic realm, because the individual in power manifests all of the human being’s erroneous attitudes: envy, hatred, greed, sloth, pride and lust. The manner in which such power is being used reflects an attitude of denial, omission and distortion of reality.
The time of the all-powerful in the economy is approaching its end. They have withdrawn to such a great distance from actual work that they no longer have the endorsement to continue to earn their fabulous profits; they are decadent and stupid. It is fundamentally important that the people cease to support them if they are to avoid sinking with them.
If work done is not designed to help others, then such work will harm others, as we see happening in the world today: one third of the global population is starving, one fifth lacks decent housing, and ninety per cent do not earn enough to have a comfortable life.
All of the existing means of repression defend the socioeconomic powers-that-be with a vengeance because, to begin with, the police, the politicians and even the people themselves believe they are dependent on such powers; and secondly, because there is a psycho-social inversion of values in the minds of individuals and also collectively in society. This inversion leads the human being to imagine the opposite about reality — in this case, thinking that the people need the powerful, instead of that the powerful are dependent upon the people.
Thus, our most important task is to educate the people and help them to develop so that they will become conscious of what is rightfully theirs and take charge of it. After so many centuries of lies it is difficult for the human being to perceive all of a sudden how he has been deceived. Nevertheless, we must begin to do this now; and within a short period of time people will come to appreciate what is being done to liberate them. What we desire is precisely this: the liberation of the people. Whether in the spiritual, the philosophical, or the scientific realm the truth is that we have always been slaves, and now finally we have the means to free ourselves from the “ demons” who have spoiled our existence and who, at the present time, are clinging to social and economic control.
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