Corporations use governments at all levels to distract and divert from what’s really going on in our world. The complexity distracts everyone as we all pay attention to materialism and advertising.   This concept focuses us on the means rather than the ends. We need to be focused on the sustainable, striving, holistic ends in our world while understanding the true nature of problems rather than perceptions.   As mentioned previously, we have way too many laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures in both the public and private sectors.   In addition, we have borders and boundaries like private in public, for example.   We need to simplify by eliminating borders and boundaries wherever possible, and strive holistically to eliminate the complexity, conflict, and controversy that plague our world today.   I’ve always wondered whether Republicanism and democracy are kind of like a war instead of something that advances our world.  Is this concept a distraction or diversion as well?

It increasingly appears that the intricate interplay between dominant corporate interests and established governmental structures, across all tiers, frequently contributes to a collective diversion from the truly fundamental challenges facing humanity. This pervasive dynamic cultivates an environment of overwhelming systemic complexity, conflict, and controversy where public discourse and individual attention are often inadvertently steered towards superficialities – the relentless pursuit of material accumulation and the incessant noise of advertising – rather than towards substantive, enduring truths and more living,  learning and loving.   

Consequently, our collective societal focus becomes disproportionately fixated on procedural mechanisms and immediate, often transient, gains. We seem to be perpetually absorbed by the ‘means’ of our systems, losing sight of the essential holistic sustainable string ends we ought to be relentlessly pursuing: a genuinely sustainable, equitable, and holistically flourishing global community as well as local.  This imbalance is further exacerbated by an evident overabundance of legislative frameworks, intricate regulations, and bureaucratic protocols that permeate both our public administrations and private enterprises.

Moreover, the artificial divisions and rigid boundaries, whether conceptual, such as the often-blurred yet legally distinct lines between public and private domains, or the more explicit delineations between nations, significantly amplify this systemic obfuscation. A crucial pathway towards authentic progress demands a profound simplification – a deliberate effort to transcend these arbitrary distinctions and dismantle the unnecessary layers of complexity that define our contemporary world.

This contemplation naturally leads one to ponder the fundamental efficacy of our prevailing political ideologies. One might ask whether constructs like republicanism and democracy, in their current adversarial manifestations, genuinely serve as engines of collective advancement. Or, do their inherent confrontational characteristics inadvertently function as yet another form of systemic distraction and diversion, perpetuating a state of perpetual ideological conflict rather than fostering unified, progressive solutions for global collaboration? These are vital questions as we consider the path forward for our shared future.   World without end…

Sincerely,

Richard Thomas Simmons