Solid Block of Ise

I’ve been thinking about our fearless leaders a lot today. As many others I’m worried that Sweden has begun it’s slippery descent into totalitarianism when our elected politicians voted through the FRA-law.

The thing though that worries me isn’t that it might be abused. My heart already knows that it’s a virtual fact, that such a leaky law with so many double-clauses and vague definitions will be abused. I’ve accepted that, and in time I will adapt my living-style to these new premises.

Neither am I worried or upset that everyone in favor of this law - all the way up to the head of state himself - is desperately trying to smooth things over and make people forget about all this. Whatever their motives were, they’re now acting in accordance with whatever motivated them to vote this bastard through. If their motives were sinister, then of course they will try to make people forget. If their motives were noble and they realized their mistake, then of course they’re trying to smooth things over in order to save face and hopefully some kind of political reputation. In short, they’re doing what humans have done for centuries - screw other lesser humans over and then try to justify it. Nothing new there.

No, what worries and upsets me is that our elected leaders have no faith in us, the people who voted them into office. We’re expected to behave like sheep and every four years dutifully vote the next bunch of fear-mongers into office. We’re not expected to actually have any opinion.

What upsets me is that our elected leaders are treating us like children. They don’t deign to explain why they claim that the law is good, they just stonewall us and say that we don’t understand it. Just like a bad parent who’d rather not try to explain something to an inquisitive child and instead gives some bullshit reason and then say “that’s the end of this discussion”.

I’ve long maintained that much of the democratic system in most western countries are carefully designed machineries that give us one single “power” and that’s it. Our only input into who runs the world is through the vote, and in every other effect we the people are simply uninteresting children. We’re supposed to sit quiet and not make a fuss, and when we make a fuss our inept parents simply tell us how they want things. They don’t give any reason, they don’t explain anything. They simply treat us like dumb children.

I’m certain that many politicians in their naivety actually believe they’re trying to protect us. That’s the really scary part. Sure, I’m certain as well that there’s way too many politicians whose only interest lies in acquiring power and money, and then keeping those at whatever costs. But I hope and think that most people who participate in the absurd race of politics do so with the intention to do good.

The sad thing though is that through their ineptitude, naivety and unwillingness to listen to the people who put them in power, they’re enabling the darker kind of politician to pursue the oppression of the people.

Sweden is becoming a nannystate. One where our leaders believe they’re protecting us from some imaginary threat, or from ourselves. What they’re really protecting us from is freedom and evolution.

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