Breathe, breathe, breathe...

I get pretty frustrated with Steemit at times and I wish I could just shirk responsibility and shitpost like many others it is just that well, integrity. Damn you integrity!! 

I don't really care what you say or what you say you believe in, we are defined by our behaviours and as uncomfortable as it is, the behaviours in front of others count for very, very little when it comes to integrity of action. 

https://i.imgur.com/ENG2F0R.jpg

It is our thoughts and actions when we are alone, when no one is watching, when we think that whatever we do will never see the light of day. It is who we are when by ourselves that speaks to our integrity. The problem of course is that the only one who has to live with it is ourselves. 

I have something much more in depth to go into with this later but I do find the hypocrisy of humanity interesting. The people who have changed their tune once money gets put on the table, the ones who hide their face so they can act with impunity.

It is interesting watching what people do when they think that they will never be unmasked. They claim to be hiding from authority but through their behaviours they are hiding so they can *be* an authority. It is often so they can inflict their various harms on the people just like any other dictator or national government and remove the chance of repercussion. They are oppressors operating in an environment where responsibility of action does not exist.

Anarchists, voluntarists? Unlikely. They just want their piece of the authoritarian pie. 

If you can't live your beliefs from behind a mask, they are not your beliefs, they are lip-service designed to manipulate, virtue signals acted out to deceive the audience. But, like an alcoholic hiding a bottle in a brown paper bag in public, the mask comes off when alone, no more need to hide. Keyboard governments.

Ever overlaid your belief systems over your actions to see how much conflict there actually is? We all have conflicts, unless enlightened.. or arrogant. Which are you willing to admit?

It was the best of times it was the worst of times...

The best an illusion, the worst reality? Remove the masks... Let's see.

Breathe, breathe, breathe...

Taraz
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