Stockholm Syndrome Society - Why Defend Our Captors?

Why do so many people defend the current system of governance? When you look at the evidence objectively, it's clear for anybody to see that the current socio-economic and it's attached political system is at best flawed and at worst completely corrupt. It has consistently served to further drive inequality and repeatedly fails to improve life for those who are suffering the most. It's achievements are few and far between, often short-lived and usually dwarfed by it's colossal failures, lies and inability to follow through on the promises by which it was empowered. So why do so many people in this country still defend, often aggressively, the system which consistently fails to serve them?

Stockholm Syndrome

Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological phenomenon (also known as capture-bonding) whereby hostages develop positive feelings towards their captors, sometimes even identifying with or defending them. Such
a relationship is said to occur because of the helplessness experienced by a hostage at the hands of their captor and the related dependency on them for survival. Hostages can come to see a lack of abuse by captors as an act of kindness, regardless of the situation they have been placed in by those very same people.

The capture-bonding process is said to be a defense mechanism designed to protect the Ego. If the hostage can come to develop some kinship with their captors, then they will see them as less threatening and thus cause a drop in the psychological stress experienced by the hostage.  They also become somewhat comfortable with the hostage situation itself and fear what will happen if it changes. In a long-lasting siege situation, this process may even be a contributing factor to the little-known Lima Syndrome - in which captors become fond of their hostages.

Abusive Relationships are another great example of how Stockholm Syndrome can induce helplessness and prevent people from breaking out of the cycle of abuse. The abused become so dependent on the person doing the abusing, their sense of self-worth so linked to the abusive relationship, that they fear being unable to exist in any other situation. They feel like they deserve to suffer in this situation and blame themselves whenever something bad happens. The abusive relationship is so insidious that people often need to be told that it is abusive and are unable to see it for themselves.

The Fear of Change

Ultimately, I think Stockholm Syndrome plus an unhealthy dose of Cognitive Dissonance serves to provide a good explanation as to why people have become so blind to the horrors inflicted upon the planet by the Governments of the world. We have been put in this position by the system and all the hardships we endure is because of that system, yet we take the lack of direct violence as evidence of good intentions. It is much less stressful to our Egos to believe that the Government and the financial backers who support it are not trying to hurt us, rather than to accept the truth of the situation.

We are being held hostage by the Government, who have been sent to do the bidding of a few disgustingly rich people. They keep us stuck in the system by forcing us to work for the right to life itself (food, shelter, clothing etc), they take away our freedoms, control our media and indoctrinate our children. When critical thinkers stand up and try to talk about the fact that it doesn't have to be this way, people get scared. If we try to change the system, who knows what could happen? They're not actually trying to kill us (really?!?!?) so they must be working for our benefit, right?

The non-aggression by our captors is mistaken for kindness and people forget the whole system which is keeping us working just to get through the month. They forget that this is facilitated by the captors, that they could give us true freedom at any point, but they chose not to. We are held captive in this slave-factory, told that we cannot exist without it. But outside the sun is shining and without the captors restricting us, we are free to solve our own problems. Free to pool our knowledge and use our combined skills to build anything we desire and anything we dream of!

Do We Really Need THEM?

The simple truth of the matter is that The Hierarchy Enslaving You are only able to do so by our own admission, apathy, or complicity. It is time to step back and look at the whole of the situation of our lives and realise that we are in fact being held hostage, the weapons they use to keep us in line are poverty, intimidation, fear and despair. They have us so convinced that we could not function without them that we struggle to see a way out of the system and collectively vote for it's continuation in the hope of the illusion of change because - remember - most people actually fear that.

It is time for us to break away from The Hierarchy Enslaving Mankind, it is time for us to tackle our Stockholm Syndrome Society. We need to be brave, we need to show courage and we need to have faith in ourselves - not anyone else. You are stronger than you believe and together we can thrive without the parasites at the top of the pyramid getting fat on our labour. It's time to put down your ego, realise that your head is filled with lies, your emotions have been manipulated and your productivity hoarded. Look the abusive system straight in the eye and say no, say it loudly and proudly.

Figuring out that you have been deceived and enslaved is a painful realisation and something that every person who has been in an abusive relationship can attest to.

Peace, Love and Light,

Namaste

Fanfare for The Conscious

Sources

Wikipedia: Stockholm Syndrome
Dr. Joe Carver: Love and Stockholm Syndrome
F4TC: Genocide by Proxy - Weaponised Poverty