No Voice to Loud

I’ve set out to get off social security disability payments for 2015—so far so good.  I’m still receiving a monthly check but am working full time doing maintenance at a hospital.  In six months my payments will be a thing of the past. 

For a while, I thought myself to not be able to have as strong a voice for anarchy as a recipient of state funded disability payments.  I am here to say that we all should benefit from the state for as long as it is in existence.  Anarchy does not have to be about not making use of subsidiary funding provided to people for whom assistance is necessary.  Anarchy is a philosophy that suggests without centralized control of wealth and power our society would be more equitable, and less corrupted.  We could provide better care to those who need it because the care provided would be decentralized.

Working is important to me—and getting off disability will help me to stand up for my convictions.  But there should be no shame in receiving subsidiary assistance.  Communities pulling together to assist those whose lives are especially challenging is more in line with anarchist ideologies than maybe any other concept I know. 

To create anarchy we need not only focus on abolishing the state.  And we need not denounce the state funded programs which help those in need.  We need, instead, to find alternative ways to work towards social equanimity which minimize the need for governance.  Working together, as men and women of a free society, is our only means to minimizing the need for centralized control or political power.  Political upheaval will come when the people claim responsibility to each other in the global community.  

What would be better if the person who provided subsidiary funding to another person with a disability knew the person whom they were helping?  Imagine if funds provided to those with disabilities were not provided by a body of governing officials—but instead, by a father or close friend.  Anarchy is a philosophy that the people hold the power to a free state. 

I am working towards minimizing my reliance on the state for my independence.  As I make progress I will afford greater realization of my own personal sanctity.  As much as I can, I will disallow that the state influence how I am to lead my life.  But in the mean time I will know that my voice is strong because I am a human being—just like everyone else.