AUTHORITY—THE NUISANCE
One of the things that has truly vexed me over the years is the question of why BDSM folk are such chicken-shits. They will whine and moan about how the despised nillers persecute them and make life difficult for them but the moment someone gives them effective ways to fight back, they get absolutely paranoid and terrified.
Frankly, they disgust me and there have been a number of times when I have desired to wash my hands of their damned community.
But the truth is that the problem is not so much with BDSM folk as with the damned D/S types.
Now, I don’t usually make that distinction. I think distinctions and hair-splitting is the absolute bane of our little hobby, sort of like the morons, fools and sundry idiots that waste time and bandwidth about the distinction between a sub and slave as if anyone but them gave a tinker’s damn in the first place. But in this case I think it actually matters because it involves a mindset problem.
D/S people base their lifestyle on the concept of authority. The idea of exchanging power is nonsense because power comes from the barrel of a gun. Authority, however is something that is granted voluntarily. One may bend before power and have nothing but contempt for the pretensions of authority that the power may have. And this is important because it gets to the root of the problem.
Because D/S is based on authority, the sort of rebellious nature that a true revolutionary needs in order to attack a status quo is very difficult for D/S folks to manage. It strikes at the very root of their character because they do not see how they can affirm authority in their relationships and at the same time attack it in the broader world. And the truth is that it would be very difficult for them to do that because they would have to divide their psyches. Thus they affirm the rule of law by worrying about the legality of their actions and in doing so place themselves under the authority of the society rather than merely acknowledging its power and working to neutralize that power. This may explain the bizarre phenomenon of Xtian BDSM, which actually should be Xtian D/S. They need a chain of command to give legitimacy to their lives and actions. This is why the disease of the Old Guard continues to exist. And why the Old Guard never would have the courage to shock the horses.
It is the reason that when they try to organize something they get bogged down in rules and procedures rather than just cutting the Gordian Knot and doing what needs to be done.
We aren’t dealing so much with cowards as we are dealing with damned fools.
So, as Vladimir Illyich once said, “What is to be done?” And the answer is that I really don’t know. Obviously we cannot just yank these folks out of their way of thinking and it seems that they will endure any insult and ignore any provocation rather than surrender their precious stupidity. Perhaps the best thing to do is stage our revolution and ignore them as the lumpen proletariat and petty bourgeoisie that they are. And we must not expect any gratitude from them when we win.
They will be too busy hiding
One of the things that has truly vexed me over the years is the question of why BDSM folk are such chicken-shits. They will whine and moan about how the despised nillers persecute them and make life difficult for them but the moment someone gives them effective ways to fight back, they get absolutely paranoid and terrified.
Frankly, they disgust me and there have been a number of times when I have desired to wash my hands of their damned community.
But the truth is that the problem is not so much with BDSM folk as with the damned D/S types.
Now, I don’t usually make that distinction. I think distinctions and hair-splitting is the absolute bane of our little hobby, sort of like the morons, fools and sundry idiots that waste time and bandwidth about the distinction between a sub and slave as if anyone but them gave a tinker’s damn in the first place. But in this case I think it actually matters because it involves a mindset problem.
D/S people base their lifestyle on the concept of authority. The idea of exchanging power is nonsense because power comes from the barrel of a gun. Authority, however is something that is granted voluntarily. One may bend before power and have nothing but contempt for the pretensions of authority that the power may have. And this is important because it gets to the root of the problem.
Because D/S is based on authority, the sort of rebellious nature that a true revolutionary needs in order to attack a status quo is very difficult for D/S folks to manage. It strikes at the very root of their character because they do not see how they can affirm authority in their relationships and at the same time attack it in the broader world. And the truth is that it would be very difficult for them to do that because they would have to divide their psyches. Thus they affirm the rule of law by worrying about the legality of their actions and in doing so place themselves under the authority of the society rather than merely acknowledging its power and working to neutralize that power. This may explain the bizarre phenomenon of Xtian BDSM, which actually should be Xtian D/S. They need a chain of command to give legitimacy to their lives and actions. This is why the disease of the Old Guard continues to exist. And why the Old Guard never would have the courage to shock the horses.
It is the reason that when they try to organize something they get bogged down in rules and procedures rather than just cutting the Gordian Knot and doing what needs to be done.
We aren’t dealing so much with cowards as we are dealing with damned fools.
So, as Vladimir Illyich once said, “What is to be done?” And the answer is that I really don’t know. Obviously we cannot just yank these folks out of their way of thinking and it seems that they will endure any insult and ignore any provocation rather than surrender their precious stupidity. Perhaps the best thing to do is stage our revolution and ignore them as the lumpen proletariat and petty bourgeoisie that they are. And we must not expect any gratitude from them when we win.
They will be too busy hiding