We must study, then work and be a good cog for this
society and then, have a good life. We must be good
citizens and follow all the laws, so the government
protects us, we have to behave well so then we can get to
heaven. We act and we have always been taught that this is
the way to live, to do what others say, and then, by
behaving well, we will have a reward at the end. The
government will eventually do justice for you, all your
work in the best years of your life will give you a
retirement when you are about to die, or because you have
a life full of hardships, when you die, you will have a
place in heaven insured.
Max Stirner is considered a pseudo-anarchist philosopher
who no one takes seriously, just an Edgy, a rebel without
a cause. But for me he is someone who validates my way of
thinking. All these impositions these "causes" the cause
of god, the cause of the people, the cause of society, the
family, all causes are noble causes, except the cause of
oneself, one cannot follow one's own cause. Stirner says
that the only cause one should follow is his own cause, a
cause based on nothing but your own ego.
It was to be expected that Stirner's thoughts would end up
affecting so much a group of the society in which I find
myself, that of non-conforming genders. I consider myself
non-binary, I cannot see myself as a man, but neither do I
see myself as a woman, something that does not fit into
the scheme of society at all. But according to Stirner,
all these social constructs are nothing more than "Spooks"
inventions that were created only to control people and
separate them from their own ego. What are the laws? What
are religions? what is the government? What are gender
norms? Inventions, Spooks! and we follow them because they
promise us a prize at the end of the tunnel, but does that
promised future exist?
It is rumored that 80% of current jobs will cease to exist
in the coming years due to artificial intelligence, and
imagine, I am a graphic designer! A promp made by my uncle
Manolo can put my entire career in check, there is no
stable future and the only stable thing that I can be sure
of will continue to exist is uncertainty. Nobody knows the
future, so following rules imposed by others for an empty
promise is not worth it.
Being an excluded person from society, Stirner's words are
like a warm hug, a voice that validates what I am and
shows me a path, my path. One where only my desires,
motivations and interests keep me healthy and happy. I
have to move forward with what I like, and let what I love
and what makes me happy kill me.
