NSPIC Debate begins on October 15, 1997
NSPIC relates to a dimension of freedom unknown to practically all freedom lovers and freedom activists -- conservatives, libertarians, objectivists, anarchists, neo-tech owners, etc.
A few days ago, John French sent me this:
"If you can avoid it, never play on the other guy's field, by the other guy's rules, or with the other guy's ball. He didn't design his system to give you the advantage. Remember that organisms defending their own territory are twice as effective as an intruding attacker." -- L. Neil Smith
The best thing each of us can do is withdraw our support and change our whole attitude. I think this is best accomplished by getting a "divorce" from the system, mentally and physically, starting by dumping mind-numbing abstractions. You are on the right track. -- John French
Physically "divorcing" yourself from coercive political systems I call the Economic Means to Freedom. That's not what this message is about.
This message is about mental and intellectual "divorce" from coercive political systems. This is the field of NSPIC -- the Neuro-Semantic Political Illusion Complex. NSPIC consists of a combination of "mind-numbing abstractions" and illusions that together keep coercive political systems in place at the most basic level.
At the most fundamental level, most freedom activists actually help keep coercive political systems in place by reinforcing and spreading the basic "mind-numbing abstractions" and illusions on which the power of coercive politicians and bureaucrats depends.
At the most basic level, many freedom activists, in the words of L. Neil Smith, "play on the other guy's field, by the other guy's rules, or with the other guy's ball."
George Orwell penetrated just through the skin of NSPIC -- the combination of "mind-numbing abstractions" and illusions that keep political systems in place -- in his classic 1984.
Sy Leon, in None of the Above, penetrated a little deeper through the skin of NSPIC.
I don't know if Harry Browne, having written the Introduction to None of the Above, has much of an inkling of NSPIC. (Though, in communicating to the masses, he has to talk as if he knows nothing about NSPIC, in order to be effective.) The NSPIC "mind-numbing abstractions" and illusions are at a deeper level than all the "government myths" exposed by Harry Browne in How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World.
Robert Ringer, in Restoring the American Dream, in Chapter 8 -- "Keeping It All in Place" -- penetrated deeply into NSPIC, but stopped short and didn't follow through.
No other freedom authors I know of seem to have even an inkling of NSPIC -- the combination of "mind-numbing abstractions" and illusions that keep political systems in place.
Understanding and overcoming NSPIC will give you an empowering perspective of yourself and show you a "soft spot" or weakness of coercive political systems you most likely have never even suspected.
Mastering NSPIC will provide you with vastly more powerful options for dealing with coercive politicians and bureaucrats and their systems. John French told us above to "change our whole attitude." In mastering NSPIC, you will be amazed and delighted by how your attitude changes for the better.
To find out more about NSPIC, I suggest you read these three reports at this website:
About half-a-dozen people who have largely or completely mastered NSPIC are subscribers to the AFS list and are available to help you do the same -- and reap the rich rewards.
Frederick Mann
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