Are liberty and union mutually incompatible?

Answer 1

No. The leaning we humans possess toward challenging our leadership and striving for positions of authority can often spark infighting and incivility, but it is mostly because our common interests are exclusionary. This drive is our society's bane, just as it is our clearest path to Zion. We have been conditioned by the few and prosperous, to believe that we must comply with authority, but what is authority? How do we define authority? Surely we all want freedom. But, ah, the men with black robes are scary. Authority and common interest are one and the same, but people cannot hold absolute power over others and still be within public interest.

I'm not preaching anarchy. You call the guy with the stethoscope "doctor" because you believe he can help you. He has something you want, and this is the essence of power. Eventually we'll have to decide, in majority, that we want an economy based on resources, not artificially inflated pieces of paper. This was supposed to be our focus since day one; sustaining ourselves. However, our long and grandiose move toward what we call "modern civilization" was essentially a head-long leap into Utopia's pitted prison. I suppose one day we'll overcome. We'll stand up and right our wrongs, but not until we're on the verge of our own destruction.