The Best You: The Politics of Self-Optimization

Do you know what negative liberty is? It's when the powers-that-be say, "Solve your own problems. Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. Don't expect us to help you. Make your own way in life. Succeed in a system that was never designed for YOU to succeed, but for those that run the system. US. The In Crowd. The Inner Circle. Our success is guaranteed. It's baked in. Why would we care about you? You're not one of us. You're not part of our family. You're not one of our friends or cronies. There are only a few good jobs in the world, and we've reserved them all. That's the entire point of the system. Sheez, haven't you worked that out yet? Dumb asses."

Wouldn't you rather live in a positive liberty system where the whole point of the State is to ensure you get everything you need to make the most of yourself, to maximize your potential, to be the best you?

What is the best world? It's the world where every person is the best version of themselves. But that's no good to the super rich elite. Their definition of the best world is the one we live in right now where a few people have as much wealth as half of the planet!

If you want an equal chance in life, you had better get rid of those who want unequal chances. The whole point of elitism is to create a system of inheritance, privilege, nepotism and cronyism where the same elite families and networks run everything, generation after generation. You're not in their gang, so you will never be part of the top set.

Have you still not worked out how the world works? Wow, you're slow.