FreakNation: It’s Aaaaarmageddon!!

If anyone seriously thinks I’m advocating the creation of a society of irresponsible addicts, useless low-lifes and various other losers, nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is that society is already composed largely of just such types of individuals. I’m trying to get people to wake up, not to remain asleep. I’m not interested in seeing people GO DOWN on drugs and booze. What I’m interested in is ENLIGHTENMENT; the kind of enlightenment that people achieve when they’re truly free. Do I really believe that Sex, Drugs, Booze, Music, and the Radical, Liberal lifestyle can bring about such freedom? Actually, I do. I’m very much of the opinion that The Road of Excess DOES lead to the Palace of Wisdom, and though that’s a path that requires the seeker to proceed with the most serious kind of intent, it also yields a purity of vision unattainable by any other methods. At the very least, such a lifestyle is a constant reminder that Fundmentalist America represents everything that’s divisive and destructive to its own citizens, and to the world at large. They’re the bastards that are going to take us down once and for all if we let them get away with it. Their mindless policies have created a pathetic excuse of a social order that shall be remembered by its fruit: Boredom, Paranoia, Intolerance, Emotional Imprisonment, Alienation, Estrangement, and ultimately Death…both literal and figurative.

So I hope you now understand that my philosophy has to do with a cure, and not merely the replacement of one disease with another. I haven’t the least interest in seeing people become mindless zombies from overindulgence. I’m interested in seeing them become truly HIGH, ENERGETIC AND UNCEASINGLY RESPONSIBLE by learning to GET OFF on their lives. I’m interested in seeing them begin to HAVE FUN. Not many people think in such terms any more and it shows. Our culture is uptight, uninteresting, and most of all, unsuccessful. The heavy, serious tone of the fundamentalist ethos has created a society of neurotic madmen and put them in charge of the asylum. So get this through your heads and into your bones: Modern America is nothing more than a failed exercise in repressive ideology, and if a little partying can get people to rise up out of such a baleful quagmire, then I say ‘Get Down, Get Funky, and Let Your Freak Flag Fly. Oh, and go ahead and burn one for ole J.T. Above all, remember that what’s ultimately important, no matter what methods one uses to get there, is the realization that the solution to the problem of human self-actualization lies in the reconstruction of culture and that we must all play a joyful, integral part in the process. Long live FreakNation!

Editor’s After-Thought:
In working on this post, it struck me that if FreakNation is really going to BE a nation, it would benefit greatly from the creation of a ‘Declaration of Independence. A rough form of Constitution would be in order as well. I have therefore decided to set out upon just such a plan. It will require a little thought and a lot of organization. But in the meantime, in lieu of the longer detailed versions to follow, let’s at least start with an outline of the basic tenets of FreakNation. Sorta like the way-cool ten-point Party Platform and Rules created by the Black Panther Party in the 60’s. Our mission has much in common with the mission of Huey Newton & Co. back in the day. FreakNation IS the Panther Party of our time. The main difference is that we will constitute a much larger group. We’ve come to a point now where it’s not just about color any more. The Right-Wing Fundamentalist power structure in America oppresses ANYONE who dreams of a better life than simply becoming one of the white-collar-conservative-corporate-shit-mongers that they present as our standard social models. And ANYONE who’s eating that shit—and is sick of tasting it—will find a home here. FreakNation is your new affiliation, and we’re going to be huge. Here, then, is the first ever FreakNation Party outline. (continued…)