Lawful Paranoia, perhaps

Beginning note, or is it beggining? Beckoning, I suppose. To begin, let us keep in mind how excessive...cognitive activity in the realm of paranoia -- fear -- makes one prone to leakage into other areas of their life. A man who suspects he is being followed by the police will begin to fear and fear and fear it until finally it hath consumed his life. Or at least, until some resolution has been played. What interests me, for now, is that element within ourselves that motivates us to fear and accelerated due so. In other words, what makes one fear a little, then fear more, and finally become enraptured, encaptured, encapsulated by it. Some part of the psyche, id it must be, that propogates this primal sensitivity. It has become apparent to me that at least two factors are at work in the, at least the defense/survival aspect of our basis -- one being one's perception inasmuch as it pertains to recognizing danger. The meerkat, with his torso above his hole, keeping his eyes and ears open for approaching danger. The second part being the defensive action - either the active role we take in confronting that danger, or the defensive mechanism we take to avoid that danger. Confrontation or repression/denial/regression/whathaveyou.

So anyway, looking at the persecuted-into-paranoid.. Or, rather, taking the concept from a very specific item I'd like to dump. Looking at the law, we can see that this person has committed some illegal act and is now afraid that he will be held accountable for it wherever he goes that retains law personnel, and every settlement he attains must be impermanent, wrought with fear, etc etc. I apologize for my prose, as well, I will not even get into what might have brought on such inane ideology. The law, however, works for very few. Most people's encounters with police officers are often very reserved, careful of the officer turning on them. I cannot speak for everyone, but as someone who breaks very few laws, I have still noticed the tendency of officers to view everyone not just as constituents, but as potential perpetrators and never ruling out the option of placing an additional arrest. Everyone who does something as petty as speeding on the highway is at risk of potential detention and general unpleasantries. So, my point is: if everyone is subject to fear of the law, then the law works for no-one. Even our president, I am sure, must have some reservations about spending excessive time dealing with certain parts of his government. Simply put, the law puts all under its jurisdiction at disease. And since the law is simply the implied, and often explicit, threat of the masses and willpower of the United States of America (and Puerto Rico), it could be naively implied [tongue-in-cheek, of course] that we being deluded into turning against each other to provide ourselves (and each other) a false sense of security. I suppose I am naive, then, but what I have said is accurate nonetheless. And, we are all spying on our neighbors anyway, making sure our community is devoid of all negative, specific elements we have the lawful power to implicitly remove. Our mutual acceptance of law by motivation of security is what causes us to sacrifice our own liberties subject to the whim of other people. Another magnificent argument, or rather supportive evidence, as to just why we are at work creating our own societies, relegating other people as objects in pursuit of a heaven all to ourselves.

As a Christian might say, can't we just put heaven-on-Earth aside and wait for its due time?

No, they don't; they contort their theology to account for the human condition. That is all.