Gameified Reality and Bizarre Ideology

When people are acting "naturally", that is mostly unconsciously by following long standing customs, or according to manifest common sense, they're acting "freely", that is unencumbered by the need to adhere to "rules". That scenario might not be utopian, nor result in relationships that are fair and stress free, by the way. The strong can dominate the weak. Cheaters can prosper, etc... However, there's not a lot of overhead cost associated with that scenario. There's minimal officialdom, bureaucrats, etc... because there's no regulation. The "frontier" in the US in the 18th and 19th centuries was like that

By contrast, authoritarians often force people to "believe" various weird, anti-nature, nonsense ideas and religions. This is often associated with very heavy bureaucracy or rule by force. During the Reformation period, for example, some regions or cities in Europe came to be dominated by cults where, it seemed, the main goal of whatever government apparatus came to be was intent on making citizens take part in particular christian sectarian beliefs and practices.

The "leftist" ideology in the US is like that today. It's at war with nature and easy going, laissez-faire life. Several states in the US institutionalized leftist ideology in law and corporate catechisms of the HR department. It's mysterious to me how that continues and actually expands every year. In the early 90s the concept was basically "be nice to women at work" and today it's "make sure you know the pronouns of the 0.1% of the population who cares about such nonsense or you'll get fired".

The United States founding is much different than other nations. It consciously enshrines the tension of "positive laws" (or gamified reality or rules) and "nature's laws". The Declaration of Independence is the real founding document of the US and is a brief statement of the nature of things, then the constitution is nested inside of that and represents a mere paper agreement.

The gamifiers, authoritarians, religious schemers throughout history attempt to capture the natural man and put him to work for them. Generally the natural man gets tired of it after a while, which can be a very long time.