When you look around, does the world exist in the way you see it? Or instead, is there a subplot present which runs against everything you thought you knew?
I know as I look around, there is a lot of noise. Fear is for sure present and people are clamoring to their leaders to protect them at all costs, even at the cost of their liberty. We all want to be safe. In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, safety is pretty high up there. What will you give up to be safe?
In Call of Kayden, the answer is a lot. If you really want to be fully safe, then personal choice naturally needs to be removed. All choices must be decided by experts who know best, basing their recommendations on scientific principles. What you eat, how you clean yourself, what your job in society is, how much eco-footprint you are allowed to have. By prioritizing the good of society, it will ultimately protect the good of the individual? That is what we are being told right now isn’t it? But at some point, the individual becomes irrelevant, that is unless you are the government official.
I sat in on a local government meeting the other day and they were discussing who were “essential” workers. Someone quickly made a motion to designate all county employees as essential, otherwise they may not be allowed to come to work.
Now I am not saying they were or were not truly essential. I am not close enough to what they do to know that. But there was not a discussion to have an honest conversation on who could be exempted from the essential list. They were quick to shut down local businesses and deem them non-essential but it was self-evident that they were an exception to it. After all, what is more important than the actions of government?
In Call of Kayden, it is no different. Those who serve in government gain special benefits that the rest of society does not have. Do as I say, not as I act. The main character, Gabriel, is a government official who is put in a position where he has to truly question his role in society. Does the world exist as he has been conditioned to believe, or is there a more truthful way to view it?
This book will really challenge you to look at the world around you with a fresh set of eyes. No, our society is not to that point yet, but if we lose focus, could it get there? The answer to that is something you will need to decide for yourself.
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