The Right to Life Manifesto

The Right to Life Manifesto
We all focus on a day amidst the vortex of life. Until that day arrives, we cultivate hope within us as if forming an enduring patience.
We are beginning to realize that what gives life its joy—and what steals our happiness—is the maddening process of grasping the deep silence of an awareness that ignites our emotions with reason in the inquiry of meaning.
Now, they view us as a burden to the world and are desperately trying to carve us like meaningless objects.
We are becoming aware of a world where we are pushed away without ever truly owning anything morally until we die.
We never promised anyone that we would live under these conditions.
So why are you forcing it upon us?
We know that a humane life cannot be achieved without labor.
But if our earnings must partner with the mere joy of survival, then even our emotions have been corrupted.
There are also those who derive pleasure from working—yet they fail to grasp the true meaning of that feeling.
Because we all share the same destiny of this world: drinking from the same rain, stepping on the same soil.
If the passion for work does not eradicate poverty, then it is mere selfishness.
We must realize that humanity’s problem should not be surrendered to the seemingly flawless logic of humanity itself.
This is the melody of a fabrication, where our labor becomes the executioner of our lifespan.

We are burdened with emotions that strip us of our humanity.
Our inward repressions have led us into the illusion of self-blame.
We see heaps of meaningless information in a world where meaning is lost.
Scientists, through their publications, books, and critiques, leave us hopeless—deprived of the true essence of knowledge.
Yet they expect us to remain transparent and still, without ever considering the moral decay that consumes us.
I ask you: Why are they suppressing our passions?
Why don’t you realize the multitude of suggestions offered just to prevent you from thinking in all this chaos?

The ones who love work the most are landowners, farmers, businessmen, and shop owners—they keep preaching about constant work to secure their own production future.
Meanwhile, we cling desperately to any job offered amidst the chaos.
The world’s poverty stems from the very passion for work held by these groups.
Politicians and business people, who refuse to embrace the idea of equality, constantly dictate to us with dissatisfaction—leaving us feeling flawed and foolish.

I ask you again: on what moral foundation does excessive work stand?
Whose teaching is this?
No matter how you try to justify it, it is the invasion of the body through unease.
Some call this the age of work, self-development, and freedom.
But seeing it this way is madness—it is a process of teaching minds that nothing but work and money is possible anymore.

They are playing with humanity’s roots by trying to glorify work as a universal form of entertainment and ambition.
They want us to remember the future and stay hopeful under the guise of constant innovation and improvement.
They try everything to prevent us from sensing our own reality as it becomes increasingly digitalized.
Haven’t you ever seen a bee? A cow? Witnessed a natural phenomenon?
You are a simple product of nature’s operations—there is no need for arrogance and pride.

Stand up and say: “This world is not for me! These rules destroy my essence!”
We must resist until our numbed hearts can once again teach love to the poor children.

Let us not forget:
It is always possible to do good, and no system will ever be perfect.
They even put us through analysis and synthesis to determine if we are “useful” enough.
A system that claims to be flawless forces us into defensive postures.
At the bottom of a nonsensical hierarchical system, loyalty in slavery is determined by disregarding the labor of others.

We are just as disturbed as you are by the spread of ruthless emotions in societies that go against human nature.
In such an era, salvation cannot come from the past or the present.
Dominating nature disrupts its balance.
And they are dragging us into their own doom.

All these are soft moves—masked in the optimism of the Enlightenment era—designed to bind us blindly to the system with psychological suggestions that want us to ignore today’s problems.
Soon, we will be remembered as the dead of history—deprived of lives we have yet to live.
Because the wreckage of the future is already upon us.
Does this not imply that if the past is lost, the path the future shows us must also be wrong?

We must not brand people, but the system itself.
They want us to fully live in the “present of the future” without doubt or anxiety.
News anchors, weather forecasters, artists catching a tune, newspaper headlines, and billboards—all are feeding into a dictatorship disguised as the salvation of the future.

If faith in modern society lies in money, then we are its capital.
We are forced to believe in a future that promises hope—yet offers none.
Everything is moving too fast.
This unbearable speed reveals that we can no longer keep up.
Alienated generations warn us with stark signs of the approaching darkness.
We want to have the chance to remember and forget the troubles we experience.
Yet we are forced to accept defeat at the very table of this system.

Remaining silent about these injustices is a conspiracy.

The system focuses all its attention and energy on us like a magnifying glass.
Unless we resist and prove their existence wrong, disappearance becomes the chosen consequence.

Think!
The production system's logic steals our time, sentencing us to timelessness—beyond our will and desire.
To destroy this system, we must prioritize human needs over profit.
We must place humanity at the center to protect both our present and future.

Pushing innocent-looking desires within this destructive power is a testament to the development of our moral attitude.

We falsely believe that by working, we are securing our old age—but this is merely throwing away our future.
The system aligns itself with a heartless mentality that has no pity for those who become less “useful.”

They have built a reality that distances the poor from material wealth and the rich from spiritual richness—creating selfishness.
Faced with this inevitable situation, we must become more conscious than ever.

A humanity that has lost its imagination and hope is merely surviving in body.

We must not hide our criticism of the system.
That is why I understand you.
I try to explain the reasons behind all that we experience.
Because we think there is no power left to end the decay of civilization.

But why not envision a more beautiful world—one that is harmonious with nature and grounded in human needs?

Humanity is not that talentless.

Just two centuries ago, states that defined themselves as nations were mere small communities, and nationalism itself had no meaning.
Today, there is not a single human being without a nation.

Then unite, nations!
Let us take the beginning—not the end—of this world as our guide.

The system, through its multiculturalism approach, tries to weaken our cultures—painting them as inferior.
Meanwhile, it attempts to assimilate us into its fabricated culture.

Our situation is so desperate that it is no longer even serious.
The conditions that make human existence possible have been destroyed.

Remember:
Seeing and accepting the absence of hope opens the door to finding a way out.
This can be detected in the consistency of our critical thinking—and it provides reference to our daring stance.

Our resistance to the system must be a moral principle.
We must aim to embody this stance.

To those who say “This effort is in vain”, respond with understanding:
"I have questioned this life rightly, and I have made my choice."

Choosing a life without exploitation and oppression is the sign of a truly humane attitude.

Author:
Şeref Can Sarıkaya
(Sociologist)