The first requirement for stepping outside the dialectic or stepping outside the Panopticon (the intoxicating illusory world created by media, etc) is to realize the fundamental nature of this particular illusion, i.e. that it is a deliberate creation, an exemplar of social engineering par excellence. The reach and scope of the illusion is vast and truly astonishing when you begin to be aware of it. And the particular illusory bubble that people exist in within what is known as the USA has very distinctive features. Let me remark here that all social constructs could be considered to be, to varying extents, similar bubbles, but few in history have such a remarkable self-reinforcing, integrated structure. This particular bubble has all the hallmarks of the Hegelian dialectic, and being deliberately created for a particular purpose. I will not spend too much time with the interconnections between the Founding Fathers and this Philosophical System other than to say that Adam Weishopf who is considered to be the modern founder-of Masonism - it would be more correct to say one who again surfaced the tenants of Masonism - and his theories were very well known to the Founding Fathers, in fact George Washington was a Mason. There are compelling historic and intellectual connections between Masonic thought and the Hegelian Dialectic. Anyway, I digress - with respect to stepping outside the box, the first step is to become aware that you are in a box or special environment. It is very difficult for fish to know that they are in the water because their being is so utterly integrated into their environment, for example - but anyone who has pulled a fish out of the water knows that even fish have expressions because one can see that they certainly look shocked when removed from their environment. I warn you that stepping outside even an unpleasant environment is a shock, but in this case it must be done!
Stepping outside the Panopticon and the dialectic involves simply, once one recognizes the key features, removing one's consent from a system that depends upon our full participation and consent in order to exist! Without our consent and full participation it ceases to exist for us personally - if the collective WE withdrew consent, it would utterly fall and a new human reality would come into being.
Simple examples of removal of consent - do not participate in any systems that support the Illusion, or reduce such participation to a minimum always maintaining awareness of what it is that you are doing: 1.) reduce to an absolute minimum mindless "consumerism" - human beings are not, contrary to propaganda - "Consumers." Someone would like us to believe we are and reinforcement of that illusion is essential to the control paradigm. 2.) turn off the TV. TV is the main conduit of propaganda and social control/thought and impulse entrainment. 3.) begin to understand that the entire world around you actually reflects what you think, do, and say; rearrange thoughts, actions and words accordingly. 4.) begin to think deeply about the fact that personal ethos is the foundation of a meaningful human life - analyze and assess and make adjustments accordingly 5.) when impulses and feelings arise that serve only to cause dissension, conflict, alienation and hatred amongst human beings STOP and reassess. Do NOT engage in destructive patterns unless one's very life is in danger, and then - take action with deliberate, conscious, razor-like precision. Conscious and deliberate action NOT mere visceral reaction, is the high road to human development. Mere reaction entraps once more in the Control Paradigm. 6.) Withdraw support of any kind from the existing paradigm once its features and players are clearly recognized, and this includes money, time, energy, and participation........................the existing paradigm is a parasite and relies totally for its existence upon the participation, wittingly or not, of the majority of humans. Once the participation ceases, the current destructive paradigm FALLS. This essentially describes what I am doing differently, how I am thinking differently and I believe more people are acting and thinking in this way.
As for voting - sadly, and I do not mean to rub this in - you can see with your own eyes that you may have voted and your "candidate" may have "won" - but is anything any different? What does common sense tell you? The problem is not within you - the problem lies in the false reality which only continues to exist to the extent that you give it your lifeblood and energy. Not voting IS an option - and may be a moral and intellectual obligation when the false alternatives presented are harmful to you, me - and everyone.
With best wishes for an AWAKE AND AWARE New Year, take heart loved ones, together we can make a difference!