Anarchy is a disease

"Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it. You know, I just do things. The mob has plans, the cops have plans, Gordon's got plans. You know, they're schemers. Schemers trying to control their worlds. I'm not a schemer. I try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are. So, when I say that you and your girlfriend was nothing personal, you know that I'm telling the truth. It's the schemers that put you where you are. You were a schemer, you had plans, and uh, look where that got you. I just did what I do best. I took your little plan and I turned it on itself. Look what I did to this city with a few drums of gas and a couple of bullets. You know what I noticed? Nobody panics when things go according to plan. Even if the plan is horrifying. If tomorrow I tell the press that like a gang banger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it's all, part of the plan. But when I say that one little old mayor will die, well then everyone loses their minds! Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos. Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It's fair." Chaos is not a disease; it is a weapon. Disorder is a tool of revolution. Anarchy is freedom. We attempt to order and systematize our world so that it all goes according to plan. This logic is fundamentally flawed. We create horrid plans and lifestyles, but we do not challenge them, for that would upset the natural balance of things. Slavery must continue because that is how it has always been. Classism must continue, for challenging it would be radical. We build our habits on immoral, horrible ideologies, but defend these ideologies to the death against radicals simply because they are radicals. Instead, we ought to embrace the concept of anarchy as a mechanism for change. Anarchy, chaos, disorder, confusion. They upset the social order. They rock society to its core. They force us to rethink. They force us to rebuild. We can no longer simply keep things the same; we cannot reject change in the face of anarchy. We are forced to escape that mindset of 'the norm' and 'that's just how it's always been' and embrace social upheaval. Our societal norms should not be defended simply because of the fear of change. They must be a cause worth fighting for. Challengers to our social sphere, terrorists, revolutionaries. They force us to question our society and whether they are worth defending. This reaffirms our deepest held values in many cases. Society-as-is is no longer accepted because it always has been. We accept it because we are forced to realize that it is worth fighting for, that it is moral and right. Other times, this forces us to reject our most long-standing ideals. In the face of radical change, we can no longer accept 'it's just tradition' as a defense of our beliefs. We question the values of society and, in many cases, reject them. Slavery survived for centuries with nobody to challenge it. It was just normal; it was just how society functioned. Only after the realization that 'how things were' is no longer an option is true change possible. Order is the disease. Anarchy is the cure. We cannot ever get comfortable with how things are now. We must continue to challenge society with disorder and chaos. The Joker is the hero, not the villain.