Wow! A deep analysis of our sorry world history. This is the true backstory of the imperial forces that have led to so much sadness. A very useful addition to Paul's analysis.
My serpentine neighbors seem abnormally happy lately. Could the reason be, said civil conflict they await eagerly? This line of work requires no weapon just faith. Mr. Street sees victory which is great for us. Feeling better. Not great. Thanks.
Uniformity of thought is key to the social institutions of our time. Political parties, corporate "culture," education, government, law, the largest religious institutions, large scale agriculture and food production, much of medicine, etc. In all of these, rules of thought must be followed in a hierarchical structure. Any such structure by definition benefits those higher the most. These are above all fundamentalist entities, and it does not matter if the rules and ideas are bad and wrong, because the top of the structure draws its strength from adherence and obedience and is not concerned with right and wrong really, only wealth extraction, control, pomp, spectacle and fealty. Common sense, new, and good ideas in these hierarchical enclosures seem wrong because the bad ideas and rules continually feather the beds of the few at the top. These conditions must be reproduced and reinforced. The simpler the ideas and thoughts that people can be trained to believe, the more binary and basic, the more fear based, the more seemingly unquetionable, the easier it is to promulgate them. The bearer of these thoughts is made to feel powerful when quite the opposite is true. The victims of fundamentalist thinking will fight tooth and nail to preserve their right to continue mistaking being oppressed and misguided for being powerful. A revolutionary is the person who sees the bad for what it is and proposes a variety of options and solutions which frighten the entrenched and vested interests and their muddled adherents who prop them up. The revolutionary seeks what is true and not what is convenient and expeditious for the established status quo. The revolutionary does not seek what calms, soothes and reinforces the relationship between those at the top and those below, the controllers and the controlled, but that which disturbs them both, because the revolutionary does not believe these types of human relationships should exist. Bringing the revolution to the people must first consist of divesting commonplace thought from the calcification and blindness of obedience to fundamentalism in all of its forms. The task is worthy and freeing and no other vocation can be more admirable.
Wow! A deep analysis of our sorry world history. This is the true backstory of the imperial forces that have led to so much sadness. A very useful addition to Paul's analysis.
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-middle-easts-roots-lie-in-the?utm_source=substack&publication_id=778851&post_id=148250262&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=b7mwa&triedRedirect=true
Thank you for bringing me back to reality.
My serpentine neighbors seem abnormally happy lately. Could the reason be, said civil conflict they await eagerly? This line of work requires no weapon just faith. Mr. Street sees victory which is great for us. Feeling better. Not great. Thanks.
Good piece, Paul.
"hey Sera Sera what ever will be will be
The futures not ours to see"
Miss those innocent days Paul. Hey Sera sera.
Luv to Oreo
Hey Sera sera
What will be will be
how about a dash or two of revolutionary human agency to change what is?
Uniformity of thought is key to the social institutions of our time. Political parties, corporate "culture," education, government, law, the largest religious institutions, large scale agriculture and food production, much of medicine, etc. In all of these, rules of thought must be followed in a hierarchical structure. Any such structure by definition benefits those higher the most. These are above all fundamentalist entities, and it does not matter if the rules and ideas are bad and wrong, because the top of the structure draws its strength from adherence and obedience and is not concerned with right and wrong really, only wealth extraction, control, pomp, spectacle and fealty. Common sense, new, and good ideas in these hierarchical enclosures seem wrong because the bad ideas and rules continually feather the beds of the few at the top. These conditions must be reproduced and reinforced. The simpler the ideas and thoughts that people can be trained to believe, the more binary and basic, the more fear based, the more seemingly unquetionable, the easier it is to promulgate them. The bearer of these thoughts is made to feel powerful when quite the opposite is true. The victims of fundamentalist thinking will fight tooth and nail to preserve their right to continue mistaking being oppressed and misguided for being powerful. A revolutionary is the person who sees the bad for what it is and proposes a variety of options and solutions which frighten the entrenched and vested interests and their muddled adherents who prop them up. The revolutionary seeks what is true and not what is convenient and expeditious for the established status quo. The revolutionary does not seek what calms, soothes and reinforces the relationship between those at the top and those below, the controllers and the controlled, but that which disturbs them both, because the revolutionary does not believe these types of human relationships should exist. Bringing the revolution to the people must first consist of divesting commonplace thought from the calcification and blindness of obedience to fundamentalism in all of its forms. The task is worthy and freeing and no other vocation can be more admirable.