Reply #9: Two Worldviews...Inward Vs. Outward [View All]

[KharmaTrain]

While it's easy to broad brush here, the ideological lines are truly built upon self interest and one's place in that order. It's a break along class and emotional lines that center on the person's particular view of his/her world and who they relate with.

From my many years of stealing oxygen on this planet, most repugnicans I encounter are selfish and arrogant. They want things "orderly" and feel personal wealth or power is the essence of the "American Dream". It's the golden rule...those who make the gold, make the rules. It also festers on fear and hate...a natural human emotion that is easily used to mainpulate. Organized religion has spent centuries perfecting this "art". They want a world they can control...and revolve around them. When someone upsets this order or questions their motives, then out comes the ridicule and true ignorance. But in numbers, as we've seen, many escape into a parallel universe where President Obama is the Socialist Messiah and up is down. It's a nice cocoon for those inside.

Democrats have been more diverse...looking at a bigger world and not to control it as much as to coexist. Individual prosperity and rights benefit when all are addressed and understood. It's a view of wealth being in a person's health, in their career or art or family...not on the bottom line of a bank account or on a list for St. Peter. It's making the most of the world we live in and celebrate rather than squash diversity.

Yes, it's a big divide that has always existed in one form or fashion. It's almost like the devil/angel debate where man has always battled with their own needs vs. that of the overall community.

Cheers...