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Edited on Mon Jan-23-06 05:07 PM by dusmcj
social hierarchy to perpetuate economic hierarchy
control of access to opportunity so that the right to pursue happiness (or property, let's not waste our time with that argument) becomes a privilege controlled by a symbiotic entity of social networks and formal government - one is an expression of the other.
fascist capitalism, in which large-scale business is served by government, and in fact populates government.
a world in which the prime directive is that "Natural Law" (rather, their self-serving degeneration thereof) whose naming implies that it is received and that it is immutable, declares that survival of the fittest is the nature of life, that strength is required in order to survive, that weakness is to be feared above all else, and that to survive (or rather, thrive, as in "thrive, don't survive") we must circle the wagons, quickly converge on utilitarian organizational structures which optimize our chances of prevailing against threats real and imagined, and compromise the rights of the individual, including their right to manifest their own potential, in order to create a group which collectively operates as smoothly as possible. The key rule to making this happen is to always accept that those who already have power must be allowed to retain and increase it; this minimizes internal conflict and maximizes opportunities to maximize the aggregate power of the collective. The path for the individual to secure their own well-being is to play within this framework, and only advance to the extent that their fellows allow them to.
Abstractly it is a zero-sum view of reality in which all resources, particularly power and opportunity, are seen as constrained - if you get something, someone else loses something. The only acceptable way out of this impasse is to identify win-win solutions which increase the acolyte's advantage without leaving power-holders feeling like they have lost any of theirs.
We note that this is in direct opposition to the Enlightenment principles of the free conscious individual who exercises his volition without constraint or coercion by his fellows, guided by an internal ethical code which he forms in conjunction with abstract principles (formerly known as 'God') about what behaviors optimize or degrade physical conditions, for the individual and for society. (As opposed to what behaviors leave powerholders feeling good.)
Join the hive mind, there is no hope.
Then you'll be Firm, Confident, Connected, Under Control, have Resolve, and be a Leader. And an Owner. Since everything and everyone needs to be owned by someone (who are the people we Recognize). Abandon your silly delusions that there are any absolutes, or any standards beyond those which those with the most power, or the biggest mouths, manage to establish as truth. Accept Natural Law, everything is relative.
Thankfully, nature doesn't give a shit about the puling arrogations of the 'dominant' species on the planet and its 'dominant' culture. It's just a shame that the shitstorm that the 'dominant' ilk is unleashing will affect those normal people who represent a more evolved culture and species. I never did think we were all farm animals, after 15 years of Bush family rule it's clear that some of us are and some of us aren't. And we recall that sharp dualities like dominator and submissive lead to identity between the opposites, and hear the bleat of the little Prince on TV, and understand.
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