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Posted by LWolf in General Discussion
Sat Sep 10th 2011, 09:59 AM
We live in the real world. We interact with, work with, people who don't share our values every day.

That doesn't mean that we have to capitulate and adopt their value system.

The real world is not 2-dimensional. It's not a thin flat line on which we place ourselves, with a single label to indicate where we are standing. Left and right, in the real world, change every time we rotate.

If you must use polarized, 2-dimensional, simplistic, flawed rankings, like black and white, good and evil, Republican and Democrat, Left and Right, normal and not, hot and cold, red and blue, them and us, I'd say the split here could be classified as socialism vs capitalism, power vs powerlessness, competition vs cooperation, thinking vs following, individual vs group responsibility, rights vs responsibility, wisdom vs foolishness, pride vs humility, greed vs generosity, bullies vs leaders, fear vs courage, hope vs despair, hate vs love, empathy vs psychopathy, integrity vs corruption, xenophobia vs tolerance, or peace vs. aggression...

What we are really dealing with, socially, politically and economically, are mindsets grounded in competitive power-mongering: pride, greed, fear, despair, hate, psychopathy, corruption, and xenophobia, promoted by well-honed propaganda.

Suggesting that we need to "compromise" with those things in order to walk, fly, or do anything else, is more propaganda.

Those things aren't second legs or wings. They are the ball and chain dragging us down, limiting us, imprisoning us to prevent us from flying, walking, and thriving.



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