Ed Weick wrote:
> One of the best books I've read on the theme of grand social dreams and
> what happens because of them is John Gray's Black Mass. The simple words
> of Christ led to huge persecutions; The Enlightenment led to chaos and the
> choppings of many heads; the perceptions of Adam Smith justified the
> creation of vast city slums; Marx's idea that workers should own the means
> of production led to Stalinism; and the American dream of freedom and
> democracy has thus far led to Iraq and Afghanistan. How we dream and how
> we behave because of those dreams are two very different things.
What a superficial nonsense. In every single "example" you mentioned,
Predators messed up -- by distorting -- the "social dreams". It was not
the social dreams that "led to" fatal outcomes, it was the action of
Predators that mis-led to fatal outcomes. To blame this on "how WE behave"
(unless "we" refers to Predators), is the usual Predator propaganda --
shifting the blame for their own crimes on to "the masses", "the State"
or other anonymous entities ("the regulations", "the corporations" etc.).
So far, every "revolution" merely replaced one set of Predators in charge
by another set of Predators in charge (or even the same turncoats in a new
coat, as in Russia or Obama's war minister, secretary of state and economic
advisors -- contrary to Obama's election promise to break with the
establishment and start anew with real Change).
But now for the first time in history, the Information Age would have the
potential to finally overcome Predator rule. However, with unimpartial
tricksters like Gurstein calling the shots in "community informatics",
Predators will know how to prevent that, in order to perpetuate Predator rule.
Chris
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