I didn't think I needed any excuse, Kid
On Jun 3, 12:16 am, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dude ..you sound like hobbes.. well he was affected by the english civil > war.. wats your excuse... > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > Perhaps we can say that what you refer to as the "One" is drunk with > > the delusion of domination. Power is not a delusion, it is real and > > possibly necessary for social functionality alternative to chaos and > > anarchy. Like social upheavals the resistance to domination renders > > an entire metropolis mere flotsam. Empires crumble when domination > > ceases to exist. We, each in our microcosm of life, dominate our > > environment in order to form a stable and productive mechanism. > > Without domination our children, animals, friends and co-workers would > > be completely without semblance. Sure there are those that foam at > > the mouth with the craving for world domination but it doesn't negate > > the basic need for it. We are not slaves to the necessity of > > domination; it is as necessary as any other survival mechanism and a > > natural function; a Darwinian principle. > > > On Jun 2, 6:43 am, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > "the influence, and intoxicating delusion of power provided by > > > domination." > > > > Well put, Ash. One is a slave who allows themselves to be dominated. > > > Those who dominate are actually slaves to their own lower nature. > > > Making the choice to be neither, yet embracing all those that are, as > > > essential to the One, is the means to escaping the slavery we each > > > impose on ourselves. > > > > On Jun 2, 2:12 am, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Here in the US we have a variety of subcultures and most of them derive > > > > from some competition for limited resources (whether real or imagined) > > > > largely influenced by the socioeconomic strata but also including group > > > > identity (class, religion, sexuality, age, ethnicity, political > > > > orientation, etc). > > > > > It is possible to become like a slave to the roles we play through > > > > attachment to our values, ritualized behavior and institutionalized > > > > ideation of our self and the world we live in. The reduction to slavery > > > > I think involves corruption within our faculty of assessment where the > > > > healthy mind reasons flexibly and creatively toward wisdom and > > > > fulfillment of a virtuous life (even if simple by most standards) but > > is > > > > reduced to programmed responses by institutionalizing influences. That > > > > is as an automaton or robotic. > > > > > One difficult matter that Molly and a few others have been mentioning > > > > lately is the influence, and intoxicating delusion of power provided by > > > > domination. If you look across the spectrum of abuse from the vilest > > > > sacks of crap to the excelsior and prestigious cruel overlords of > > reason > > > > you may find them both motivated by similar hungers. The ends justify > > > > the means and self-satisfaction comes at the cost of those underfoot > > who > > > > are the means to their ends. That understanding and thousands of images > > > > strike the anger out of one when the times come, like humble being > > > > branded onto their psyche (or heart). That is what I mean if you hear > > me > > > > say ignorance is a privilege. Also, the faculty of assessment is mostly > > > > subconscious and domination is the most greatly rewarded in society and > > > > the animal kingdom. The trick is to make intentions and motivations a > > > > conscious choice so that we may behave as, and be 'human'. > > > > > IMO > > > > > On 5/30/2010 8:05 PM, kdephil wrote: > > > > > > I want to start off saying I am new here at minds eye. I don't have a > > > > > title nor do i desire one, > > > > > (philosopher ,student, wannabe) it all doesn't matter. > > > > > > I remember when I was younger I wanted to fit in with the kids at > > > > > school. > > > > > I tried the baggy pants and and using curse words like everyone else > > > > > was doing at middle school, > > > > > but it never stick (I was socially retarded for that sort of thing). > > > > > Now that i have gotten wiser I think this > > > > > things were foolish now. > > > > > > so my questions are: > > > > > 1) The way that society(except the family) programs a human, is it a > > > > > type of brain washing ? > > > > > > ex. Mostly in the U.S some woman will try and get a boob job and > > > > > thinks its ok, while most woman from east > > > > > Asia will think the idea is disgusting. > > > > > > (sorry for any grammar errors)- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -
