Greetings good citizen, I came across an opinion piece in the NY Times this morning submitted by an educator regarding the trend towards 'Liberalism' among the 'highly educated'.
Since Bobo was 'concerned' I got the impression he wasn't (or at least he didn't consider himself) 'liberal'.
He probably is more 'liberal' than he thinks but he brushes that off as part of the 'culture' he finds himself immersed in. If he were digging ditches, he'd be a flag-waving, patriotic, pistol toting, GOD FEARING factless conservo-whacko, foaming at the mouth every time somebody uttered that evil word 'tax'.
Well, this too set the 'hamster wheel' spinning. There are several 'divides' but only three are prominent. The most prevalent is the spiritual vs. the fact based and the second divide is the wealthy vs the poor. Both sides have huge, er, 'ignorant' components which brings us to the third divide, the smart vs the stupid.
Notice I didn't include the Conservative vs Liberal divide because it is really a face off between the fact-based and the spiritual.
Liberals make it a point to know the facts and weigh the evidence while conservatives prefer 'faith' and 'handed down wisdom' over 'dangerous and misunderstood' facts.
How sad is it good citizen that all of the divides come down to the most prevalent one, that of smart vs. stupid.
And the most crushing part of that divide is 'stupid is permanent', ignorance can be fixed!
Which is to opine that 'faith based' ANYTHING is dangerous because the stupid become violent when their beliefs are challenged! The intelligent accept that there are 'alternatives' and that the facts are in a constant state of 'flux'. If the facts change then so do the findings.
The faith-based don't like how knowledge can alter their long held beliefs. Especially if you're one of the few handing out faith-based knowledge (which is accepted as 'flawless'.) It's how you keep the 'rabble' in line.
Since the capitalists 'won' WWII, [and every alleged conflict since] the 'walls of ignorance' and the aversion to questions/transparency has multiplied.
To the 'victor' goes the spoils...so the planet is theirs now.
Which is why the media runs 'liberals' into the ground every chance they get because 'more for me' capitalism doesn't handle truth or questions very well at all.
You notice everything is top secret these days? Well they sure don't want you asking questions because if you knew the truth you'd be rioting in the streets!
This is how we get a political arena like we have now. It is intended to distract you from the deep issues the 'infinite earther's' don't want to address (or YOU to notice.)
Like the end of fossil fuel or the huge and growing homeless population. Ignore either one of these issues long enough and they won't have to explain them, civilization will simply collapse. [The 'responsible parties' plan on vanishing behind their gated compounds and estates, living off the 'prime real estate' they stole from the rest of us while we club one another to death over the last rat to be found among the rubble of the wasteland they created for us.]
Yup, I'd opine that the Smart/Stupid divide is the one that matters although the real 'test' will come when stupid comes to kill you. Will you know what to do? If you don't, you're dead.
The ONLY thing you can do about climate change is 'adapt', there is no choice 'B'. Even the end of 'commercially viable' fossil fuel will leave tens of thousands of gallons just sitting in tanks scattered across the globe, just enough so the maniacs that seize power play 'Mad Max' for a few months, then we all walk and migrate with the seasons/herds.
Although only the most remote herds will survive the starving masses eating everything in their path after the bottom drops out...and too few understand the concept of 'seed corn' never mind the importance of NOT EATING IT!
Which is to opine we will once again have a close encounter with extinction, especially once modern medicine collapses. Left unknown is the high unlikelihood that extinction 'on this planet' means our kind would vanish completely from the universe.
I count myself an intellectual and a somewhat liberal one at that. I think it's fairly evident that this is NOT the 'planet of origin' for our species, but that's just my 'opinion'. The facts just aren't in although the evidence is pretty strong.
The 'racial divide' is the primary evidence for differing planets of origin, the sexual divide is probably the most 'natural' and is not a 'true' divide at all. Two halves make a whole, how much more natural can you get?
That said, the sexual divide is primarily the smart vs stupid divide playing itself out. Men tend to view 'desirable mates' as property and women are 'of two minds' regarding just about everything...making it somewhat pointless to even attempt to explain. They love it but they hate it...enough said. Further hashing just muddies the water more.
Considering what they're (females) expected to put up with under capitalist slavedom, this inherent internal conflict is 'beneficial'. It allows them to cope with the incomprehensible.
But I (dangerously) digress and feel the need to flee this ackward line of reasoning.
There are other divides but I believe I've touched all the major/important ones. Most of the ones I've neglected are subdivisions of the major groups listed here.
I will once again direct your attention to the most important divide of all, that of Smart vs. Stupid. Conservatives view all 'facts' as 'dangerous' making them, by default, 'stupid' [because thinking for themselves makes their head hurt.]
That said I marvel that we (as a species) ever got off the planet of origin although, as we have seen repeatedly, it only takes one genius to advance us all, even if we don't (even partially) understand the ramifications of doing so.
Perhaps this is the 'curse' of mankind, to be aware that others are 'smarter' than you are and always being 'on guard' because of this...
Thank you for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
Since Bobo was 'concerned' I got the impression he wasn't (or at least he didn't consider himself) 'liberal'.
He probably is more 'liberal' than he thinks but he brushes that off as part of the 'culture' he finds himself immersed in. If he were digging ditches, he'd be a flag-waving, patriotic, pistol toting, GOD FEARING factless conservo-whacko, foaming at the mouth every time somebody uttered that evil word 'tax'.
Well, this too set the 'hamster wheel' spinning. There are several 'divides' but only three are prominent. The most prevalent is the spiritual vs. the fact based and the second divide is the wealthy vs the poor. Both sides have huge, er, 'ignorant' components which brings us to the third divide, the smart vs the stupid.
Notice I didn't include the Conservative vs Liberal divide because it is really a face off between the fact-based and the spiritual.
Liberals make it a point to know the facts and weigh the evidence while conservatives prefer 'faith' and 'handed down wisdom' over 'dangerous and misunderstood' facts.
How sad is it good citizen that all of the divides come down to the most prevalent one, that of smart vs. stupid.
And the most crushing part of that divide is 'stupid is permanent', ignorance can be fixed!
Which is to opine that 'faith based' ANYTHING is dangerous because the stupid become violent when their beliefs are challenged! The intelligent accept that there are 'alternatives' and that the facts are in a constant state of 'flux'. If the facts change then so do the findings.
The faith-based don't like how knowledge can alter their long held beliefs. Especially if you're one of the few handing out faith-based knowledge (which is accepted as 'flawless'.) It's how you keep the 'rabble' in line.
Since the capitalists 'won' WWII, [and every alleged conflict since] the 'walls of ignorance' and the aversion to questions/transparency has multiplied.
To the 'victor' goes the spoils...so the planet is theirs now.
Which is why the media runs 'liberals' into the ground every chance they get because 'more for me' capitalism doesn't handle truth or questions very well at all.
You notice everything is top secret these days? Well they sure don't want you asking questions because if you knew the truth you'd be rioting in the streets!
This is how we get a political arena like we have now. It is intended to distract you from the deep issues the 'infinite earther's' don't want to address (or YOU to notice.)
Like the end of fossil fuel or the huge and growing homeless population. Ignore either one of these issues long enough and they won't have to explain them, civilization will simply collapse. [The 'responsible parties' plan on vanishing behind their gated compounds and estates, living off the 'prime real estate' they stole from the rest of us while we club one another to death over the last rat to be found among the rubble of the wasteland they created for us.]
Yup, I'd opine that the Smart/Stupid divide is the one that matters although the real 'test' will come when stupid comes to kill you. Will you know what to do? If you don't, you're dead.
The ONLY thing you can do about climate change is 'adapt', there is no choice 'B'. Even the end of 'commercially viable' fossil fuel will leave tens of thousands of gallons just sitting in tanks scattered across the globe, just enough so the maniacs that seize power play 'Mad Max' for a few months, then we all walk and migrate with the seasons/herds.
Although only the most remote herds will survive the starving masses eating everything in their path after the bottom drops out...and too few understand the concept of 'seed corn' never mind the importance of NOT EATING IT!
Which is to opine we will once again have a close encounter with extinction, especially once modern medicine collapses. Left unknown is the high unlikelihood that extinction 'on this planet' means our kind would vanish completely from the universe.
I count myself an intellectual and a somewhat liberal one at that. I think it's fairly evident that this is NOT the 'planet of origin' for our species, but that's just my 'opinion'. The facts just aren't in although the evidence is pretty strong.
The 'racial divide' is the primary evidence for differing planets of origin, the sexual divide is probably the most 'natural' and is not a 'true' divide at all. Two halves make a whole, how much more natural can you get?
That said, the sexual divide is primarily the smart vs stupid divide playing itself out. Men tend to view 'desirable mates' as property and women are 'of two minds' regarding just about everything...making it somewhat pointless to even attempt to explain. They love it but they hate it...enough said. Further hashing just muddies the water more.
Considering what they're (females) expected to put up with under capitalist slavedom, this inherent internal conflict is 'beneficial'. It allows them to cope with the incomprehensible.
But I (dangerously) digress and feel the need to flee this ackward line of reasoning.
There are other divides but I believe I've touched all the major/important ones. Most of the ones I've neglected are subdivisions of the major groups listed here.
I will once again direct your attention to the most important divide of all, that of Smart vs. Stupid. Conservatives view all 'facts' as 'dangerous' making them, by default, 'stupid' [because thinking for themselves makes their head hurt.]
That said I marvel that we (as a species) ever got off the planet of origin although, as we have seen repeatedly, it only takes one genius to advance us all, even if we don't (even partially) understand the ramifications of doing so.
Perhaps this is the 'curse' of mankind, to be aware that others are 'smarter' than you are and always being 'on guard' because of this...
Thank you for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
No comments:
Post a Comment
If you can't stay on topic then don't say anything...