Pandora wrote:The experiment did not account for prevalence of technology on every day life. The problem that rats/mice faced was overcrowding that resulted in unwanted or excessive social interaction. If you translate into today's human social environment, you'd notice an opposite effect. Most people, due to constant use of social media (cell phones, internet, etc.) are actually experiencing less actual, physical, social contact.
In the mouse utopia experiment the mice also tried to isolate themselves from the rest. Overcrowding leading to isolationistic behaviour among individuals.
Sounds a lot like what you are describing among man.
Where overcrowding begins is also dependent on the organism. What is comfortable for a herd animal is already way overcrowded for a pack animal.
Calhoun reasons that it has to do with a breaking down of social roles.
The globalist would think, well, people have to adapt to the new paradigm because the new paradigm is a holy state of affair and the actual people come second.
Ironically, the state of affair being largely man made.
The change in behaviour doesn’t have to be uniform.
There is not one strategy for all because not all are the same and what they are is a large part of what they are able to do, how to cope.
So what would they have to be proud of?
They don’t have to, they just are.
Is the globalist not proud of his globalist outlook?
Of course he is.
And you say he should be because he is on top, but a challenger with a different outlook who is not on top should not be proud of his ways because….’Why even try’ or what’s the reasoning here?
Is the question, why even try to challenge the status quo, or why resist?
It is in the empire’s interest to subjugate its conquered nations, to destroy their national/ethnic pride.
And many small nationalistic countries act like a beautiful frail woman, to be preserved and admired for what she is. But can she defend herself against an aggressor? No, she can only pick who will defend her.
So you think that frail women have no power in this society because they lack physical strength? The frail don’t organise themselves and don’t make politics?
That’s their strength, born out of a need, a lack of individual strength.
Likewise, smaller nations engage in politics as well.
Since you made the analogy, should an individual be proud of him/her-self?
Only if she is successful?
Which brings me to another question, what good does it do to be proud?
Is it for the powerful one like a motivational tool to pleasure his ego?
What’s the purpose of being proud...?
Maybe that can clarify how you think of the not as powerful and their ‘undeserved’ pride, if they have it.
And what would you be proud of while sitting in a dungeon?
Without pride, why resist to be or become whatever your captors intend for you.
Simply put, there are animals which are easily domesticated and there are some which are not. It has advantages and disadvantages.
To be proud is not necessarily about a particular accomplishment.
What retaliation are you talking about? Japan is not even allowed to have an army.
I wasn’t talking about the Japanese in particular, (I don’t know about them blaming anyone) but about how people seek to defend themselves from the ill-will of others by shaming them into ‘not blaming’ others.
First of all, why not blame someone for something?
Like blaming society, or certain parts, or individuals for not being treated equally, lol.
And secondly, I don’t have to blame to have and fight an enemy.
Blaming is tool of social manipulation essentially.
And by that I don’t mean that it’s necessarily always bad but that’s what it is.
Blaming is ‘asking’ or better demanding something, like re-compensation or recognition of a status or whatever.
As for some article of renouncing shit, I think that Japan wouldn’t be the first nation to rip some treaty to shreds if it finds it opportune, and within its interests.