Every ant is a part of the whole universe and every ant creates its own universe “in its image”. I heard Alan say those two things. Well, he used the word creature and not ant. Hmm… I wonder if the entity of progressives can create a universe in its image. What does that even mean?
But in the context of this “very important” game we’re playing wherein certain assumptions were made, such as people and ants existing, what considerations do we give progressives as an entity? It’s an interesting puzzle.
I think someone needs to brush up on their Alan Watts.
Coincidentally, I was just now rummaging through my Watts collection to see if I could find where he said “nothing can be more egotistical than true repentance.”
And someone said: you know a tree by the fruit it produces.
If we apply that to progressives, what is considered the fruit?
If it produces oranges, it’s not an apple tree.
That seems so… absolute. The fact that I found that interesting is interesting because it seems I’m looking at the bible in a new light.
Now people and their psychologies can be a little more complicated than trees, so you go with what they overwhelmingly produce.
Most people are rather simple, particularly when it comes to politics, they are a this or a that, and there’s a reason for that besides biology and chance, simple people are easier to manage.
Molyneux had a good point about that: He said that due to the monarchical-type governments (or even tribal leaders on smaller scales) people were selected for obedience since anyone who protested the ruler was executed or banished; therefore bootlicking is in our dna (except for random rebels).
On top of that, the public school system is not for education but obedience and allegiance training. Even our sports is preparation of soldiers for war. I think it was the whole first year of WWI that the UK didn’t need the draft due to overwhelming numbers of volunteers, so investigators wondered what could explain such self-sacrifice to country. I watched a whole movie on it, but damn I can’t find it again.