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General Discussion / Re: Economic Philosophy i.e. Why Socialism is Bad
« on: June 17, 2015, 03:30:08 pm »Also, we must also let go in the belief in authority...which may take a few centuries.
Until then...Vote with your feet!
Awesome!
Although I seriously doubt ridding humanity of the belief in authority will happen in my lifetime, I think it could happen faster than a few centuries once momentum in the paradigm shift begins to move in that direction. You're right tho, in how deeply entrenched in our psyche it is. Here's hoping Larken Rose will live a long and fruitful life!
People went into the Wild West in search of freedom from authority.
The first thing they found they needed was a sheriff.
We will wind up needing a digital sheriff.
That's just evidence that at their core violence was still present. When we overcome our deep seated appeal to violence to solve problems the need for authority will dramatically be reduced. How will disagreements be settled? by 3rd party arbitration of course.
It is such a radically different context for life I don't think we can even truly grasp it now, as we're so deeply conditioned to think with the violence within us. As rational, peaceful parenting and respect for children increases, so will the violence in society. That's my opinion anyway.
As long as we have our lizard brain we will always have violence... It's in our nature
With all due respect what you're saying here is you've lost YOUR WILL to overcome that "lizard brain", you have made A CHOICE away from freedom and towards enslavement. Putting responsibility on a "lizard brain" is like saying, "I'll probably die young because it's in my genetics", which is an excuse to not take care of your body. You become passive and refuse to exert your will to control that which you may.
@rgcrypto - thanks so much for The Maxtrix Decoded, it blew me away! For those you may not be familiar with Mark Passio, he has been interviewed many times by Jan Irvin on Gnostic Media. I highly recommend his work as well.
When you say "will" you are talking about using a conscious effort to overcome and control something that is subconscious and deeply routed in our DNA. According to your logic I should be able to use my "will" to stop myself from blinking, stop my heart from beating and stop my lungs from breathing. I may be able to hold my breath, slow my heart rate, and keep my eyes open, but eventually I need to breath and blink and pump blood through my body.
Our bodies are filled with chemicals and hormones that are released when certain subconscious parameters are met. These chemicals can cause a range of reactions including fear and violence. Everyone has different parameters and thresholds for the release of the chemicals, but we all have them. Unless you plan on removing adrenaline and testosterone from our bodies you won't remove violence.