On Ideology

Ideology itself seems to be akin to a mental illness, because it deliberately removes you from this plane of existence and onto one of your own creation. My hypothesis is that it is akin to something in the schizo-affective disorder family, although it will take testing in order to confirm or deny that hypothesis.

I can't help it if some principles and some perspectives are more inherently rooted in ideology than others. The Right, for it's part, seems to operate on the notion that the abstractions of our world: relative social place and money, seem to matter at all in then grand scheme of things. Likewise, they seem to operate on the notion that the individual is somehow separated from the rest of society, such that it then possesses the right to destroy society and itself in the process of doing "well" by the individual.

The Left, for its part has its own ideologues and its own persons who are dysfunctional in their approach when it comes to meeting with demonstrable and empirical reality. They can just as easily finagle, rationalize and blot out parts of it in order to justify their stance and justify their already predetermined conclusions.

But the Right itself is fundamentally based on ideology and only ideology.

Which is, for example, how people living in Oklahoma and the Midwest during the 1930's Dustbowl ended up pleading for government support, got it, supported it, and then as soon as the crisis was over and their tangible needs were met, went back to hating on the government.

It's only ideology that fuels the right, while the Left is grounded in the principles that we are all one species, living in one cosmos as individuals in need of harmonization with the collective, and the collective in need of harmonization with the individuals that compose it.

That's what science is teaching us as we learn more about human sociability, human interactions, human interactions with the environment, human genetics, the physics of this place (quantum and Newtonian) and, in general, more about reality through the scientific process of empirical study.

Conservatives have a right to be upset with reality and claim that it has a Liberal bias, simply because that it really does.

And it's only in their brains that it actually works otherwise.

It's all from their brains that it works.

And you don't need to believe me in order for it to be the case.

Think about it.

China's Leap Foreward

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/world/asia/chinas-princelings-wield-influence-to-shape-politics.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&partner=rss&emc=rss

If I may make a suggestion to the rising leadership in China....

Perhaps it would be better for you all to consider consulting with the general public as to what needs to be done, rather than try to do what you all think needs to be done in a unharmonious manner?

Harmonize with the people, because it is from them that you receive your ultimate mandate to govern (beyond whatever elections you may or may not have).

Do not tempt the peasants to rise up, like they did against the young Emperor and the Empress Dowager, because that is where you and China will have big problems.

Be open and responsive to the needs of the people, rather than your own ideology and desires, and you will govern until the end of time and beyond, I think, provided you do it politically and tangibly well throughout all crises and all calamities that are going to befall you as you go along throughout time and space.

Think about it.

Cause it's only in your brain that it works one way or the other.

Test for it instead in the world that is around you.

And realize success from it.

Think about it.

Realize success from it.

Think about it.

Israel's Problem

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/11/2012111015281390679.html 

This is one of the chief reasons how Israel will not be seeing peace in its lifetime.

If it continues to do these tit for tat attacks against the Palestinians, rather than just focus on protecting its own citizens and soldiers, it will only be adding to the hatred and hard feelings that are felt between the two; not reducing them.

It's not like these kinds of attacks have stopped the Palestinian fighters (note: not the general population of the Palestinians) from fighting back. In fact, I think it actually helps fuel their militant wing, because it toughens their resolve to fight on and it helps them recruit new fighters to their cause.

"Mother was killed by an Israeli artillery shell?"

"House was bombed by an Israeli fighter jet?"

"Join Hamas and fight for your homeland and your people."

Why else do people voluntarily go out to fight, kill and die in combat?

Think about it.

Cause Israel will not be seeing peace until it changes its attitudes, actions and perceptions of the world around it.

And it's only in their delusional and deluded brains that it exists otherwise.

Think about it.

The Pentagon's Plans

http://www.alternet.org/world/new-weapons-systems-could-give-pentagon-unprecedented-power-over-planet-or-lead-future 

The thing about all these fancy defensive capabilities, and all of these instances that the author has listed (the Philippines, Vietnam and Afghanistan), is that we've lost them all, and that all of this technology hasn't stopped the dummy weapons that can be made in a basement from having a profound effect on the situation.

We cannot conquer the world.

The people of the world will not allow it.

And when the people of the world will not allow it, they tend to be mighty angry at those who have tried to do so under any auspices or excuses that may have been thought of.

Therefore, I would not call this kind of forceful power as being any kind of power at all.

Not in the grand scheme of things.

Much better to take over the conscious collective of the world than, rather than try to exert forceful control over the populations of the world.

Must also be insanely careful about the applications of this power.

And I honestly don't believe that the WASPish men who currently run the show are necessarily up to the task of dealing with this.

So, let this sit in your stew for awhile.

And think about it.

True power is not won through military power and military power alone.

There is a distinctive diplomatic edge to dealing with everything.

And you still need to negotiate with the people of the world, even if you choose to not negotiate with the terrorists and other immaturely minded individuals/groups of individuals in the world.

Think about it.

For it is better to build an empire of conscious, rather than an empire of land.

Think about it.

Cause we're going to cause a serious accident if we keep this up.

And I honestly believe that our attention is better aimed away from the planet, rather than back towards the planet on which we all live, together, as one species.

Think about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE-fFWPLpas