thoughtful post captain.
a couple of things.
alcohol, drugs , junk food are just the easy way to put a band aid on pain.
doesnt work long term.
Agreed. That's why I call it a "mask". The problem is still there untill you deal with it.
the female / male dynamic is very difficult to come to terms with because people , in a consumer society, come at the problem from the frame of 'what can i get'.
so the man might want sex, the woman might want gifts.
its the same problem faced in the workplace.
the employer asks what can i get
the employee asks what can i get.
Absolutely. We are now programed this way so big buisiness gets all of our money. Keeping up with the jones' instead of living to our means. The look at me persona highlighted daily in social media ie Facebook. People posting their lives online for what? A stupid "like". Really? And if they don't get the likes etc they try harder. Troubling to say the least imo
even although religions are deeply troubled by superstition and dogma, there is a reason why the underlying mythology developed.
Fear. Fear that you will be punished forever.
And control. Control over the financial and economic development of nations. One of the richest mafias in the world the catholic church with an evil underlying agenda. But people believe, again seeking answers for what is without realising what is. The world can't form on its own. God made it. Unable to acceptany other way.
the modern scientific thinker believes he is very superior to the modern religious thinker.
but is that true.
creatiinist v evelutionist theories. I know people that believe the world is 5000yrs old. I call it crazy but they believe it and are happy with that. I am an evolutionist.
is the development of nuclear weapons (a scientific achievement) a good thing?
Hell no! But again, programing the masses to believe it is....just in case we're attacked webhave a last resort. Ask japan if nuclear weapons are a good thing.
religion has been with us , in a darwinian sense since we became conscious.
and our underlying biology dates back millions of years.
the human psychological function...to find an answer and when one is to difficult to find....make one up. Again just accepting something iswhat it is will not suffice
we have only been materialist and scientific for 200 years.
and WW1, WW2, the destruction of the environment, potential nuclear holocaust....well, its pretty dammed arrogant to be feeling too good about ourselves.
this is true. Environmental distruction is out of my reach. I will never stop it so I have to learn to live in it. Make the best from a bad situation. In the end nature WILL win. Feeling good is something that must come from within ones self. Not looking at what everyone is contributing too. We are minions. We have no choice. If the big powers decide to drop a nuke then us minions will not be able to stop it. When one family has enough money to feed every human in the world....but chooses not too that is not something to be feeling good about. But living healthy, going about your buisiness for the betterment of your children in the environment you're given.....and succeeding is something to feel good about. And not being greedy is also very rewarding on the inner pshyc.
the deep philosophers (jung, nietchze ) looked at these things from a much more grounded basis.
i'd read some Jung, if i was you.
Jung for instance, has a lot to say about the roles of the masculine and the feminine which reflect our long long darwinian evolution.
this was all tossed aside in 1960 for some weird experiment we are currently seeing played out (a type of gender equality)
the chances that this experiment will end well, in my estimation is zero
We are rats in a cage. I believe with all the GM foods etc that we are mutating so to speak. Will it be good? I'm not able to see the future. But given that most of our fruit now has no seeds then in the end we will have to rely on big brother for most fruit and veg no matter what. That means buying seeds, buying animals etc etc. How many urban dwelling humans can catch, kill and prepare their own food? Not many at all amd those that can are frowned upon by some.
In years to come we will not be able to produce our own fruit and veg like we can now. Scary stuff considering 100yrs ago we had too to survive.