tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690971792500080381.post6620990584036280936..comments2024-03-28T02:33:34.923-07:00Comments on Green Explored: Selma and Sand Hill RoadLindsay Leveenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155181091924399702noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690971792500080381.post-89386229842879868642015-03-07T18:44:46.957-08:002015-03-07T18:44:46.957-08:00David excellent points. I still am optimistic tha...David excellent points. I still am optimistic that the advanced breed of monkeys can get their crap together on a minor planet and form a more perfect union.Lindsay Leveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04155181091924399702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690971792500080381.post-57688834371206563722015-03-07T14:40:33.916-08:002015-03-07T14:40:33.916-08:00Lindsay:
I commend the sentiments you express here...Lindsay:<br />I commend the sentiments you express here, but do not share your Optimism. <br />As a student of Human Nature, I see the situation slightly differently. <br />The fundamental problem is really "us" vs "them". As a species, we always identify with those with those MOST LIKE US and Disagree or Disavow those most UNLIKE US. We ALWAYS rationalize BEING "Us" rather than the nebulous, nefarious "them".<br />We SELF IDENTIFY with the "RIGHT SIDE". This in its basic Form is PREJUDICE.. We practice Prejuduce SUBCONSCIOUSLY snd DAILY. Is rooting for the "49's" or any local Sports or other team, especially Little League, based on LOGIC or EMOTION? ??. Prejuduce is NOT RACE OR OTHER AGENDA BASED, but "comfort" based. We feel most comfortable with those most like ourselves. The "us" vs "them". The familiar with the unfamiliar. PREJUDUCE is NORMAL HUMAN BEHAVIOUR but putting that Prejudice into PRACTICE is NOT - we are confusing Prejudice with DISCRIMINATION. <br />DISCRIMINATION is the basis of the MIPPC - The Military Industrial Political Power Complex - as u put it.<br />And in the US, the distinction is between the haves and the havenots. The 1% and the 99%. The 99% have been hoodwinked since the US Barons saw the writing on the wall in the reat of the world. To ENSURE they kept their actual PURCHASING POWER PARITY, PPP, the 1% pushed the idea of The American Dream. Instead of Zero Dollars in the Bank - the average 99% has Thousands and with Retirement Assets sometimes Millions, but these are PERCEIVED NUMERICAL DOLLARS - not ACTUAL PPP; or a greater Percentage ownerahip of the Entire Economic Pie. We simply have the same sized slices of the pie with EXAGGERATED AND OVERINFLATED NUMERICAL VALUE - not purchasing value. In other words, we are victims of a massive con.. <br />In the US we are driven by fear of being considered "them" and not "us" and that's why the FUNDAMENTALS have NOT CHANGED - just the ALLIANCES that Constitute our concepts of "us" and "them".<br /><br />DJSHINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17647355654099006131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690971792500080381.post-88357230827013022042015-03-07T13:56:24.972-08:002015-03-07T13:56:24.972-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.DJSHINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17647355654099006131noreply@blogger.com