09-26-2016, 09:07 AM
The perfect expression of 4T concerns and their solutions. Back to normal, only somewhat better. It may be simplistic... but 4Ts force a social focus on simple expressions of philosophical reality as other times do not. Just think of a Britain that had just undergone the Blitz, when the flying objects over the white cliffs of Dover were Stuka bombers (and later often the "V" rockets) and not bluebirds:
...and don't forget the great disruption of personal lives in all countries undergoing Crisis eras:
Nothing about revenge or glory-seeking -- it's about survival of what matters most. Get the nasty business of war over, and people can get their full humanity back.
Does this begin to sound familiar? If not yet, it could well be very soon. Nothing can guarantee victory, but one needs to keep the basic human values intact if victory is to be satisfying.
...and don't forget the great disruption of personal lives in all countries undergoing Crisis eras:
Nothing about revenge or glory-seeking -- it's about survival of what matters most. Get the nasty business of war over, and people can get their full humanity back.
Does this begin to sound familiar? If not yet, it could well be very soon. Nothing can guarantee victory, but one needs to keep the basic human values intact if victory is to be satisfying.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.