06-22-2020, 11:15 PM
(06-22-2020, 02:09 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:This seems like very good advice for yourself. You need a reality check before reality hits so to speak.(06-22-2020, 12:20 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(06-21-2020, 08:09 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: I you include the Ages of Civilization pattern, an autocratic dictatorship, regardless of whether you call them left or right, is from the Agricultural Age. Given the arrow of progress, and how the dictators are generally opposed to human rights, equality and democracy, the Ages perspective is far more pertinent than the left - right squabbling that goes into any Industrial Age society.Nope. He doesn't want me to be able to think for myself anymore than you want me to think for myself at this point. It's to much trouble for those with weak minds to handle and contend with these days.
But Classic has to defend his worldview somehow. You wouldn't want to make him thing for himself, would you? As is typical of red partisans there are certain aspects of reality that are walled out from comprehension. Busting through is nigh on impossible.
I would like to say the blue are different, but both are partisan ideological political systems, and the idea of checking against reality and revising a theory to match realty is under the purview of scientific world views...
I know. But I keep trying. The common bit isn't weak minds, but a tendency to fall in love with a political perspective, an ideological mindset. You have to check against reality. But a common theme at least here is that political ideology persists.