Why are most human being politically driven/controlled?
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Originally Posted by stinkyattic
I'd like to point out that in a tribal system, exile is a brief increase in freedom, followed by almost certain death by starvation, exposure, or at the hands of other tribal peoples who recognize you as an outcast and distrust you as such. If it were possible for humans to survive alone in the wild, with our unprotected thin hides, blunt teeth, vulnerable torsos, inefficient method of locomotion (the human knee is actually backwards to what it would be were we built to run faster), and complete lack of fangs, claws, tusks, armor plates, venom, ink sacs, or noxious sprays... I think politics would be moot, as society would simply not exist.
our greatest weakness... and yet! it is our greatest strength, through martial arts and tools.
we may not be built for long periods of speed, but in a short instant, a fraction of a second, we can move with snake like swiftness, which is enough to, at the very least, stun an attacker, giving us the chance to run. and since speed times force equals power, a small muscle can produce a huge sting if it moves fast enough.
FRANKLY, the human body is not meant to be lethargic by any means, but it is meant to be constantly active. and it is in constant activity that we become toughened up to a lot of the elements.
it doesnt take much effort to create our own "exoappendages", where we lack claws and fangs we make up for in knives and spears. it isnt hard to use the environment to our advantage, whereas it is more difficult for some animals to use certain aspects of the environment, we can use almost all of it.
IN any case, however, you are right, other tribes and the elements will eventually get to us, if not both.
FRANKLY politics REALLY shouldnt exceed a small area of influence, and should be integral, not stark and different between neighbors. say, a township sized political influence should be the largest influence of any political group, and all towns around it are similar with their own gradual differences until you reach the other side of the country where it is, or could be, completely polar opposite. that way if you are exhiled from your "tribe" or community, you can just go to your neighbor, and find a place where you fit in better, rather than being completely shunned by everyone around you, or just plain killed.
this is a MUST if we are going to continue to be a diverse nation of art and culture... if we ever were...
i dunno, im still thinking we were supposed to be the free nation where the whole world could fit in, and yet we arent, rather we're trying to change the whole world to suit us.
it's WRRRONG. :mad:
Why are most human being politically driven/controlled?
I don't believe anyone is in 100% agreement with the policies and actions of any political party.
In the UK
The Lib Dems will legalise pot but I don't like thier attitude to crime.
The Conservative party want a harder line taken on crime which I agree with but they are against the legalisation of pot.
The Labour party is simply incompetant in my eyes.
Goverment has become too large and too powerful and the issues they deal with are ridiculous , the gov decides how big your house should be , how high the trees in your garden can be , the maximum speed that your car can go.
Thats just a small selection of all the BS that gets "debated" every day in every department , no wonder we are taxed to the hilt for the pleasure of being told what we can eat , how much it should cost and how it must be advertised.
I could go on but it just bores me after a while.
Why are most human being politically driven/controlled?
it bores you while it infuriates me... you're really the lucky one in that regard...
Why are most human being politically driven/controlled?
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Originally Posted by Fugitive
There is chaos right now. Law and order isn't going to help you when you're confronted by some thug, everyone should carry a gun because law abiding citizens far out number criminals and if everyone was armed it would be a hell of a lot harder to rape, rob and murder.
...well...we can go back to the Wild Wild West days....:thumbsup:
Why are most human being politically driven/controlled?
Actually, the per-capita murder rate in the "Wild West" was lower than in the "civilized" East, where in many cases the carrying of concealed weapons had already been made illegal. Why? Here's the enlightenment - people who would do violent crime don't really care about the law.
Why are most human being politically driven/controlled?
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Originally Posted by Iguana
Actually, the per-capita murder rate in the "Wild West" was lower than in the "civilized" East, where in many cases the carrying of concealed weapons had already been made illegal. Why? Here's the enlightenment - people who would do violent crime don't really care about the law.
"Anarchy" as a means to be free, rather than utter chaos, is the true human society.
EVERY government is JUST ANOTHER FORM of anarchy.
democracy, representation, monarchy, these are just different forms of controlled chaos, just different forms of anarchy with a leader, or leaders.
LET US ALL be in control of our destinies. we must fight it, and yet we wont. nothing short of a major fuck up will rouse anyone to their feet, hell to their ASSES.
EVERYONE is so comfortably numb that they ignore EVERYTHING that is WRONG with the world!
NO one is willing to wake the fuck up and smell the BULLSHIT.
Why are most human being politically driven/controlled?
Anarchy wouldn't be freedom. It would be the Law of The Jungle. I looked at your MySpace page. I see why we look at it differently. I looked at things similar to the way you do when I was your age - 27 years ago. In the mean time I've had a lot happen and have gone through a lot of changes I never thought would have happened. Being directly responsible for other people changed a lot of things. I have a son that is your age and a daughter that's 18. I also work in a prison and deal with a lot of people that have done some pretty heinous things. Removing the rules of government from them isn't going to suddenly make them nice guys, much more likely the reverse would happen. BTW, I've been a member of NORML since the late 70's.
Why are most human being politically driven/controlled?
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Originally Posted by Iguana
Anarchy wouldn't be freedom. It would be the Law of The Jungle. I looked at your MySpace page. I see why we look at it differently. I looked at things similar to the way you do when I was your age - 27 years ago. In the mean time I've had a lot happen and have gone through a lot of changes I never thought would have happened. Being directly responsible for other people changed a lot of things. I have a son that is your age and a daughter that's 18. I also work in a prison and deal with a lot of people that have done some pretty heinous things. Removing the rules of government from them isn't going to suddenly make them nice guys, much more likely the reverse would happen. BTW, I've been a member of NORML since the late 70's.
you can take the people out of the jungle, but you cannot take the jungle out of the people. working in a prison, you should have blatant evidence of that.
Nature works. Civilization doesnt. Nature does for us what we need.
Civilization does for 25% of the people what they want.
what the fuck do those 25% think makes them so much better than the other 75%?
MONEY.
Idiots.
We ALL have brains, blood, and muscle, therefore we are all able to do what we need to do to survive.
IT just isnt "politically correct" to be HUMAN anymore.
it never WAS.
I am a HUMAN BEING. not a young adult, not a man, not an unemployed person, not a civilian, not an american. JUST HUMAN.
you can compare me to everyone else in society, you can belittle my life's choices, you can argue that i am immature, irresponsible, or jsut plain lazy, but the fact of the matter is you are no better than i am. nor am i any better than you, or anyone else.
We are all human beings, but only a few of us left are actually BEING human.
Why are most human being politically driven/controlled?
Better is a perspective based on need , it's better to have a surgeon handy if you need an operation but if your car needs attention then you'd be better off with a mechanic.
Civilisation is simply an extension of the tribe mentality , we subscribe to our parties because they offer what tribes have always offered , acceptance and safety in numbers. The benefits of society are simple really , medical care far in advance of anything our more primitive cousins can expect , technological advances that are only possible as a team effort, and of course a level of existence that allows us a lot of free time.
In a world without rules the wolves would devour the sheep.
Believe me when I tell you that someone with my mentality would love a world where crime went unpunished , the streets would be littered with bodies.
Why are most human being politically driven/controlled?
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Originally Posted by psychocat
Better is a perspective based on need , it's better to have a surgeon handy if you need an operation but if your car needs attention then you'd be better off with a mechanic.
Civilisation is simply an extension of the tribe mentality , we subscribe to our parties because they offer what tribes have always offered , acceptance and safety in numbers. The benefits of society are simple really , medical care far in advance of anything our more primitive cousins can expect , technological advances that are only possible as a team effort, and of course a level of existence that allows us a lot of free time.
In a world without rules the wolves would devour the sheep.
Believe me when I tell you that someone with my mentality would love a world where crime went unpunished , the streets would be littered with bodies.
In a world with rules, the sheepdogs protect the sheep from the wolves. I'm a sheepdog and you are too.