So many high-falutin' ivory tower ideas and big brainy words...
so much masturbation disguised as intellect. To say what, exactly?
That man has exploited his fellow man for gain and personal power? That life is unfair?
All those $1,000 words and high toned, plagiarized arguments do not change the simple fact that humans, like all organisms, strive for dominance, i.e., survival, in a harsh and callous environment. Sure, we pretend to act civilised and make every attempt to surround ourselves with the trappings necessary to perpetuate the illusion that we ever really left the jungle, we even manage to fool ourselves most of the time, but humans are more isolated, vicious and egocentric than ever before, despite all the wonderful new gadgets, toys and other distractions we invent to continue this masquerade.
The farther man strays from nature, the closer to death (stagnation) he becomes.
And with man, like all organisms, the strongest are the survivors.
It is hard wired into our limbic sytem, through millenia upon millenia of survival instinct, so hard-wired, in fact, that it extends even into areas of sexuality.
Survival of the fittest, the weak be damned. This is nature's law. Nature is harsh, cold and uncaring. You either survive, or die. It's really that simple, and all this self-important theorizing is just an extension of Man's maniacal ego, the mind playing with itself, another distraction... could it be anything other than the pure over-inflated ego of Man that leads him to believe he can somehow overcome this impartial, all encompassing and eminently fair law, and create some mythical utopia where everybody is cared for, everyone is equal, brother and sister, naked and pure, and unicorns dance with pixies underneath a sparkly rainbow?
Everybody is NOT equal, life is NOT fair, and to have to even mention these things to adults, even young adults, seems ridiculous, and just a bit dismaying.
Trust me, even in paradise, man would find scapegoats for all his ills, create major differences (if just for the sake of having an idea or thought that is his own, therefore independent) and find something to grumble about, nitpick and eventually fight over; simple arguments over "so and so isn't pulling his weight", "do you HAVE to eat with you mouth open like that? You sound like a pig." or "What the fuck are you looking at", leading to bigger, skirmishes spilling over into neighboring cities, and eventually growing into tribal wars. Does anybody really believe otherwise?
It is only "human nature", after all, for some to seek power and dominion; and alternatively, for some to desire domination and letting somebody else handle the reins of power. This will never be changed, and as long as that desire is inherent in not only man, but all living organisms (all organisms, yes, but man certainly seems to have a real knack for it, doesn't he? the real king of the jungle, without any doubt), there will be those on the losing side... because there will always be the weak and the strong, the slow and the quick, the driven and the lazy, givers and takers, winners and losers, masters and slaves, those who covet what others have... has it ever occurred to anybody that perhaps there are those that desire to be ruled over, to be absolved of all responsibilty? Or that coveting what thy neighbor has (not necessarilly in any material sense, mind you) is a means towards advancement, both indivually and collectively, therefore life affirming?
All this talk of "colonialism", "exploitation" etc... all it does is re-affirm Nature's law; big fish eats little fish, and the fact that these "exploited" third world economies, nations (rife with resources they did nothing with, or did not know waht to do with, just waiting for somebody to come along and put them to use), culture's, etc allowed themselves to be dominated and exploited just proves they deserve nothing more, nothing less.
The stronger devouring the slower and weaker.
As for this one-world government Marxist ideal... just how, may I ask will this be implemented? Somebody has to be in charge, and that means they will by necessity have to have power to see that their grand plan is carried out accordingly... how will they achieve that, I wonder? A police force? A military? Saying "Pretty please, with a cherry on top?"
What about those that are defiant and want nothing to do with it and decide to fight it, as there absolutely certainly will be? How will they be "handled"?
And, by the way, how will who gets to run this thing be decided upon?
Will those in power, for the very first time in the history of mankind, incidentally, be immune to the usual corruptions that come with power?
History states otherwise... the human mind, whether collectively, or individually, functions in a set pattern. That is why "history repeats itself". What ego to think that this, this, and only this movement, World Systems theory, neo-Marxism, whatever you want to call it will be the exception.
Marxism has been tried, and it has failed. Miserably... how ironic that the very institutions that allow for these neo-Marxists to even freely exist is the very system they are against... a mere juvenile rebellion, albeit it one cloaked in quasi-intellectual rhetoric?
Hard to say.
Rhetoric. All it is, and all it will ever be, sorry to burst your bubble.
That pesky law of nature thing, ya know, but what the hell, nothing wrong with a little dream, is there?
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