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RE: The need for greed and the domination dilemma : my pondering begins
This is a great post and outlines many deep and interesting questions to consider. Humans and our inherent psychology are a fascinating, beautiful, yet sometimes scary lot. There is so much that goes into it, but I do feel a lot has to do with conditioning/examples we are constantly exposed to. Especially when we start talking about things which go 'against the grain' of life and the balance/equilibrium all things seek to achieve.
I look forward to reading more of the topics on your list! Keep um coming :)
thank you so much for reading @doon ! I definitely agree - conditioning/examples are most definitely one way it spreads. I find it funny how when I start thinking about greed and power a part of my "brain" goes into default mode and starts spitting out recycled justifications ... those same lines we all know "for the better good", "for survival or protection/safety". But the more further into my quest the more I notice these are rehearsed beliefs society forced on me like brainwashing.. I may one day go far enough to claim it is actually against our human nature to be this way but more research is needed before I stake that one..
I will be posting perhaps over the weekend most likely.
Thanks for taking the time to write a comment! :)
Greed is part of us. Having stuff is a necessity to survival and reproduction. And this is true not only for humans. The way we deal with the greed distinguishes us from other living creatures. Especially in the western civilization where the only perspective we get is the Liberalism and it's last development: the neo-liberalism.
I would like to join a conversation on the topic and maybe I will be able to contribute from the perspective of my experience: I grew up in a traditional, country side, community on the highlands of Ardeal, aka Transylvania. I was 23 when the system changed from socialism to free wild markets and for the last 13 years I was enjoying the mild Canadian mix of neo-liberalism and French-Canadian kind of social-democracy...
thanks for commenting again @cado ! :) I think you most definitely have a unique point of view to explore and share. You should share a post on it :) tag me if you do! I would love to hear more about this interesting combo of political parties. Societal norms and political structures are oddly curious..
thanks again for taking the time to read and comment!