Ditto. But maybe the fundamental issue is that those willing to use violence will by definition always prevail over those that are more restrained and self-doubting. Just a re-phrasing of the age-old "The moron is cock-sure while the wise woman full of self doubt". And once we rise, will we turn into what we hate? See Israel, for example. I think we either need to disappear or evolve into something different than the aggressive chimpanzees we currently are.
We know that psychopaths are attracted to power and there is the suggestion that prospective politicians be screened for those tendencies, just like we have criminal record checks for employment, as well as pass medicals to be a pilot. We have a prime minister who suffers narcissism which should disqualify him from office.
Their truths will only be heard if we are willing to listen to them. Today's society, so it seems to me, is too much into itself to pay attention to some of that 'old stuff'. One generation always thinking it is smarter than the previous one...and we thought the same of our parents.
Ditto. But maybe the fundamental issue is that those willing to use violence will by definition always prevail over those that are more restrained and self-doubting. Just a re-phrasing of the age-old "The moron is cock-sure while the wise woman full of self doubt". And once we rise, will we turn into what we hate? See Israel, for example. I think we either need to disappear or evolve into something different than the aggressive chimpanzees we currently are.
We know that psychopaths are attracted to power and there is the suggestion that prospective politicians be screened for those tendencies, just like we have criminal record checks for employment, as well as pass medicals to be a pilot. We have a prime minister who suffers narcissism which should disqualify him from office.
Their truths will only be heard if we are willing to listen to them. Today's society, so it seems to me, is too much into itself to pay attention to some of that 'old stuff'. One generation always thinking it is smarter than the previous one...and we thought the same of our parents.
We think the present is invincible when it is more threatened than ever.