Spring into Summer

 

how is it that so  many "God-fearing" Christians 

believe their mission to be defining and punishing

the sins of others rather than look to their 
own soulless acts to ask for forgiveness?

I've been writing a dystopian fiction story, to escape from 
the dystopian reality ( or rather, AI made post-reality)




I suggest the kind of ambition we would want to encourage 
has nothing to do with acquiring monetary wealth, which, 
after all, is really a social fiction, and likely to lead to the kind 
of greedy bad behavior we abhor. We need that equality of 
resources that would encourage everyone to use their abilities 
in socially beneficial efforts, because that is the social fiction 
we have mutually beneficially agreed to live by.



Don't hate.
Or, rather, hate bad acts, and their terrible results,
not the actors, who may be persuaded to change,
but not be treating them as unmitigated adversaries.


How do we recognize and train social  thought
based on a kind, empathetic, morality?


Taxes are meant to support the background structure
that allows "your" money value. If you don't like what
they pay for, you are within your rights, in a democracy,  
to say so, find and engage like-minded others to get
together and change what is collectively paid for, and
how it is paid.


If you live in an autocracy, this money thing is only
a small part of your restrictions.


Seems to me, if we don't want people engaging in
potentially dangerous behaviors for the high,
we ought to issue everyone dopamine, bypass
the seeking behaviors.


Of course there are idiots on "both sides" in every
massive group of humans. Under all the hype,
we are not Republicans or Democrats, but stupid
f'in' humans.


We complain about the Democrats, but who didn't
do their due diligence and elected these people?
And, most likely, those very reps. you complain of,
are just what others wanted.  It's We the People who
are in charge, whatever we choose to do with that.


Democrats may want to consider educating the 
electorate -- not just about their candidates; about
our nation's blueprint of how our Democracy is
set up to work, how laws and policies happen,
what they can do, individually and in groups,
to impress their will on those who run.


Attraction
Attunement
Attachment
three stages of relationship
build upon each other
intersect



Why should any of us agree the conversation
is over, when we have not been heard?


dumbing down, 
locking in, creating a failed democracy in favor of 
might is right where the greatest might is the wealth 
to pay desperate soldiers


5/22-6/18/25