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| A new look at the mob. |
| 11.13.04 (5:46 am) [edit] |
"The establishment party line being floated for
public consumption is that George W. Bush’s re-
election was largely a victory for 'moral
values.' That grown men and women can offer this
assessment with a straight face offers some of
the most compelling evidence for the moral and
intellectual insolvency of our culture. Such a
rationalization reflects the kind of perverted
thinking that also leads people to speak of 'wars
of honor.'
...
As the costs and revelations of duplicity in
this war continue to escalate, the Bush
administration appears ready to play the same
unprincipled game at the expense of Iran, or
North Korea, or any other country selected as the
enemy du jour. If these are examples of the
'moral values' that were triumphant on election
day, can someone explain their meaning to me? How
do such actions express 'moral values' that
differ from those of Machiavelli, or Attila the
Hun?
What moral response is to be made to the utter
insanity of all of this?
...
It is difficult to speak intelligently of 'moral
values' in the context of collective behavior.
Moral thinking is a uniquely personal
undertaking, by which individuals develop their
inner sense of principled behavior. People have a
need for spiritual experiences; a need to
transcend the inherently limited nature of their
lives and to connect up with the universe –
including other people – in satisfying ways. The
personal exploration and expression of moral
conduct is part of this need, the satisfaction of
which occurs only within individuals, not through
mass-minded crusades.
But as our lives become more politicized, our
sense of meaning shifts from individual to
collective considerations. We become increasingly
less interested in the inner voices that
challenge our thinking, and become more concerned
with the outer voices that demand our attention
and obedience. Over time, we abandon our
internally-directed world in favor of an
externally-directed one."
The mob is loose, alive and hissing their
Emotionally-Derived Belief Systems.
Full essay.
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posted by: Shark99 (reply)
post date: 11.13.04 (7:51 am)
Thanks for sharing that with us.
posted by: Devlin (reply)
post date: 11.13.04 (1:17 pm)
Thank goodness the election was rigged. If vast swathes of America really supported the "moral values" of lying war criminals, corrupt crony-capitalists and AWOL cokeheads, we'd be in real trouble.
posted by: jomama (reply)
post date: 11.13.04 (3:07 pm)
Reply to: Devlin
That one went completely over my head.
U wanna try again?
posted by: Devlin (reply)
post date: 11.13.04 (3:25 pm)
?? Seems fairly clear to me. The article was about the media's contention that Shrub was "re-elected" because of his so-called moral values. This would be bad, as it would indicate that most Americans were criminally insane. However, Shrub actually won the election because it was rigged, so most Americans may not support his values, so this is not as bad.
posted by: jomama (reply)
post date: 11.14.04 (5:13 am)
Reply to: Devlin
You buy what you want.
I'll stick with the criminally insane bit.
Whether the election was rigged or
not is debatable.
posted by: Devlin (reply)
post date: 11.14.04 (10:43 am)
Anything is debatable to the uninformed. However, the fact that ShrubCo have not yet been held to account for their crimes would seem to indicate that the American sheeple are seriously disturbed, even compared to other sheeple.
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