I have to say I enjoyed reading those posts Torbjon, very interesting indeed. I am really interested in seeing you expand upon your solution btw.
Cheers,
Steve
torbjon wrote:Here's another way of looking at it... something on a less Biological level and on a more Human level.
It's something we've All heard before:
"All for one and one for all"
*dreamy*
Now how cool is THAT for a healthy global political philosophy?
rock on
twj
And could very well be what someone of some significance is alleged to have said "whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do to me", or something like that.
torbjon wrote:Shawnna, Caleban:
Those concepts are great but the wording is of a 'spiritual' nature, and it has been my (pathetically worthless) experience that spirituality and politics just don't mix very well.
However, 'all for one and one for all' is a Battle Cry, it's militaristic, and again, it has been my (pathetically worthless) experience that War and Politics go together like bread and butter.
Having an external threat seems to be the most powerful uniting force, be it on a national level or on an organic level... when a body is threatened or invaded (be it a civilization or an individual) it really seems to get it's act together, so to speak.
Regans little speech about 'what would happen if we discovered evil aliens were about to attack us' was an Awesome concept. Honestly, would we be bickering about oil and geo/political borders if the Blue Meanies were about to swoop down on us, steal our women and eat our children?
Finding a suitable global uniter is no easy task though... although I'm not sure how much it really matters...
It seems that, on an organic level, something magical happens to biomass at around the 8 - 10 billion mark...
A fertilized egg stops being a little lump of life and starts to be something a little more recognizable...
A human brain stops being a randomly firing electro / chemical component and develops a sense of self complete with ego and id...
Human civilization just might pull together all by itself with out any help from an outside influence if the population density ever gets high enough...
My primary concern is that the current civilization will very likely burn through some rather important and very probably Crucial natural resources needed for survival Before the population density reaches a point where global awareness can take place Without outside influences pushing it along...
ergo my TRUC U! campaign.
one mind at a time, comrade, one mind at a time.
twj
caleban wrote:And could very well be what someone of some significance is alleged to have said "whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do to me", or something like that.
I think this is a stronger version:
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you....
...Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
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