You are talking about how our biological inclinations function, Greeley .. Yes, that is the trend in our bodies.
But, we CAN choose to moderate our processes, to a degree, as well. And we’d damned well better, because the pace of the evolution of those instincts falls far short as the world moves forward quickly and evolution crawls …
You are talking about how our biological inclinations function, Greeley .. Yes, that is the trend in our bodies.
But, we CAN choose to moderate our processes, to a degree, as well. And we’d damned well better, because the pace of the evolution of those instincts falls far short as the world moves forward quickly and evolution crawls …
We WILL be motivated by emotion. We need to be motivated to also stop and think and choose action based on more than our first impulse.
It's not us, it's THEM. Repeating from yesterday, there is a valid argument that it's not Trump as much as it's his willing co-dependent minions. Under Jungian theory racism is endemic, not taught.
Collective racial subconscious? The archetypal "Hero with a Thousand Faces." Jung, who btw was "Aryan" himself, analyzed Hitler as a "medicine man" and voice of a German collective unconscious. First, he said two types of strong men existed in primitive society: the chief who was physically powerful and the medicine man who was strong not in himself but by the power people projected onto him.
Unfortunately the media feeds this theory. Trump may be a demagogue, and he may have a limited sense of reality, but as ridiculous his appearance and demeanor is, most of his cult members identify with him.
You are talking about how our biological inclinations function, Greeley .. Yes, that is the trend in our bodies.
But, we CAN choose to moderate our processes, to a degree, as well. And we’d damned well better, because the pace of the evolution of those instincts falls far short as the world moves forward quickly and evolution crawls …
We WILL be motivated by emotion. We need to be motivated to also stop and think and choose action based on more than our first impulse.
Not all of us will be so motivated.
Let some of us be, eh?
Biology is not ONLY driven by instinct …
It's not us, it's THEM. Repeating from yesterday, there is a valid argument that it's not Trump as much as it's his willing co-dependent minions. Under Jungian theory racism is endemic, not taught.
Collective racial subconscious? The archetypal "Hero with a Thousand Faces." Jung, who btw was "Aryan" himself, analyzed Hitler as a "medicine man" and voice of a German collective unconscious. First, he said two types of strong men existed in primitive society: the chief who was physically powerful and the medicine man who was strong not in himself but by the power people projected onto him.
Unfortunately the media feeds this theory. Trump may be a demagogue, and he may have a limited sense of reality, but as ridiculous his appearance and demeanor is, most of his cult members identify with him.
Democrats once played that too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHwYvHM0dMY