The Science of Solidarity

Excellent explanation. Connects all the dots for me…

They first went after the undocumented workers, and we said nothing.nThey went after the homos, and we said nothing.nThey went after the teachers and firefighters, and still we said nothing. nThen they went after us, and there was no one left to say a thing.

When Obama was appointing a supreme court justice, he said he wanted someone with empathy, the Republicans went nuts, as if it was a horrible thing.nu201cWhat does that mean? Usually thatu2019s a code word for an activist judge,u201d Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said on ABCu2019s u201cThis Week.u201d

It would be interesting to see which neurons lit up in an MRI if the subject watched something being taken from someone by someone else. Would the brain show empathy with with the brain of the taker or takee? Would the MRI show a difference in the above situation due to age, social status, political ideology? Interesting research for sure but it seems to be just starting.

That’s all well and fine in theory, but the nature of man is not purely empathetic. The non-govenrnmental response to Haiti was voluntary, we will not swallow your New World Order plans. nnCommunism, socialism and progressivism share three fatal flaws – 1.They assume that all people perform on the same level and contribute equally 2. That the human nature is anything other than at its best when it is absolutely competitive 3.People are willing to be generous involuntarily. nnIn the end, socialists are mostly well meaning – but they attempt to control, change or circumvent the nature of man; that is impossible. We must accept what we are – Besides, communist governments have always been rife with corruption – the inclination to want more is human nature and what allows the species to survive and improve. If idiots and people that have failed habits are paid to propagate it defies the laws of nature and societal decay and eventual failure is destiny. Just look at the condition of those that receive prolonged welfare, failures.

@Mark777777 What the heck does empathy have to do with socialism? Why do conservatives always try to make these archaic connections to socialism and communism, when nothing of the sort exists in this country nor will it ever? Amazing.

This is great. I think it ties in very well with the Global Cooperative Forum spoken of by Adi Da in the book Not-Two Is Peace.

I think we are moving in dual tendencies: one, towards more connection and empathy; but, second, towards more competition and re-tribalization. Unfortunately, we thrive on asserting difference — the nation-state is in a way just an extension of the tribe which is an extension of the family. How to get beyond the assertion of difference as primary, and assert empathy and cooperation as primary, has yet to be seen.

why? because it’s part of the scaretocracy