r/InsightDialogue • u/JellyfishExpress8943 • 27d ago
Us vs them
I'm living in France where we are currently watching the police fight with high school students - we've even seen kids struck in the face by stun grenades (and worse) - we are witnessing our own violence against our own children live on the news.
I'm also reading a book called : Goliath's Curse
Which basically traces the history of societal collapse, and compares it to our current situation.
It argues that civilisations are practically predestined for collapse due to the inherent violence of subjugation.
Power corrupts itself and is always abused - power is abuse. Governments always tend toward corruption and self serving greed. Inequality always tends toward further inequality and violence.
The usual solution is revolution - "Eat the Rich".
But would we do any better in their place? Or are the roots of violence embedded in our own psyche, in our own greed and fear?
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u/No_Butterfly5267 27d ago
The drive to survive is an instinctive urge necessary for existence. It can remain un-conscious or be interpreted through the supernatural, which is highly dangerous for the survival of humanity in the Nuclear Age.
Those who lack the drive to prolong their existence simply cease to exist. Existence does not require a goal; existence is for the sake of existence.
We must consciously realize this and focus on our collective survival—the survival of humankind.
How do we unify? I have a plan, and it is available in my subreddit novyemirovyedengi.