Thursday, November 06, 2008
Just another brick in the wall....
Ok .. everybody is excited .. Obama is the president ... happiness everywhere, unless the sun has irritated the back of the neck a bit ... another puppet is up ... another show is on ... the show must go on .... change is really hard when there is only one controlling parameter in the hearts of the people and social systems, Money .... any system with any name can't behave different when all your system is trying to do is to increase the amount of money the stakeholders have ... unless the system designers are not good in math or specifically in game theory .... change needs to come from inside .... no puppet can bring the change people are waiting for .... there are no saviors ... When big people such as Thomas Jefferson planned the ideal country, they never considered money as the only value in people's lives ... there used to be real humans ...
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I'll have to disagree on the usage of Thomas Jefferson as an example. He was just as much a slave owner as many others. Besides, America wasn't nearly as developed, heterogeneous, and territorially loaded as it is today.
Furthermore, the term "ideal" is a very subjective one. Yes, change must come from within, but is there a common denominator "state" that we can achieve, which we can brand as "ideal"? Will de-prioritizing Money really equate to an idealization of humanity? I wholeheartedly agree that Money corrupts, but I don't necessarily agree that it is the root of all evil. :/
Ok so to be more generic ... the idea is power... seeking power alone leads to corruption and loss of all the values we consider respectful for humanity ... what can balance this will to power alone, which is how social systems behave, is the seeking of meaning in the cultural level, meaning which is the root of all knowledge and art. Money is just how the modern world has encoded and defined power.... and has been almost successful...
Hi Amir,
I came to your blog after a while and really enjoyed this post. You are absolutely right. He is just another puppet but he is a young, handsome, active, basketball fan,... and in general a cool guy who brings people -at least a group of them- hope and happiness for a period of time, which is just like a pain killer (though it doesn't kill the root cause of pain, it can be useful). So I like him!
Harry Truman said:
"All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway."
Cheers,
The basketball part I like too ;)..
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