Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The map is not the territory; of other unseen worlds
Ants in the arak (attack);
The map is not the territory; of other unseen worlds
Emerson and Thoreau, American transcendentalist;
The ants are very small 凡 smaller than the Argentinean ones we did battle with in Javea, Spain. They do clean up anything left or dropped 凡 but if you leave your plate for a few minutes and there they are, helping them selves. It is hard keeping them out of the drink 凡 it has honey in it 凡 and lemon (actually lime they call lemon), and the coconut brandy 凡 the native drink. There is also a Tikus 凡 a rat 凡 a native and who has a bad reputation because they carried a flea that wiped out a quarter of the population a few hundred years age 凡 so did the Nazis who also were a plague, black death SS 凡 and I don't want either as a guest.
Now the charming ways of the natives 凡 warm, friendly, but devious, sort of incompetent, hay don't stop the ceremony. (carnival in St Thomas book by Herman W)
There is a ceremony about every fourth day 凡 but they do not have a weekend. It ties the families and communities closely together. Those that pray together (everyday) stay together. The gods are appeased every morning with gifts of flowers, fruit and incests.
It took a month to figure out you cut the glass to fit lenses in new frames. I adjust 凡 if it's too much for foreigners, then go back to where you came from. I loved the old days in cheap, almost free in $, fascist Spain, loved St. Thomas and lived with the difficulties. I had a small yacht to get off shore. There was a mess at the PO 凡 here there is no PO. ( real snail mail 6 weeks+ from US)
Every social, intellectual political, religious doctrine, or framework is an impediment to seeing reality clearly and not through a smoked glass darkly. GOOD white and EVIL black are constructs 凡 and distort the 1000 shades of gray, the true, the beautiful, wise, accepted, authoritarian, Orthodox, patriotism, nationalism, socialism, Fascism, democracy, Christianity, Hinduism, Dadaism, Islam, zen, Buddhism, Confucius, anarchistic, enlightened, reasonable, scientific, all prejudice the information and squish it into acceptable categories 凡 called bias, bigotry, class and racial preconceptions.
These frames are absolutely necessary to operate in reality. Just be sure you are aware of framing and look out for others framing for you.
With this in mind, my take on the situation.
And where is my passport? A pending disaster ?
I paid 2 million (at 11,000 per $) for an agent that Bobby knew, to get my passports stamps renewed. Another stupid act of faith? Bobby guaranteed it.
If I don't have the four stamps for Dec, Jan. Feb, March I am not legally in the country and can't leave without a 200,000 Irp fine for every day not covered 凡 I have tickets for Singapore and back March 20 凡 24 I can't change 凡 A COMPLETE disaster! Don't worry everything will be alright 凡 BS maybe 凡 maybe not
,
The story about 5 year retired visa is make believe, except maybe if you pay $1000's to a wired in agent in Jakarta. After collecting documents on their list, at a lot of trouble and expense and following rules in publications 凡 nothing has worked and the truth is a stranger凡 maybe it costs 7 million a year 凡 with or without trips to Singapore 凡 or five years no trips (single entry ) for 10 million ??凡 all a guess 凡 and nothing has been done ...For a year nothing works and the stories multiply, and the frustration grows and grows. Nothing I have been told by anyone since January 2013 has been right !
So lets go to Thailand 凡 the money is cheap (because of the riots ) food is good, and somewhere along the long eastern coast is a perfect spot 凡 visa no problem (maybe) and they have actual rules, laws, bureaucracy, a rational process not a 'free for all' like here and in the West Indies.
I taught government bureaucracy, a oxymoron, in the west indies. The ad hock process in clan and family centered countries depends more on who you are and who are your relatives than any set of abstract laws; also true in dictatorships which can be flexible; where maybe someone can do anything because of raw power I.e. Russia. Indonesia has some of the worst of both 凡 the active remains of a corrupt military dictatorship and a natural go easy temperament where relationships are more important than abstract rules and procedures. You are not in the family or community then rules are different for aliens. Bribes are a social necessity. (side payments 凡 grease ) after all I grew up in Chicago.
Also in Thailand they have super markets and highly organized street markets with really great food , clean, with real garbage trucks 凡 drug stores with Rx pharmacist 凡 computer shops 凡 competent technicians 凡 where they know what a mushroom is 凡 beans 凡 salad dressing, and foreign food like olive oil, taco sauce, hamburger, even wine (very bad and expensive in Bali because Indonesia is a majority Islamic country, the largest) dairy products are not common in Asia so cheese - sour cream 凡are rare, there is a good cheap local rum in Thailand. Buddhist not Hindu but close. I don't remember being attacked by plagues of motor bikes in Bangkok 凡 as I was in Saigon.
But I am settled here and like it 凡 the sweet deviousness and incompetence come with the territory 凡 keeps them poor, backward and a deal for foreigners. Intent is more important than results in Hindu thought about Karma. They mean well, and diplomacy requires an indifference to reality. Getting along means going along 凡 the facts are not all-important. Except when something need to be done right. A great tradition of crafts does not translate into organizations. I do not like the thief who snatched money from my room when I was asleep ・who had to know where it was ・so a clear inside job, stealing from guests ・and nothing is done ・he is related, everyone is.
Now Bali is a mess. Too many cars, too little road equals constant traffic jams with flocks of motor bikes moving in and out in what appears a very dangerous manner. It is better on the north and east coast, far away from Kuta. Places in the mountains and around Ubud can look beautiful with layers of rice patties, green fields inside a tropic forest and no mess. Trash is a real issue and it ends up in the ocean and on beaches.
While Singapore and Thailand have thousands of neat stalls many offering great food, Bali has messy road side Comados ? ( The Puerto Rican little store, bar, cook out, etc.) Markets are not regulated and a blot on the roads, food is old, over cooked and not anything you would look forward to having. A Lot worse than central America.
Singaporeans are clearly industrious people, Chinese, Balinese are not 凡 they are extraordinary patient in their traffic jams, there is no pushing or shoving, they are soft spoken, friendly, helpful if they can, and mostly honest. Now Singapore is no way as pushy as New York, Paris or Rome and traffic is orderly. But in comparison with Bali they are in a hurry 凡 not quite as rapid moving as I saw in China or Londoners who move faster that Spaniards - its an interesting measurement. Progress has a price 凡 and Singapore is expensive.
The cost of moving to Thailand is far less than the endless, difficult and expensive Indonesian immigration mess. ($2,000 or so for agent and expenses plus endless paper work)
http://www.overseasthinktankforindonesia.com/tag/kitas/
" Indonesia筑s immigration policies are based on outdated laws originally designed to protect Indonesia筑s workers from job-stealing foreigners. In today筑s reality, the immigration system has been distorted into a cash cow for those that manage it.
The real cost of this inability of the nation筑s civil service to reform itself is seen in the nation筑s weak economic performance, by the lack of confidence of business to invest in wealth producing industries 凡 of which the ailing tourism sector is only one.
While today筑s immigration rules cost the nation billions of dollars in lost business, our near neighbors earn cash windfalls from unwitting (and unwilling) visa-run tourists.媒
so let's try Thailand:
I found that Thailand is not problem free, for long term stay and complex rule require an agent at about $1000. Boarder are close 凡 Malaysia, Burma, Vietnam, Cambodia, and the bus is modern and cheap. It rains 凡 but it has been raining here (Bali) for a month.
Long term stay in Indonesia; KITAS
This all has been done 凡 now what ?
1 Applicant is 55 years of age or older,
2 Possess a passport or travel documents with more than 18 months remaining validity,
3 Submit full identification (copy of all passport pages) and four passport photos 4 x 6 cm,
4 Curriculum vitae,
5 Statement from Pension Fund Foundation or Bank from the country of origin (or Indonesia) of funds available, minimum of US$1,500 per month, to provide the applicant living expenses during the proposed stay in Indonesia (Total US$18,000 per year)
6 Proof of medical/health Insurance, life insurance, and third-party personal liability insurance in country of origin or Indonesia,
7 Statement of living accommodation in Indonesia. Minimum cost of US$35,000 if purchased house/apartment or, a minimum rental cost of US$500/month in Jakarta, Bandung, and Bali;
Statement to declare employment of an Indonesian maid servant whilst living in Indonesia,
Payment of Immigration Fee based on effective regulations,
Sponsor letter from the appointed travel agency, costs to be paid by applicant,
Statement agreeing not to engage in business activities or work for a living. You MAY NOT WORK in Indonesia on this visa!
You may stay in Indonesia for one year on this visa, extendable for up to a maximum stay of five years. None, some, of the above maybe right..or not.
I have false pride and am immensely stupid. I believe that my pathetic ideas are a authentic representation of reality. How could my shallow thoughts reflect the order of nature itself. How could my thoughts comprehend the true nature of life, physics, the cosmos, time, and even my own being. To think my ideas are reality, is indeed most arrogant and foolish. It is said that the beginning of wisdom is awareness of ones ignorance. I am worse than rocks, than beasts and savages because I try to impose my foolishness on the world.
I come to believe that what I think is - it is indeed a "grand Illusion" of false power and fake glory. I even believe that - that is all there is - nothing more! I could try to allow my being, mind, body and spirit rest in its own existence. I could come to terms with myself but I am too busy with needs and desires. I could come into some kind of meaningful relationship with creation if... I could feel the proper respect for the other but I am too afraid of letting go of my false faces, defenses, passions, and hidden doubts. Sophist are those who adjust, subconsciously perhaps, their ideas to their interests. They reflect the popular beliefs and glow in reflected self-admiration. They think they are smart because of the praise of fools. I am a sophist, and bask in the false light of praise. I think the thoughts that will be rewarded and reject hard truths that will get me into trouble. I am devious, untrue to my self or others, can not be trusted, I forget the little wisdom, I once knew, I flounder in new and fashionable theories.
Paradigms;
As we are to deal with meaning, let us begin with a paradigm: viz., that sacred symbols, the Geist that functions to synthesize a people's ethos--the tone, character, and quality of their life, its moral and aesthetic style and mood --and their world view--the picture they have of the way things in sheer actuality are, their most comprehensive ideas of order. In religious belief and practice a group's ethos is rendered intellectually reasonable by being shown to represent a way of life ideally adapted to the actual state of affairs the world view describes, while the world view is rendered emotionally convincing by being presented as an image of an actual state of affairs peculiarly well-arranged to accommodate such a way of life. When Paradigms fail the people become subject to psychopathic outburst, and can be dangerous. The death and rebirth of the Seneca, Wallace.
This confrontation and mutual confirmation has two fundamental effects. On the one hand, it collectivizes moral and aesthetic preferences by depicting them as the imposed conditions of life implicit in a world with a particular structure, as mere common sense given the unalterable shape of reality. On the other, it supports these received beliefs about the world's body by invoking deeply felt moral and aesthetic sentiments as experiential evidence for their truth. Religious symbols formulate a basic congruence between a particular style of life and a specific (if, most often, implicit) metaphysical, and in so doing sustain each with the borrowed authority of the other.
Religion has marketed itself with cliches platitudes, truisms, banal slogans that works so well in advertising. The church has fought the modern world since the renaissance and Galileo. 党The 13th century was good and leave us alone to rule in peace媒 .
Bernays Propaganda - Crystallizing Public Opinion Advertising
Peter Pflaum Channel on YouTube wiredbrain1031
Adam Curtis's award-winning 2002 documentary for the BBC, The Century of the Self, pinpoints Bernays
Ayn RAND The Fountainhead (1949)An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards or is; arrogance egotism narcissism self-confidence selfishness assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentrism egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-centeredness self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship superiority vainglory vanity egocentricity self-admiration self-involvement
Since big complex systems have multilayer interlocking parts; decisions have not only known effects, and known unknown effects, but unknowable effects in many different ways, time and costs and benefits. So it takes Hubris Arrogance False Pride to make decisions and never look back with regrets. Hubris Arrogance False Pride
The religious right is most radical, the liberal left most conservative.
The idea of conservationism is there is wisdom in tradition and social political experiments are dangerous, and don't work out as desired. The left was founded by radicals who believed in making things better by change. It has been disappointing since the end of socialism and Hegelian - thesis - antithesis - synthesis belief in progress - Wars, betrayal, show trials, mass propaganda making popular anti-progressive hate and violence.
Synonyms egoistic (also egoistical), egomaniacal, egotistic (or egotistical), narcissistic, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-concerned, self-infatuated, self-interested, self-involved, selfish, self-loving, self-obsessed, self-oriented, self-preoccupied, self-regarding, self-seeking, self-serving, solipsistic
Related Words inner-directed; complacent, conceited, overweening, pompous, prideful, proud, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-contented, self-directed, self-glorifying, self-important, self-indulgent, self-opinionated, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, vain, vainglorious
Shamelessness: Shame is the feeling that lurks beneath all unhealthy narcissism, and the inability to process shame in healthy ways.
Magical thinking: Narcissists see themselves as perfect, using distortion and illusion known as magical thinking. They also use projection to dump shame onto others.
Arrogance: A narcissist who is feeling deflated may reinflate by diminishing, debasing, or degrading somebody else.
Envy: A narcissist may secure a sense of superiority in the face of another person's ability by using contempt to minimize the other person.
Entitlement: Narcissists hold unreasonable expectations of particularly favorable treatment and automatic compliance because they consider themselves special. Failure to comply is considered an attack on their superiority, and the perpetrator is considered an "awkward" or "difficult" person. Defiance of their will is a narcissistic injury that can trigger narcissistic rage.
Exploitation: Can take many forms but always involves the exploitation of others without regard for their feelings or interests. Often the other is in a subservient position where resistance would be difficult or even impossible. Sometimes the subservience is not so much real as assumed.
Bad boundaries: Narcissists do not recognize that they have boundaries and that others are separate and are not extensions of themselves. Others either exist to meet their needs or may as well not exist at all. Those who provide narcissistic supply to the narcissist are treated as if they are part of the narcissist and are expected to live up to those expectations. In the mind of a narcissist there is no boundary between self and other.
Expects to be recognized as superior and special, without superior accomplishments
Expects constant attention, admiration and positive reinforcement from others
Envies others and believes others envy him/her
Is preoccupied with thoughts and fantasies of great success, enormous attractiveness, power, intelligence
Lacks the ability to empathize with the feelings or desires of others
Is arrogant in attitudes and behavior
Has expectations of special treatment that are unrealistic
The map is not the territory; of other unseen worlds
Emerson and Thoreau, American transcendentalist;
The ants are very small 凡 smaller than the Argentinean ones we did battle with in Javea, Spain. They do clean up anything left or dropped 凡 but if you leave your plate for a few minutes and there they are, helping them selves. It is hard keeping them out of the drink 凡 it has honey in it 凡 and lemon (actually lime they call lemon), and the coconut brandy 凡 the native drink. There is also a Tikus 凡 a rat 凡 a native and who has a bad reputation because they carried a flea that wiped out a quarter of the population a few hundred years age 凡 so did the Nazis who also were a plague, black death SS 凡 and I don't want either as a guest.
Now the charming ways of the natives 凡 warm, friendly, but devious, sort of incompetent, hay don't stop the ceremony. (carnival in St Thomas book by Herman W)
There is a ceremony about every fourth day 凡 but they do not have a weekend. It ties the families and communities closely together. Those that pray together (everyday) stay together. The gods are appeased every morning with gifts of flowers, fruit and incests.
It took a month to figure out you cut the glass to fit lenses in new frames. I adjust 凡 if it's too much for foreigners, then go back to where you came from. I loved the old days in cheap, almost free in $, fascist Spain, loved St. Thomas and lived with the difficulties. I had a small yacht to get off shore. There was a mess at the PO 凡 here there is no PO. ( real snail mail 6 weeks+ from US)
Every social, intellectual political, religious doctrine, or framework is an impediment to seeing reality clearly and not through a smoked glass darkly. GOOD white and EVIL black are constructs 凡 and distort the 1000 shades of gray, the true, the beautiful, wise, accepted, authoritarian, Orthodox, patriotism, nationalism, socialism, Fascism, democracy, Christianity, Hinduism, Dadaism, Islam, zen, Buddhism, Confucius, anarchistic, enlightened, reasonable, scientific, all prejudice the information and squish it into acceptable categories 凡 called bias, bigotry, class and racial preconceptions.
These frames are absolutely necessary to operate in reality. Just be sure you are aware of framing and look out for others framing for you.
With this in mind, my take on the situation.
And where is my passport? A pending disaster ?
I paid 2 million (at 11,000 per $) for an agent that Bobby knew, to get my passports stamps renewed. Another stupid act of faith? Bobby guaranteed it.
If I don't have the four stamps for Dec, Jan. Feb, March I am not legally in the country and can't leave without a 200,000 Irp fine for every day not covered 凡 I have tickets for Singapore and back March 20 凡 24 I can't change 凡 A COMPLETE disaster! Don't worry everything will be alright 凡 BS maybe 凡 maybe not
,
The story about 5 year retired visa is make believe, except maybe if you pay $1000's to a wired in agent in Jakarta. After collecting documents on their list, at a lot of trouble and expense and following rules in publications 凡 nothing has worked and the truth is a stranger凡 maybe it costs 7 million a year 凡 with or without trips to Singapore 凡 or five years no trips (single entry ) for 10 million ??凡 all a guess 凡 and nothing has been done ...For a year nothing works and the stories multiply, and the frustration grows and grows. Nothing I have been told by anyone since January 2013 has been right !
So lets go to Thailand 凡 the money is cheap (because of the riots ) food is good, and somewhere along the long eastern coast is a perfect spot 凡 visa no problem (maybe) and they have actual rules, laws, bureaucracy, a rational process not a 'free for all' like here and in the West Indies.
I taught government bureaucracy, a oxymoron, in the west indies. The ad hock process in clan and family centered countries depends more on who you are and who are your relatives than any set of abstract laws; also true in dictatorships which can be flexible; where maybe someone can do anything because of raw power I.e. Russia. Indonesia has some of the worst of both 凡 the active remains of a corrupt military dictatorship and a natural go easy temperament where relationships are more important than abstract rules and procedures. You are not in the family or community then rules are different for aliens. Bribes are a social necessity. (side payments 凡 grease ) after all I grew up in Chicago.
Also in Thailand they have super markets and highly organized street markets with really great food , clean, with real garbage trucks 凡 drug stores with Rx pharmacist 凡 computer shops 凡 competent technicians 凡 where they know what a mushroom is 凡 beans 凡 salad dressing, and foreign food like olive oil, taco sauce, hamburger, even wine (very bad and expensive in Bali because Indonesia is a majority Islamic country, the largest) dairy products are not common in Asia so cheese - sour cream 凡are rare, there is a good cheap local rum in Thailand. Buddhist not Hindu but close. I don't remember being attacked by plagues of motor bikes in Bangkok 凡 as I was in Saigon.
But I am settled here and like it 凡 the sweet deviousness and incompetence come with the territory 凡 keeps them poor, backward and a deal for foreigners. Intent is more important than results in Hindu thought about Karma. They mean well, and diplomacy requires an indifference to reality. Getting along means going along 凡 the facts are not all-important. Except when something need to be done right. A great tradition of crafts does not translate into organizations. I do not like the thief who snatched money from my room when I was asleep ・who had to know where it was ・so a clear inside job, stealing from guests ・and nothing is done ・he is related, everyone is.
Now Bali is a mess. Too many cars, too little road equals constant traffic jams with flocks of motor bikes moving in and out in what appears a very dangerous manner. It is better on the north and east coast, far away from Kuta. Places in the mountains and around Ubud can look beautiful with layers of rice patties, green fields inside a tropic forest and no mess. Trash is a real issue and it ends up in the ocean and on beaches.
While Singapore and Thailand have thousands of neat stalls many offering great food, Bali has messy road side Comados ? ( The Puerto Rican little store, bar, cook out, etc.) Markets are not regulated and a blot on the roads, food is old, over cooked and not anything you would look forward to having. A Lot worse than central America.
Singaporeans are clearly industrious people, Chinese, Balinese are not 凡 they are extraordinary patient in their traffic jams, there is no pushing or shoving, they are soft spoken, friendly, helpful if they can, and mostly honest. Now Singapore is no way as pushy as New York, Paris or Rome and traffic is orderly. But in comparison with Bali they are in a hurry 凡 not quite as rapid moving as I saw in China or Londoners who move faster that Spaniards - its an interesting measurement. Progress has a price 凡 and Singapore is expensive.
The cost of moving to Thailand is far less than the endless, difficult and expensive Indonesian immigration mess. ($2,000 or so for agent and expenses plus endless paper work)
http://www.overseasthinktankforindonesia.com/tag/kitas/
" Indonesia筑s immigration policies are based on outdated laws originally designed to protect Indonesia筑s workers from job-stealing foreigners. In today筑s reality, the immigration system has been distorted into a cash cow for those that manage it.
The real cost of this inability of the nation筑s civil service to reform itself is seen in the nation筑s weak economic performance, by the lack of confidence of business to invest in wealth producing industries 凡 of which the ailing tourism sector is only one.
While today筑s immigration rules cost the nation billions of dollars in lost business, our near neighbors earn cash windfalls from unwitting (and unwilling) visa-run tourists.媒
so let's try Thailand:
I found that Thailand is not problem free, for long term stay and complex rule require an agent at about $1000. Boarder are close 凡 Malaysia, Burma, Vietnam, Cambodia, and the bus is modern and cheap. It rains 凡 but it has been raining here (Bali) for a month.
Long term stay in Indonesia; KITAS
This all has been done 凡 now what ?
1 Applicant is 55 years of age or older,
2 Possess a passport or travel documents with more than 18 months remaining validity,
3 Submit full identification (copy of all passport pages) and four passport photos 4 x 6 cm,
4 Curriculum vitae,
5 Statement from Pension Fund Foundation or Bank from the country of origin (or Indonesia) of funds available, minimum of US$1,500 per month, to provide the applicant living expenses during the proposed stay in Indonesia (Total US$18,000 per year)
6 Proof of medical/health Insurance, life insurance, and third-party personal liability insurance in country of origin or Indonesia,
7 Statement of living accommodation in Indonesia. Minimum cost of US$35,000 if purchased house/apartment or, a minimum rental cost of US$500/month in Jakarta, Bandung, and Bali;
Statement to declare employment of an Indonesian maid servant whilst living in Indonesia,
Payment of Immigration Fee based on effective regulations,
Sponsor letter from the appointed travel agency, costs to be paid by applicant,
Statement agreeing not to engage in business activities or work for a living. You MAY NOT WORK in Indonesia on this visa!
You may stay in Indonesia for one year on this visa, extendable for up to a maximum stay of five years. None, some, of the above maybe right..or not.
I have false pride and am immensely stupid. I believe that my pathetic ideas are a authentic representation of reality. How could my shallow thoughts reflect the order of nature itself. How could my thoughts comprehend the true nature of life, physics, the cosmos, time, and even my own being. To think my ideas are reality, is indeed most arrogant and foolish. It is said that the beginning of wisdom is awareness of ones ignorance. I am worse than rocks, than beasts and savages because I try to impose my foolishness on the world.
I come to believe that what I think is - it is indeed a "grand Illusion" of false power and fake glory. I even believe that - that is all there is - nothing more! I could try to allow my being, mind, body and spirit rest in its own existence. I could come to terms with myself but I am too busy with needs and desires. I could come into some kind of meaningful relationship with creation if... I could feel the proper respect for the other but I am too afraid of letting go of my false faces, defenses, passions, and hidden doubts. Sophist are those who adjust, subconsciously perhaps, their ideas to their interests. They reflect the popular beliefs and glow in reflected self-admiration. They think they are smart because of the praise of fools. I am a sophist, and bask in the false light of praise. I think the thoughts that will be rewarded and reject hard truths that will get me into trouble. I am devious, untrue to my self or others, can not be trusted, I forget the little wisdom, I once knew, I flounder in new and fashionable theories.
Paradigms;
As we are to deal with meaning, let us begin with a paradigm: viz., that sacred symbols, the Geist that functions to synthesize a people's ethos--the tone, character, and quality of their life, its moral and aesthetic style and mood --and their world view--the picture they have of the way things in sheer actuality are, their most comprehensive ideas of order. In religious belief and practice a group's ethos is rendered intellectually reasonable by being shown to represent a way of life ideally adapted to the actual state of affairs the world view describes, while the world view is rendered emotionally convincing by being presented as an image of an actual state of affairs peculiarly well-arranged to accommodate such a way of life. When Paradigms fail the people become subject to psychopathic outburst, and can be dangerous. The death and rebirth of the Seneca, Wallace.
This confrontation and mutual confirmation has two fundamental effects. On the one hand, it collectivizes moral and aesthetic preferences by depicting them as the imposed conditions of life implicit in a world with a particular structure, as mere common sense given the unalterable shape of reality. On the other, it supports these received beliefs about the world's body by invoking deeply felt moral and aesthetic sentiments as experiential evidence for their truth. Religious symbols formulate a basic congruence between a particular style of life and a specific (if, most often, implicit) metaphysical, and in so doing sustain each with the borrowed authority of the other.
Religion has marketed itself with cliches platitudes, truisms, banal slogans that works so well in advertising. The church has fought the modern world since the renaissance and Galileo. 党The 13th century was good and leave us alone to rule in peace媒 .
Bernays Propaganda - Crystallizing Public Opinion Advertising
Peter Pflaum Channel on YouTube wiredbrain1031
Adam Curtis's award-winning 2002 documentary for the BBC, The Century of the Self, pinpoints Bernays
Ayn RAND The Fountainhead (1949)An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards or is; arrogance egotism narcissism self-confidence selfishness assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentrism egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-centeredness self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship superiority vainglory vanity egocentricity self-admiration self-involvement
Since big complex systems have multilayer interlocking parts; decisions have not only known effects, and known unknown effects, but unknowable effects in many different ways, time and costs and benefits. So it takes Hubris Arrogance False Pride to make decisions and never look back with regrets. Hubris Arrogance False Pride
The religious right is most radical, the liberal left most conservative.
The idea of conservationism is there is wisdom in tradition and social political experiments are dangerous, and don't work out as desired. The left was founded by radicals who believed in making things better by change. It has been disappointing since the end of socialism and Hegelian - thesis - antithesis - synthesis belief in progress - Wars, betrayal, show trials, mass propaganda making popular anti-progressive hate and violence.
Synonyms egoistic (also egoistical), egomaniacal, egotistic (or egotistical), narcissistic, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-concerned, self-infatuated, self-interested, self-involved, selfish, self-loving, self-obsessed, self-oriented, self-preoccupied, self-regarding, self-seeking, self-serving, solipsistic
Related Words inner-directed; complacent, conceited, overweening, pompous, prideful, proud, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-contented, self-directed, self-glorifying, self-important, self-indulgent, self-opinionated, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, vain, vainglorious
Shamelessness: Shame is the feeling that lurks beneath all unhealthy narcissism, and the inability to process shame in healthy ways.
Magical thinking: Narcissists see themselves as perfect, using distortion and illusion known as magical thinking. They also use projection to dump shame onto others.
Arrogance: A narcissist who is feeling deflated may reinflate by diminishing, debasing, or degrading somebody else.
Envy: A narcissist may secure a sense of superiority in the face of another person's ability by using contempt to minimize the other person.
Entitlement: Narcissists hold unreasonable expectations of particularly favorable treatment and automatic compliance because they consider themselves special. Failure to comply is considered an attack on their superiority, and the perpetrator is considered an "awkward" or "difficult" person. Defiance of their will is a narcissistic injury that can trigger narcissistic rage.
Exploitation: Can take many forms but always involves the exploitation of others without regard for their feelings or interests. Often the other is in a subservient position where resistance would be difficult or even impossible. Sometimes the subservience is not so much real as assumed.
Bad boundaries: Narcissists do not recognize that they have boundaries and that others are separate and are not extensions of themselves. Others either exist to meet their needs or may as well not exist at all. Those who provide narcissistic supply to the narcissist are treated as if they are part of the narcissist and are expected to live up to those expectations. In the mind of a narcissist there is no boundary between self and other.
Expects to be recognized as superior and special, without superior accomplishments
Expects constant attention, admiration and positive reinforcement from others
Envies others and believes others envy him/her
Is preoccupied with thoughts and fantasies of great success, enormous attractiveness, power, intelligence
Lacks the ability to empathize with the feelings or desires of others
Is arrogant in attitudes and behavior
Has expectations of special treatment that are unrealistic
