Saturday, May 10, 2014
Cultural Communism The Grand Illusion
Cultural Communism
The Grand Illusion
The culture of SYNERGY promotes a constructive happy illusions and avoid destructive unhappy ones.
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Cultural Communism
Can I not prefer to avoid and ignore unhappy "truth" ? Where does mercy and the law error on the side of the angels.
The Grand Illusion
A. H. Maslow in "The Farther Reaches of Human Nature" article "Synergy in the Society and Individual" An Esalen, Penguin Books 1976 ISBN 0 14 00. 4265 2 Chapter 14, Page 191
Ruth Benedict (Patterns of Culture; Race, Science and Politics) an essay on holism, invented and developed the idea of synergy at lectures at Bryn Mawr College in 1941. Maslow had the only copy which was to be published with the assistance of Margaret Mead in 1970.
Benedict tried to overcome the idea of cultural equality ( not everything is good, true, and equal to others ) and questioned the doctrine of cultural relativity, whatever works for you is OK by me. Societies she said have a flavor, character and are not all equally functional. Some societies are "anxious", surly, nasty, aggressive, and hateful, this come from insecurity and causes low morale. ( such as the Chuckchee, the Ojibwa, The Dobu, and the Kwakiutl) Other societies were "nice" people, affectionate, kind, secure and with high morale. ( Zuni, Arapesh, The L(d)eKota, Eskimo ). The low morale cultures were, however as or more productive and successful in their environment as the high morale ones.
The critical element in the concept of synergy is aggression (capitalism) vs. cooperation (socialism). Synergy is where individual benefit and groups welfare are in balance. Farming, fishing, hunting can produce mutual benefits of cooperation. Selfish self-interest (winner/losers) vs. unselfish, altruism (win/win) is a moral not a utilitarian concept.
Here in Bali people are "nice" people, affectionate, kind, secure and with high morale and it holds back material progress, compared to China and other countries in SE Asia with a more Chinese attitude.
It is (I am afraid to say) wrong that societies that siphoning vs. funneling of wealth, focus on ownership, have low energy institutions, while high energy are characteristics of synergy. We have had a outbreak of win/lose - me and mine - the hell with the hindmost, winner take all, activity. This discourages the losers, causes aggression, and is socially dysfunctional but can be economically powerful. As institutions maintain high energy on competition the society is stressed. Synergy (romantic communism) is spiritual and systems for successful cooperation, institutional means of using aggression (learning for conflict), and rewards for all from social success (tide lifts all boats). It also discourages initiative, standing out in any way, and a cultural communist way “we pretend to work, and you pretend to pay us.”
Whereas tribalism and collectivist societies do not distinguish between natural laws and social customs, so that individuals are unlikely to challenge traditions they believe to have a sacred or magical basis, the beginnings of an open society are marked by a distinction between natural and man-made law, and an increase in personal responsibility and accountability for moral choices (not incompatible with religious belief). [5]
Culture 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.
These Lies and half truths appeal to Unreasonable passions, that are the foundations of modern civilizations; capitalist and socialist. Sex and violence, us and them, death wishes, transference, rationalization, sublimation, frustration, repressed, subconscious, Oedipus complex, phallic symbols, collective conscientious, archetypes, interpretation of dreams , Friedan slips, all in selling the product be it a president or a fast car, or financial service, or a public policy, a war and, military industrial complex, a happy pill, beer, cigarettes, religions and popular entertainments.
Beyond our common illusions is a magnificent illusion. We are not the center of the Universe. The sun does not stand still. We are a part of the animal kingdom, descended from the apes. We act on all kinds of impulses below our awareness, we confuse dreams, stories, and wishes with external reality. Our societies are often determined by social class, ruled by special interests, oppressive and unfair. Even the most hard nosed science has the illusion of power and understanding of profound mysteries, and the false belief in control and progress. There are great and wonderful benefits of all the illusions, of freedom, of justice, or "truth", and what good comes from shattering these dreams ? If one can choice ones illusion, or be retrained or programmed into beliefs, should they not be happy ones. Can I not prefer to avoid and ignore unhappy "truth" ? Where does mercy and the law error on the side of the angels.
The Grand Illusion
The culture of SYNERGY promotes a constructive happy illusions and avoid destructive unhappy ones.
I have been removed from YouTube - some of the 5000 contacts may come here ?
https://www.facebook.com/peter.e.pflaum?ref=tn_tnmn
Cultural Communism
Can I not prefer to avoid and ignore unhappy "truth" ? Where does mercy and the law error on the side of the angels.
The Grand Illusion
A. H. Maslow in "The Farther Reaches of Human Nature" article "Synergy in the Society and Individual" An Esalen, Penguin Books 1976 ISBN 0 14 00. 4265 2 Chapter 14, Page 191
Ruth Benedict (Patterns of Culture; Race, Science and Politics) an essay on holism, invented and developed the idea of synergy at lectures at Bryn Mawr College in 1941. Maslow had the only copy which was to be published with the assistance of Margaret Mead in 1970.
Benedict tried to overcome the idea of cultural equality ( not everything is good, true, and equal to others ) and questioned the doctrine of cultural relativity, whatever works for you is OK by me. Societies she said have a flavor, character and are not all equally functional. Some societies are "anxious", surly, nasty, aggressive, and hateful, this come from insecurity and causes low morale. ( such as the Chuckchee, the Ojibwa, The Dobu, and the Kwakiutl) Other societies were "nice" people, affectionate, kind, secure and with high morale. ( Zuni, Arapesh, The L(d)eKota, Eskimo ). The low morale cultures were, however as or more productive and successful in their environment as the high morale ones.
The critical element in the concept of synergy is aggression (capitalism) vs. cooperation (socialism). Synergy is where individual benefit and groups welfare are in balance. Farming, fishing, hunting can produce mutual benefits of cooperation. Selfish self-interest (winner/losers) vs. unselfish, altruism (win/win) is a moral not a utilitarian concept.
Here in Bali people are "nice" people, affectionate, kind, secure and with high morale and it holds back material progress, compared to China and other countries in SE Asia with a more Chinese attitude.
It is (I am afraid to say) wrong that societies that siphoning vs. funneling of wealth, focus on ownership, have low energy institutions, while high energy are characteristics of synergy. We have had a outbreak of win/lose - me and mine - the hell with the hindmost, winner take all, activity. This discourages the losers, causes aggression, and is socially dysfunctional but can be economically powerful. As institutions maintain high energy on competition the society is stressed. Synergy (romantic communism) is spiritual and systems for successful cooperation, institutional means of using aggression (learning for conflict), and rewards for all from social success (tide lifts all boats). It also discourages initiative, standing out in any way, and a cultural communist way “we pretend to work, and you pretend to pay us.”
Whereas tribalism and collectivist societies do not distinguish between natural laws and social customs, so that individuals are unlikely to challenge traditions they believe to have a sacred or magical basis, the beginnings of an open society are marked by a distinction between natural and man-made law, and an increase in personal responsibility and accountability for moral choices (not incompatible with religious belief). [5]
Culture 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.
These Lies and half truths appeal to Unreasonable passions, that are the foundations of modern civilizations; capitalist and socialist. Sex and violence, us and them, death wishes, transference, rationalization, sublimation, frustration, repressed, subconscious, Oedipus complex, phallic symbols, collective conscientious, archetypes, interpretation of dreams , Friedan slips, all in selling the product be it a president or a fast car, or financial service, or a public policy, a war and, military industrial complex, a happy pill, beer, cigarettes, religions and popular entertainments.
Beyond our common illusions is a magnificent illusion. We are not the center of the Universe. The sun does not stand still. We are a part of the animal kingdom, descended from the apes. We act on all kinds of impulses below our awareness, we confuse dreams, stories, and wishes with external reality. Our societies are often determined by social class, ruled by special interests, oppressive and unfair. Even the most hard nosed science has the illusion of power and understanding of profound mysteries, and the false belief in control and progress. There are great and wonderful benefits of all the illusions, of freedom, of justice, or "truth", and what good comes from shattering these dreams ? If one can choice ones illusion, or be retrained or programmed into beliefs, should they not be happy ones. Can I not prefer to avoid and ignore unhappy "truth" ? Where does mercy and the law error on the side of the angels.
