One of the problems, perhaps even a root cause (?) is that power can be very intoxicating. Unless one has deeply inculcated and well expressed (for me that's verbal) values around stewardship, the greater good, nobless oblige, selfless service, and so on or even authority and responsibility, such that if one were suddenly "king" or "queen" of the Universe one would use one's powers for good/benefit of others all-inclusively even the so-called bad guys, then power does tend to make one to varying degrees power mad. It's sad and an illness that afflicts both individuals and cultures/societies. [Reference: one of your South Wales Professors of Political Science academically expert on the topic of American Exceptionalism. I'll dig up the actual reference if you want it. It's dawn here Sunday morning.]
Jose Figueres Ferrer isn't taught about here in the United States, except probably as some specialized history/political science in post-secondary and advanced academic studies, but what a beautiful example!
Frank Herbert was right when he noted that even bad bureaucracies will seek to perpetuate and maintain themselves. I'm so happy for Egypt since it looks to me like the United States is imploding--at least if the Right Wing continues its reactionary movement ever further right.
To use an organic model, how does a bird fly with two right wings, or with a single (right) wing grown so vast and its counter balance so slight as to be neglible?
I truly feel that what happened in Egypt perhaps surpasses even Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. et al by virtue of being leaderless, yet civil, humane, non violent, tolerant, and able to bridge individual and group uniqueness.
By the way, have you any experience or even scientific credulity towards what goes by the name of Noetic Science?
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Date: 2011-02-12 01:46 pm (UTC)Jose Figueres Ferrer isn't taught about here in the United States, except probably as some specialized history/political science in post-secondary and advanced academic studies, but what a beautiful example!
Frank Herbert was right when he noted that even bad bureaucracies will seek to perpetuate and maintain themselves. I'm so happy for Egypt since it looks to me like the United States is imploding--at least if the Right Wing continues its reactionary movement ever further right.
To use an organic model, how does a bird fly with two right wings, or with a single (right) wing grown so vast and its counter balance so slight as to be neglible?
I truly feel that what happened in Egypt perhaps surpasses even Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. et al by virtue of being leaderless, yet civil, humane, non violent, tolerant, and able to bridge individual and group uniqueness.
By the way, have you any experience or even scientific credulity towards what goes by the name of Noetic Science?