Much to do about pen#15

James — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:08:03 +0000

Recently I have been thinking about politics. I have come to the conclusion that in general the fight between the two parties boils down to the hatred of greed vs the hatred of sloth. myself i tend to side with the hatred of greed more often than not. this threw my brain off on to one of its typical tangents,and i started to ponder on how hate is the biggest driving force for people. its easier to manipulate someone using something they hate than something they love. For instance Christians to attempt to convert people will use the hate of the idea of hell rather than the love of the idea of heaven. I think that this may be the cause of my chronic unmotivated state. the argument i can smell forming in you head is that “”but James love has given me plenty of motivation” to that I ask is it really the love that motivates you or the fear of losing that love for fear and pride are just alternate forms of hate? fear is hate of an idea, pride is hate of an social construct. for instance pride in ones country is just another way of saying we are better which is another way of saying they suck which is another way of saying we hate them. back to the original subject of politics the reason I find greed to be so loathes some when compared to sloth is that sloth is mostly inwardly destructive where as greed is mostly outwardly destructive. i personally believe that we should have the right to do to ourselves whatever we want as long as it has no negative consequences to others. i can smell another argument forming in your brain “but James think of your loved ones”. putting myself in the Dr. Manhattan mindset that of the ultimate observer, emotional distress is for the most part inconsequential and temporary in the grand scheme of things the freedom of self determination trumps the minor impact of the social distress caused by ones actions in the long run. now i know that point is debatable but that is a topic for another blog.