i applauded GST post, that was my layer of self i call idealism applauding
But the layer of my self which basically rules me, my layer i call realism, can say only , yes i agree with this you wrote
"Instead, the bubble will continue to grow, and will eventually pop. This will create profound civil unrest. It will catch everyone by surprise...it will be said that "no one could have forseen this".
i see humanity in the OVERALL as having a strong leaning to being Dutiful Servant to Insufferable Masters.
So in the end i see NO solution, none at all.
Anyone that were to read in depth Stanley Milgram's "The Dilemma of Obedience" one is faced with the shock that 70-75% of all humans will torture another person to death ONLY because they see the one as giving the order as an authority, a master, so to speak, thus they ROBOTICALLY like OBEY, and most with NO sense of guilt afterwards, as they say, "i did no wrong, i was just obeying orders"(Dutiful Servant to Master.
Milgram's stunning experiments were voted in the top 3 investigations into human nature in the 20th century, but TRUTH is his studies are REPRESSED as it makes people ask a terrible question about themselves.
So to your writing "But this will not be done, because it would require the people to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with true self-government. It would require individual responsibility."
i agree as i am faced with the ugly truth, the majority of humankind do NOT want to be free, it is like they are DNA embedded to be dutiful servant.
The only REVOLUTION that can save man is to DESIRE taking on INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILY.
Milgram's studies and Zimbrano's recent stunning studies, reveal data that will CRUSH idealist optimism about the direction of man.
We can let our idealism chatter, but in the end The Reality will NOT go away. Max
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