Thanks for the article LF. There is a subtlety to the difference between Left and Right that is often not appreciated. The Left often wrongly presumes that the Right is not interested in looking after the disadvantaged and the poor. This is incorrect. Whether motivated by human compassion or religion, many on the Right are involved in charitable work that they contribute to, either financially or through work, directly as an individual. We have some hard Left family friends. They are appalled by this charity because they believe it is the role of the state to employ an individual to perform these tasks. The difference between Left and Right is not the desired end. It is about unaccountable central control v individualism.
Jan 8, 2022·edited Jan 9, 2022Liked by Laurence Flynn
Way back, I was big into esoteric mysticism. Gurdjieff said that there is an exo-morality and Endo-morality. He was saddened to realize that even among his followers most of them lacked Endo-morality. They only know what is right and wrong by being told what is what. There is no inner compass of what is right and wrong.
Domesticated humanity for a long time... Maybe we won't get fooled again, but only because these morons are ok with damaging their unempathetic support base.... We might have a chance to establish a better way that can include morons, as long as we have transparency and acceptance of different ideas... That would prevent future idiots from running things. No more trusting authority on word alone, no more sainthood etc.... Let reality be the way we judge things, not bullshit in people's heads.
The left anti-establishment? Yeah, as cheap and chicken-sh*t poseurs maybe.
Parlour pinks, - think of Rick Mayall's character from "The Young Ones" - are not anti-establishment, they are children of the bourgeoisie playing at rebelling, nothing else.
Workers, labourers, proletarians have never been anti-establishment and marxist ideologies have never been about that either, but about repurposing the means of production from monetary profit to common good. Not only a change in what is being produced, or why, but how we measure production and the worth of labour in the first place.
The working classes and the ruling class generally share virtually all of their values: the conflict if any is about distribution, power, and privilege. The middle class (rather: midden class) is about blather, keeping up appearnaces and keeping up with the Joneses.
And since the midden class is the dominant one since the children born in forties came to power, well here we are living in a economic-political system what can only be called mediocracy.
Why postmodern leftists regularly choose a massmurdering terrorist and archetypical übermensch as their symbol of choice (the character V from the old comic), well if that doesn't says it all really, I don't know what would.
Returning to your substack some days later to say how the part of your dichotomy; between liberty and safety, has been high on my mind as I pass the masked or unmuzzled on the street.
We have diverse interests and we should not be 'forced' to choose one way, e.g. across party lines or left / right. We should have the option to say / vote / choose more granular, per topic or even per law. Then is going to be political sensicalism.
Thanks for the article LF. There is a subtlety to the difference between Left and Right that is often not appreciated. The Left often wrongly presumes that the Right is not interested in looking after the disadvantaged and the poor. This is incorrect. Whether motivated by human compassion or religion, many on the Right are involved in charitable work that they contribute to, either financially or through work, directly as an individual. We have some hard Left family friends. They are appalled by this charity because they believe it is the role of the state to employ an individual to perform these tasks. The difference between Left and Right is not the desired end. It is about unaccountable central control v individualism.
Love yr work..please please write more stuff ..I am only full for a little while.
Very well said!! I’m in the same boat and it’s nice to read someone else describe it so well. Really bizarre what’s going on.
Way back, I was big into esoteric mysticism. Gurdjieff said that there is an exo-morality and Endo-morality. He was saddened to realize that even among his followers most of them lacked Endo-morality. They only know what is right and wrong by being told what is what. There is no inner compass of what is right and wrong.
Domesticated humanity for a long time... Maybe we won't get fooled again, but only because these morons are ok with damaging their unempathetic support base.... We might have a chance to establish a better way that can include morons, as long as we have transparency and acceptance of different ideas... That would prevent future idiots from running things. No more trusting authority on word alone, no more sainthood etc.... Let reality be the way we judge things, not bullshit in people's heads.
The left anti-establishment? Yeah, as cheap and chicken-sh*t poseurs maybe.
Parlour pinks, - think of Rick Mayall's character from "The Young Ones" - are not anti-establishment, they are children of the bourgeoisie playing at rebelling, nothing else.
Workers, labourers, proletarians have never been anti-establishment and marxist ideologies have never been about that either, but about repurposing the means of production from monetary profit to common good. Not only a change in what is being produced, or why, but how we measure production and the worth of labour in the first place.
The working classes and the ruling class generally share virtually all of their values: the conflict if any is about distribution, power, and privilege. The middle class (rather: midden class) is about blather, keeping up appearnaces and keeping up with the Joneses.
And since the midden class is the dominant one since the children born in forties came to power, well here we are living in a economic-political system what can only be called mediocracy.
Why postmodern leftists regularly choose a massmurdering terrorist and archetypical übermensch as their symbol of choice (the character V from the old comic), well if that doesn't says it all really, I don't know what would.
Returning to your substack some days later to say how the part of your dichotomy; between liberty and safety, has been high on my mind as I pass the masked or unmuzzled on the street.
Thank you
I’ve just binge read your three most recent articles and the comments. You, sir, are bloody good.
We have diverse interests and we should not be 'forced' to choose one way, e.g. across party lines or left / right. We should have the option to say / vote / choose more granular, per topic or even per law. Then is going to be political sensicalism.
https://guessname.substack.com/p/why-is-not-the-other-way
https://guessname.substack.com/p/willpower-part-1