If your society is based upon the ritual sacrifice of human beings, would you recognize that there is something deeply wrong with it? Possibly not, if you had grown up in that culture. You grew up surrounded by the sacrifice and immersed in the "reasons" for it. After all, it is necessary in order to keep your culture alive, isn't it?
What if you grow up in a society based upon theft? Would you recognize that there is something wrong with that? If you grew up in that culture, surrounded by the institutionalized theft, and learned to call it "taxation", or "business regulation", or "license fees" or "zoning" would you be able to see past the deception? All those things are simply ways to take ownership of money or property away from the legitimate owner and giving it to a special class of rulers. But it is necessary in order to keep that society functional, right?
Is there something wrong with a society based upon an immoral act? Yes, there is. Are you able to see that from the inside?
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Only an individual with enough principles, detachment, desire for truth, and alienation can understand the truth about his own society...
ReplyDeleteOne of the best analogies I have seen yet - thank you for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteOMG! I just realized Im surrounded by diabolical fiends! :O
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, excellent post Kent! I agree completely.
Excellent post Kent! It is obvious that our culture and country is based on theft. Hell, we stole the land from the Native Americans!
ReplyDeleteRight now we're stealing the chance at a decent living from "illegal immigrants" by treating them like slave labor with low pay.
Our government is stealing our rights and freedoms in this falsified war.