Posted on 08/25/2024 5:24:07 AM PDT by Rummyfan
A thought piece for Sunday morning.
Oh the tranquility of solitude.
You mean childless cat ladies?
I can see this. When you see yourself as incapable, you want society to do it for you.
If only other people would leave me the hell alone!
Describe’s today’s Left. (And some on the Right as well)
The idea of a lust for power as a means of diversion is a powerful one.
Similarly, hedonism as a means of not considering your life, as a diversion from thinking...
Good article.
Christians say Christ sets us free from being a slave to sin. Very similar notion.
“And he can’t even run his own life
I’ll be damned if he’ll run mine, sunshine”
I never knew that type to have peace of mind. More manic weirdness. Talking to themselves etc.
Quit pickin’ on me. 😉 😻
Interesting article. Author leaves it to us to apply it to today’s circumstances. What did they call the clowns that entertained kings. Jokers?
“..If only other people would leave me the hell alone!...”
^THIS!!!^
Love your tag line. Great!
Not pickin’. I’m a dog man. Labrador-closest to humans in temperament.
I think it is a great tragedy that the 1960s youth movement turned into a Marxist, hedonistic, pro-government, anti-Christian, tribalist nightmare.
Up until about 1968, a lot of the beatnik/hippie/yippie culture was focused on anti-government, self-improvement, personal tranquility and simple social solutions to local problems. But that movement got blown out of the water and many activist Baby Boomers decided to push for Maoist solutions to everything. It became all about running other peoples’ lives, largely as a result of angry individuals who couldn’t run their own.
This sums it up nicely.
There’s more. In big companies the bosses would dare us to quit every morning we showed up for work. They did it through the newest policy or directive. Some would take them up on it and the cost of new-hires was managable. Those sticking with it were the stronger, more patient ones. First level supervisors were the real cowards as they had more pressure to buy into and knew where their bread was buttered. Throw in everyone having bills to pay, especially a mortgage. It doesn’t help that the more driven ones end up with the more attractive spouses and that consumers want too much of what they don’t need.
Take away the hostility and people get lazy. Another human condition.
That’s about the time the “red diaper doper babies” took over the movement.
Cat ladies, HR departments, bureaucRats
I have come to the conclusion that people who are obsessed with controlling others do so because they have no self-control.
Since they can’t control themselves and live they life they want, they try to force others to live in such a way as to provide the life they want.
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