Re: a political being

Scottie:

Put that way, what struck me was an old arguement that I used to have with
my friends that religion, politics, & philosophy are all, essentially the
same thing: a quest for power, personal control, or, at the very least,
twisting peception so as to give the illusion of control. Looked at in that
light, life itself is powerlessness and the struggle against that. What do
you think?
tina

> My resistance, Tina, was to the monocular view:
> 'everything is politics'.
>
> You can, of course - if you screw your eyes up really tight -
> reduce every human situation to a struggle between individuals
> or groups for advantage or dominance. You could equally well
> explain it in artistic or sexual or religious terms. After all,
> what is the point of power if it doesn't lead to endless orgasms
> conducted in aesthetically satisfying circumstances under the kindly
> gaze of a Loving Father?
>
> I think Jim put his finger on the explanation for my complacency.
> An only child, handsome & clever, healthy & charming, witty & brave,
> born in a comfortable bourgeois home, & surrounded now by
> an adoring family & endlessly grateful patients, I had it made all
> the days of my life..
>
> What possible reason could I have for wanting to change the status
>quo?
>
> Scottie B.
>
>
>
>
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Received on Fri Aug 1 21:17:17 2003