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Hierarchs are Crazy, Part II

UntitledFrom The Final Straw Radio.

I have many times heard historians argue that the U.S. lost in Vietnam because those in charge did not understand “the reality on the ground.” Yeah, “the reality on the ground.” But if those in charge don’t know “the reality on the ground,” what OTHER reality IS there?

Hierarchy is good at producing delusional hierarchs all too practiced in NOT seeing “the reality on the ground.” To recap, the false mythology of the hierarchs is built on a “right to rule” which imposes a obey,” both of which have no rational basis in reality. The false mythology of the hierarchs asserts that government protects and defends freedom, when the very opposite is provably true in “the reality on the ground.” And the false mythology of the hierarchs views the catastrophic consequences of 8,000 years of hierarchy as signs of success and progre than evidence of abysmal failure.

As I already argued, you must be delusional to be a hierarch. You have to accept “false realities.” But being a hierarch doesn’t just require you to be crazy, it makes you crazy. The hierarch delusion compels you to accept the totally preposterous as true. So, we get good at it. We pretend our teachers are imparting valuable knowledge to serve us in gaining employment that will be satisfying and fulfilling. We pretend doddering old pedophiles have a hotline to a fantastical and ctory god. We pretend bosses don’t rob us of our time and labor value. We pretend wars and prisons are necessary. We pretend economies are real things. We pretend colored pieces of paper with slave-owners’ faces on them are really worth something. Continue reading →

Hierarchs are Crazy, Part III

bill-murray-toasterFrom The Final Straw Radio.

It’s the very definition of insanity to do the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result.
So, imagine how crazy you’d have to be to do the same thing, year after year, generation after generation, century after century, for about 8,000 years… and still expect a different result. For 8,000 years or so, hierarchs have recognized the rulers’ right to rule, have accepted the duty of obedience, have asserted that government is necessary to defend freedom, have claimed that the “rabble” are too foolish, stupid, and selfish to rule themselves. They’ve recognized a right to rule and a duty to obey that are as real as magical beans and faerie dust; they’ve asserted that government, an EXTERNAL REGULATOR, defends freedom, the ABSENCE of external regulation; and they’ve claimed the rabble are better off being ruled by others who are foolish, stupid, and selfish. Continue reading →