The Three Tenets of Existential Terrorism

Words are not things or actions. They are vibrations of the air molecules or squiggles on a page. Mistaking words for reality is the mistake that puts politicians in office and sells all of the products, religions, and systems of government on the planet. Saying "Tree" is no more a tree than saying "I love you" means that someone loves you. To perceive reality as it is, one must accept that words are a vehicle for the transference of our perception of reality, not reality itself.
God is dead. I killed him (it, them, her, et al) on November 5th, 1991. Justifiable Homicide. The idea that the universe is run by some cosmic supra-hero concept of ourselves is absurd and unproven. The idea that the creator of the universe put us here in these bodies to satisfy some moral experiment is offensive. The God question; "What are we doing here?", may or may not be valid. At this time, we are here because the physical laws of the universe are not completely against our existence. Our short time of consciousness would be far better served ensuring our survival rather than posturing before some misanthropic cosmic deity.
The only government, the only rule of law, is economics. However our societies are structured, whatever religion or ethnicity, we have all decided that those with relatively more assets have better lives than those with less relative wealth. All measured value is economic value in this system.

Friday, January 30, 2009

Why things will not change


The political party system is an unreliable method for determining a candidate’s ability to reason effectively but a very efficient method for concentrating power within a democracy. Political parties, like religions, serve a dogma that represents the favored rules and standards of behavior for Human Beings within a society. Political parties in this country stay in power because they have the infrastructure and fund raising capability to successfully elect their own candidates. The institutionalization of their power is used to discourage the emergence of new and potentially rival political parties. They also have a long history of positions on the policies of government. The number of choices and the complexity of decisions are dramatically reduced in the current system. Acceptance of political affiliation carries with it consensus for the dogma of the particular party. The constituency can vote for policies in a very comprehensive fashion. A Democratic vote for liberal policies and a Republican vote for conservative policies. This system satisfies the voting public in this country. There are no other political parties with the capacity for long-term successful candidacies. The large sums of money needed to achieve leadership roles would become available only upon wholesale desertions of the Democratic or Republican parties. The greatest efficiency in the use of money to influence public policy comes with investment in winning candidates. There is little hope of either a plurality of political parties or the demise of Democrats or Republicans as long as constituencies are reduced to liberal or conservative viewpoints. The strategy of political parties served an educational role when this country was largely functionally illiterate and the communication of ideas was a slow and limited process. At this time, however, political parties condense power by limiting the available choices. Candidates and policies arise from only two different sources. At this time our ability to communicate gives us the promise of multiple choices of candidates and uncompromising solutions to problems. The prerequisite is that the power vested in political organizations is decremented.
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