Neomatrix wrote:freeme wrote:On Heirarchies: From my studies, they are rigid, inflexible structures that don't adapt well to change and are extremely vulnerable to manipulation, targeting a few leaders is all it takes. It seems like heirarchies are all people know these days. It's either rigid heirarchies or chaos.
That's because people don't really know how to be responsible for themselves: they need some external father figure to do it for them. People never really grow up, never really mature, because they just end up replacing one parental authority for another. "Be good, do as you are told, and you won't get in trouble." So, naturally they think that if the parents leave, then the kids are just going to go nuts. The sad thing is, that is probably what would happen, due to our inability to take responsibility for ourselves and letting other people do likewise. People don't really want freedom, the just want the illusion of freedom and a few new toys to keep them pacified and distracted.
God, all of this is so true, both freeme and Neomatrix. I once made mention of this in an old writing I did, how we trade our parents and teacher authority figures from our childhood for our new adult authority figures. But we never stop having hierarchal authority figures, somebody we have to report to, answer to, obey, appease, please, get permission from, submit and cowtow to. Usually and most notably at work. Unless you're your own boss or the owner of your own private business, (lucky you!) you have authority figures that you need to answer to and "obey." Oh, I did my little project that you assigned to me, here you go.....(where's my gold star??) I inputted this for you, took this message for you, proofread this for you, changed any mistakes.......do I get the red pen smiley face??? ??? Do people even realize the conditioning that this does to us??? I'm only just now really starting to analyze how having bosses and a submissive work position can affect a person on a greater, spiritual scale. It's such a conditioning tool. There are SO many people out there who don't want to have to THINK anymore. They want to be told what to do, they want to be led, they want their hands held. They want a boss hovering over them supervising them. They don't make decisions on their own, they're not "self starters". (corporate lingo for those rare individuals who like to kick themselves in the ass instead of somebody else doing it, thank you....) I've worked with people like this. They couldn't/wouldn't THINK. You know, people who were like "What should I do now? What about now? What about now? What should I do now?? What should I do here? What about here? What about here? What do you mean make a judgement call decision?? What's that?? What is thinking?? What is that word?? Okay so what should I do now??....what about now??......"
Oh lordy lord. That's extreme, but I have seen these people. It just makes me wonder.
It's scary what our authoritarian hierarchial does to us all over the long haul, chip chip chipping away at our sense of sovereignty, power, confidence and independence. Yikes. It affects all of us in some way, even if we can't see it right away, nobody is immune.
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "Holy shit ... what a ride!" - Anonymous
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