Originally posted by CrowleyCrowley!
There's always someone 'higher' up / better....
It's just too much effort to fight my way up to the summit.
I'll be on the sidelines, relaxing.
Passion, my boy! Passion. Do you want to be told? or do you want to tell?
The secret is in first... being good. If you adopt the reason of mind... over superstition and silliness... then you inherit great power.
So seek truth.
When you find it, use it. To gain power and voice.
Relax at your own peril. The people of Iraq "relaxed" and allowed communism. See where that has gotten them.
Originally posted by StarValleyWyIt's very naive to suppose that we are masters of our own destiny. Of course you can attempt to have an impact, to a degree, but "being involved" does not necessarily mean that one will 'be' the authority. There's a great deal more to it than that.
"Authority" is that which occurs while we are busy being "not" interested.
The best way to prevent it is by being involved.
You can be the "authority". Frightening thought that. But true.
Don't "fight" it... "be" it.
Originally posted by CaptainDangerousYes. Intelligence. The ability to communicate.
It's very naive to suppose that we are masters of our own destiny. Of course you can attempt to have an impact, to a degree, but "being involved" does not necessarily mean that one will 'be' the authority. There's a great deal more to it than that.
Everyone else is a victim.
So?
I really don't "feel" for you. You are as much a human as I am. I have always made the world conform to my needs. Never bent to its pressure.
I refuse to say that I am 'different' from you. So... If I did it... why don't you do the same?
You can, you know. Just do it. Just do it. Just do it. Just do it. Just do it.
Do you see a pattern there? It has been proven by millions before me and will be proven by millions to come. Just do it. It is that simple. If doing it is simple... and it is.
Originally posted by StarValleyWy
The answer turned out to be that 'Every human alive is motivated only by the desire for recognition'.
While recognition is generally large motivator, and noticing this is an a good observation, it is going too far to say that it is the sole motivator, which is readily disproved by example. Why would a person sit alone in his room, listening to music, if recognition was the only motivator? Why would one watch porno?
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Originally posted by Dissident DanBecause he/she has given up. Has lost the game of "being" important. They have been cast out from the community of chimps. They are losers. That is why.
So fight back. Change the game. Cheat. Beat them at their own game. Or just become more bitter and more of a loser.
Originally posted by StarValleyWyI don't understand what you're saying here. I would never describe the American or British occupiers as communists!
The people of Iraq "relaxed" and allowed communism. See where that has gotten them.
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If you were referring to the previous dictator that was allowed to take power by the British and French who had been squabbling over that area for decades previously, I wouldn't describe him as a communist either. Remember he looked to America for support, and got it, not the USSR!