even in the throes of decay, alienation was never a feature of the human experience

do you accept that?

people working 9-5 jobs know deep down what they do is stupid, but they go through a series of mental gymnastics to rationalize it internally so that they dont have to face reality

and they have plenty of distractions to help them with this

sex and the city, green day, the walking dead, etc.

maybe that's half true, is the life of a family man, a salary man really so unhealthy and pointless?

and yes i do

yes it is

as the saying goes: jobs are jail

I think that's pretty silly, on its face

jobs can be jail and that can still be wrong

jobs are jail, but work is not

obligations are jail

there's everything right about being a family man obviously, but when your life is controlled by an employer and your very livelihood is in thrall to it, then there exists a control mechanism

there is freedom in the yoke, you serve your family and free yourself

human beings, as well as all creatures, desire freedom naturally

whereas if you attempt a different kind of "freedom", an absolute one

escape your obligations

you instead fall under a different yoke, of your ego etc.

obligations =/= working a dead end job thinking you're doing good for the wold

they desire freedom, accepted, but what is freedom

I think it's pretty obvious that most people don't work thinking about the big picture

THE POINT IS THAT WE CAN MAKE LIFE MORE SIGNIFICANT FOR THE SALARY MAN

BY MAKING JOBS BETTER

BY REMOVING UNNECESSARY LABOR

sure, sure

INCLUDING THAT MANDATED TO PAY FOR THE TAX BASE THAT FUNDS LEFTIST PROGRAMS

REMOVE LEFTISM, LIFE GETS BETTER

I've sort of gone off the rails

the point I wanted to make is that in modern times there is a specific issue

http://www.amerika.org/politics/populism-needs-to-find-a-platform/

I won't say what it is, but the symptoms of that specific issue are evident

and are unprecedented

EGALITARIANISM

THE ONE ISSUE

REMOVE THAT

since the issue is specific and unprecedented

RESTORE SANITY

THE EGO RAGES

THROUGH INDIVIDUALISM

so must be the solution

WHICH TAKES FORM

AS EGALITARIANISM

egality, individualism, ego

are not unprecedented

THEY KILL EVERY SOCIETY

them being free in a raging way is unprecedented

but it would be symptom

NOT UNPRECEDENTED, BUT A CONSTANT THREAT

DECAY DOES THAT

WE GREW TOO FAST

THEN ENCOUNTERED SOME PITFALLS

THEN GOT WEAKENED

okay, so that's something concrete

BLAME THE BLACK PLAGUE

"we grew too fast"

BUT EVEN MORE

WEALTH

so the issue is the scale of society?

NO

THE ISSUE IS FAST GROWTH

GRADUALISM WINS

RADICAL CHANGE IS DEATH

INDIVIDUALISM WAS ALWAYS THE THREAT

BUT WE GREW SO QUICKLY

WE COULD NOT COUNTER IT

ALSO

PEOPLE WERE NOT MERCILESS

REBELLIOUS SERFS NEEDED TO BE KILLED ONE AND ALL

NOT EXILED TO THE EAST

with all due respect, that doesn't sound like analysis

sounds like polemic

IT IS ANALYSIS

FAST GROWTH PRODUCES PROBLEMS

THIS IS WHY IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OPPOSED

GRADUALISM RECOGNIZES COMPLEXITY

FAST GROWTH DOES NOT

BUT

what's special about fast growth now, as opposed to in the past?

BENEFITS THE INDIVIDUAL

RISE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS

I AM SPEAKING OF IN THE PAST

ACCELERATING OVER THE PAST 3000 YEARS OR SO

and what is the mechanism of growth that results in alienation anyway?

okay, so we grew too fast beyond hunter gatherer brains?

GROWTH = MORE AUTONOMY TO THE RELATIVELY NOT THAT GOOD

is that the gist of it?

NO

NOT PRIMITIVISM

SOCIETY GREW TOO FAST

THIS EMPOWERED DUMMIES

INSTEAD OF KEEPING A TIGHT REIN ON WHAT WAS BEING ADDED TO THAT SOCIETY

that would explain things not working well

doesn't explain alienation or anomie

BASICALLY CREATING A FORM OF INTERNAL DIVERSITY

WHICH DOES EXPLAIN THAT

ALSO

LACK OF PURPOSE

WITH GROWTH, GOAL DE FACTO SHIFTS TO "LET'S TAKE CARE OF ALL THESE PEOPLE"

I don't think that follows, the British Empire wouldn't be too arsed about taking care of all these people for instance