Response to Ty's Late Night Pondering.

Alright, first off I love Bertrand Russell's quote and I love Bertrand Russell. Mainly due to his large contribution to the analytic philosophy and his views on society. Some points about his "Scientific Society" are quite interesting and logical like a one world government through co-operation and population growth regulations, but ultimately it is too ideal (Ironic in a general sense with his involvement with the British "Revolt Against Idealism"). Anyway continuing on...

My Response
It is a true cliche when you say "history repeats itself" (and yes, I love this cliche because it's fucking true) and the mentality of the American people has only slighted shifted into a "close-enough" attitude. Ever since the US ascended from the scorched ashes of WWII and brought the American citizen the "Golden Age" of American history. And what did those tired and sex-deprived GI's do? Banged their wives and mistresses and produced the infamous Baby Boomer generation. Like you previously stated, "think McCathry" the 2nd Red Scare of 1947-1957 socially declared and associated certain people a political ideology that resonated everything you need to know about that person...they are the bad guys. Terrible, but like I previously stated history repeats itself. Going way back to the Fertile Crescent and the Spanish Inquisition, choosing sides has always been the most efficient social/political/and philosophical tool to unite people and change/reform/fight whatever you like to call "affirmative action" to achieve an ultimate goal. Everyone has something to say, but no one, not even you, wants to listen. Obviously, I agree this kind of mentality needs to just go away. I talk to many outspoken political activists at my university and the ones that do not have much to say in discussions and small talks, tend to have the more interesting perspectives. Funny, this makes me think of when our grade school teachers told us not to be shy and raise our hands even if we didn't have the correct answers; WE LEARNED. People today, either in a diverse, intelligent, and free world or a corrupt, third world nation, communication of beliefs and accepting or better yet to assimilate, is difficult. Not because of cultural and communication barriers, it soley falls on parenthood.  What I mean is that we all begin life in our parent's or family's household; our initial beliefs, perspectives, and values begin with the family and once we leave and adventure out into the world do we form our own beliefs and perceptions and expect to pass this on to the only human being that will listen and follow these teachings...these ideas...children. I'm a big Jeffersonian Republican (and I wish the current Republican Party went back and learned a thing or two form, oh I don't know OUR FOUNDING FATHERS), mostly because it emphasized the common peoples' power, farmers over paid workers, rural vs urban, no national banks and powerful central governments. We have ideas-no will listen-for change to happen-people must accept and often compromise their beliefs-only then can we move forward from this "Stagnation Period" of humanity.

I've always believed, ever since Mr. Price's Current Issues class in high school, that our generation had the potential to do some good in the world and abandon this lazy living, or Feel Good Society (coined by George Soros, for which I completely agree on this Feel Good Society theory of his). I still have that awesome wallpaper on my Facebook account that I think perfectly expresses our generation's frustration with the world today. We've seen it on our parent's faces, they work, sleep, and repeat the whole damn thing everyday. This lie, passed down from one generation to another, has ruined out confidence in our individual potential and our trust with others. This routine, should have been corrected by now, considering our current society believes we have made great leaps as a civilization. Sadly, I have come to the conclusion that this trend of name calling and petty bigotry will always remain constant as long as we continue to cling on to absolute rights and wrongs. Not only do we need to become more open-minded to unknown information, we need to analyze, compare our perceptions, and compromise. It's give and take, as simple as that (something both the Dems and the GOP have completely thrown out the window and look...Congress is not doing shit...sorry I mean important shit {Party Polarization=Bad Times}).

So, how do we truly fix this conundrum? Hard to say, besides the fact that it will be a great undertaking. As I stated previously, 1) the way we raise our children needs to change and that begins with us-the future parents. 2) We also need to reform our Education system to become more involved with their student's future and well being and not just sending kids into the world unprepared, which most of us are. 3) A more intelligent citizenry that can compromise and is not intimidated by a government built to be ruled by the people. 4) Stand up against Big Media and tell them to please STFU and stop delivering commentary news and bring back real journalism. 5) Abandon what is clearly fundamental absolutism in discussions. What I really mean to say Ty is that doubt is ok. It is because of these doubts that people cling to absolute answers. Trust me, it's fucking annoying yet also scary. Thus we must accept compromise in most instances of intrigue or basic communication. Not to say that we can't firmly believe something with sure certainty and that we must always compromise, I only meant that we remain open-minded of other ideas and that we think before we speak. I guess a simplistic term is be a better communicator; have reasons and defend them; and debate with the intent of learning not proving whose right or wrong (under most circumstances).