Lyndi
Jedi Master
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Yes, Canadians live in a constitutional monarchy. Yes, there is a prevalent numbness to the Canadian population - they are in a drugged sleep. We could call it polite, or meek, docile, deferent. But is there any good reason to 'despise' them for it? Or, if not them, then their 'personality'? Every nation has its own particular form of national sleep. Do you despise most of the world, then? And I ask these not as rhetorical questions, but because I wonder about your thinking here, and your internal state...
Throughout Lobaczewski's book Ponerology, he warns against 'moralizing interpretations' of psychopathy, ponerogensis, and pathocracy. He states very clearly, again and again, that moralizing interpretations serve to do one main thing - completely eradicate any objective understanding of evil phenomena.
Why? Moralizing interpretations assume an 'equality of bio-social-psychologial state' - an equality that does not in fact exist. The brains and behaviour of psychopaths is factually different. It is a mistake, then, to look at the whole population of humans on the earth and assume that they may all be judged by the same moral standards. Gurdjieff can help us understand why this is problematic:
So people on this planet can be as different in terms of 'level of Being' as a rock is from a plant. Assuming the equality of bio-social-psychological state between all humans - and then using that as a template for judgment - is like despising a rock for not growing edible fruits, or a grizzly bear for not following the rules at the food court in the mall. We're talking about very different beings with very different cosmic functions. And yes, the sleeping do have a cosmic function.
Another key point from Lobaczewski - psychopaths make deliberate use of this 'we are all equal' atmosphere. The assumption that evil doesn't factually exist allows them to blend invisibly into society. They can find victims in the way they do because most of the population is unsuspecting that there are dangerous beings who are walking around in human skin. Moralizing interpretations function to hide the truth of their predatory natures. This can also lead to improper treatment of the ones who are caught. Only an objective Knowledge can suffice to provide the clear picture of psychopathy, and come up with effective responses.
It's fine to blow off steam once in a while - maybe this is where your post is coming from? The challenge seems to me that it is increasingly important to be careful that we are fully conscious about what exactly it is we're saying. Our words, after all, indicate the state of our thoughts, and our thoughts indicate our levels of Being and of Knowledge.
On that note, following along with Lobaczewski, isn't it just as erroneous to moralize the those who are caught up in evil schemes? To despise them? Take the widespread tendency to call people 'sheep' or 'zombies' or whatever else. What is that? Where does it come from? It can be blowing off steam, it can be a sharp objective discernment, a black-humour kind of sad-laughter... or it can come straight out of self-importance. 'Look at all those dumb sheep, just waiting to be slaughtered! But not me - I am a Seer.' And meanwhile, it's the Predator who has convinced this one that he's a Seer. He's also 'on the menu'.
There is one way of tracking 'Canadogenesis' that shows quite clearly that Canadians have been very deliberately stunted - culturally, technologically, and creatively - for generations. It may be easy to look at Libya, for instance, and see a 'failed state', rife with tribal wars and human slavery, recently destroyed by NATO. It's less easy to look at a supposedly 'developed' nation like Canada and understand that there has been a campaign aimed at the destruction of human potential running here, too. And for a long time. And it's not just the Crown. Some food for thought regarding the national personality that you despise: