[MD] Villains

[Otto Zequeira]

Dear John,

Thank you for the reply.  I agree that SOM could be involved with villainy.


Imagine a person who knows that SOM can weaken people by limiting their
understanding of Quality.  Divide and conquer, especially dividing minds, is
an old strategy for domination.

I wonder if there has ever been such a person.

Otto


On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:13 PM, John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Otto Zequeira <ozequeira at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear all:
> >
> > Are there no villains, and just systems?  Are there no people who are
> aware
> > of the dangers or possible negative consequences of rationality and
> proceed
> > to act in such a direction due to self-interest, placing biological
> > morality
> > over social, intellectual and dynamic morality?
> >
> > Otto
>
>
> Otto,
>
> I like this question.  It illustrates the other side of the values coin.
>  We
> know what good is. So we also know what bad is.  Is bad as equally
> ultimately undefinable as Quality?
>
> Villainy is definitely an issue - in a simplistic way, I see the villain as
> one who puts all values and source of values as centering in the subjective
> self.  A definition which accuses SOM of outright evil, I suppose, and
> narcissism as the main exhibition of this evil.
>
> I imagine I will discover more on this before my roller coaster ride is
> done.
>
> John
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