Entitlement Replaced Pride
The idea that pride is the worst offense to oneself and to one’s fellow human family is obsolete, outdated, and has now become abstract. The current worst offense of our contemporary age is without a doubt entitlement, in how it shapes the self as a directive more deserving than others. It is entitlement that is …
Note: The term “radicalized” and acclimation
Some people like to preach, “don’t say your ‘radicalized’ just for being a human.” But that dismisses that larger project of acclimation going on in any culture that needs standing up to. The radicalization of just a few can spread out to so many more that there will eventually be those who are so privileged …
Currency be damned (cross post)
I’m not saying I am great with money. I could be more frugal. But as a whole the population of the Unites States is financially illiterate, to such a drastic point, most them do not realize that is what causing them so many problems. Let’s just say the older generation that doesn’t trust computers or …
Essays And Memos On My Fundamental Misunderstanding Of Ontology – Internet Archive
In addition to my four books of poetry (so far), I have uploaded a collection of essays, short essays, and memos to Internet Archive for free download https://archive.org/details/essays-and-memos-on-my-fundamental-misunderstanding-of-ontology-by-richard-j-tilley Here is the list of essays, short essays, and memos included in the book: Towards Post-Violence Societies: An Outline of Interdisciplinary Violence Studies and Violence Research Rights …
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Memo: Availability as an Indicator of Post-Capitalism
First world culture-benefits live within a paradox of being both hyper-capitalist while also demonstrating post-capitalist values through all that remains in touch, in availability. Abolishing capitalism if often mistakenly imagined as a barbaric age in which nothing is available because no one will want to create or produce without the benefit of being paid. This …
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Another Note: On the Theory of Monetized Empathy
I was reading “The Dialectics of Ecology and Ecological Civilization” (Requires a subscription at the time of this post, but will be public next week) and the author cites Global Change and the Earth System. I did a search for the book. It was actually a bit difficult to find. Springer is asking $99.00 for …
Collective Ethical Patience and Problem Solving in a Capitalist Society (Part II)
Ethical patience, as I wrote about from the perspective of science fiction, is not an abstraction. It does indeed go against everything we were taught about the civil rights movement. That is, at least, on the surface against the backdrop of how popular culture thinks about civil rights. How long shall we wait? That is …
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Note: Capitalist Evangelism
Those traditionally oppressed by capitalism just want to navigate to a system where they can be capitalists themselves. It is evangelism in it sharpest form. Segments of the population seem to only want their traditional oppression to be (re)membered, (re)called, and (re)empathized in order to become the oppressor themselves. There is no longing for a …
Collective Ethical Patience and Problem Solving in a Capitalist Society (Part I)
It can at times be very difficult to retain an ethical view of the world when the wealthy and privileged, on both the left and the right, are open when being complete jerks. And those wealthy, on both the left and the right, never lose face or their social standing by being jerks. However, that …
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Reposting: Theory of Monetized Empathy
Theory of Monetized Empathy – states that people are more likely to be oppressed by other people if they lack financial well-being. Intersectionality still applies. This is a holistic theory, all encompassing, and true. Given the reality of economic inequality and humanity’s refusal to intellectually entertain abolishing currency, we are left with the reality that …