RE: Pleasure and Joy
September 21, 2013 at 5:08 am
(This post was last modified: September 21, 2013 at 5:10 am by gilbertc06.)
We are biological beings much like every other being on this planet that we know of.
Somewhere along the way we somehow achieved a complex language(s) (I think that is mostly what separates us from any other animal) in which we are able to transmit complex ideas with each other.
This launches us into being social animals (more than any other) and we start developing systems (farming and agriculture) that rely more on societies of people.
As our groups become larger and larger there is a need to be more efficient as a group. One of the ways to be more efficient is to conform into certain ways of thinking in order to detract from the goals of the group. One of the best ways found is an agreed upon ideology.
As the human race grows there is inevitably more variation within the species that does not directly fit into the ideology and preferences. There is also the inevitable contact with groups that have conflicting ideology.
The same ideology that takes hold of a group can and is used to an abusive extent.
Somewhere along the way we somehow achieved a complex language(s) (I think that is mostly what separates us from any other animal) in which we are able to transmit complex ideas with each other.
This launches us into being social animals (more than any other) and we start developing systems (farming and agriculture) that rely more on societies of people.
As our groups become larger and larger there is a need to be more efficient as a group. One of the ways to be more efficient is to conform into certain ways of thinking in order to detract from the goals of the group. One of the best ways found is an agreed upon ideology.
As the human race grows there is inevitably more variation within the species that does not directly fit into the ideology and preferences. There is also the inevitable contact with groups that have conflicting ideology.
The same ideology that takes hold of a group can and is used to an abusive extent.
