In an effort to discuss the intersection of morality, spirituality and politics I am going to reprint a few essays and when I can write a few new ones. Here is a (slightly edited) reprint as a jumping off point.
(Please don’t cut off my head for changing from “fraternite/brotherhood” to the Unity of Humanity! )
When it comes right down to it those are the principles or the ideology of “The Left.” Freedom for all, Equality for all, and a spirit of “brotherhood”…or, cooperation.
It cannot be said much better, and in a way, anything else is commentary, lol.
So let’s get to the commentary! As some have said, perhaps the term ‘The Left” should not enter the discussion at all, and I agree in principle. But we are stuck with the fact that there are a large group of people who believe that these principles should be the blueprint for the human race and a large group of people who don’t. We could just as easily call them Humanists and Corporatists but those don’t really cover it either…mainly because each is a somewhat archaic term with it’s own baggage.
So perhaps one of the things we need to do for the purposes of the discussion we are having here…here…and here is to define our terms. But everyone knows how boring that is, lol.
For me the message in my sig line has always served as shorthand for the state of the world…”Reality is the result of war between two rival groups of programmers.” These two forces that shape the world we live in have had many, many names in the history of the world. But there have always been basically two opposing forces.
What are they? How old are they? How basic, or intrinsic are they, to the Human condition? Here is my answer….
