RE: Understanding the Authoritarian mindset.... Marxism and postmodernism... Part 1
It is interesting, the sane, self reliant man asks nothing but a piece of ground that he may grow his own food.
Then there are those who can't, won't, or in some other way, unable to make their own way.
The low IQ, but high brawn ones of these use straight force to take the food they need.
The higher IQ, low brawn ones use coercive means to take from others. These are the ones who vote for anyone who promises free meals. They do so as if their lives depended on it.
"Socialism is great"! because it promises free food. Who cares if it will self destruct and many people will die. That's some time in the future. The food is now.
Maybe what we need to do in school is grow vegetables and raise chickens. And, no one gets out of school until they can do so on their own.
Are we still this primitive? That our schooling needs to go back and teach the basic basics? Forget readin and rithmatic.
I find the 'deferment of gratification' an interesting one, for me personally..
The deferment perspective is one of the attributes associated with higher IQ's. (Knowing my IQ, I can put myself in the 'right area of the spectrum').
My personal deferment of gratification
iswas very low. I really did 'live for the now'. For decades.No so much anymore, but still my 'default setting'
In trying to square the circle , the only thing I can settle on, is that because of my upbringing, I'm very self sufficient, and don't have much fear of not being 'able to cut', whatever the immediate circumstances.
Ergo the 'fear of the future' - an essential component in the 'deferment of gratification' - is absent.
(and not having much of a parental drive -or any kids- may also play a big part . I dunno..)
What we need in schools is real education - philosophy. And more philosophy. So many of all the other problems will fix themselves if kids were educated with critical thinking and logic as the basics - like the first 10 years of education!
Philosophy! Then people might actually think for themselves. Are you mad?!
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