Thoughts to ponder ….. from a Pizzaonian perspective
View from the chapel window, Pizzaonian Monasteries, Pizzaonia
As globalization grows and international markets are now commonplace, the United States faces unique multiple challenges from emerging new powers. Add the changing demographics now occurring in the United States and you have major flux and upheaval in play.
Moreover, with all of these challenges to deal with, the American political system seems paralyzed.
How many Americans are even considering the fact that their current political party system is obsolete? The world is different now - more than it has ever been before and radically new ways of democratically governing need to be explored. Should not the world’s oldest democracy and free enterprise system be the best framework for change?
Of course, none of this will happen. When you have been successful so long, it is very hard to see the signs of obsolescence. Just ask the Dodo bird.
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Nothing shouts the triumph of man over nature more than our celebrating of technology. There was a time when we celebrated in awe, and often in terror, the accepted wonders of nature. Now, when nature and technology share the same place, technology wears the crown – at least until the next major natural disaster.
That is why we need reminders – a Mount St. Helena, a tidal wave that we cannot stop or control and a river that runs wild. And the greatest irony of them all, a human being that can defeat the technology by stupidity.
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“Power is always charged with the impulse to eliminate the human variable, from the equation of action.” Eric Hoffer
You could argue over why the above is always true. What is not arguable is that it is always true. What is it in the human condition that makes being in control (power) a constant?
In religion, the most interesting dogmas come from those faiths that claim to have no dogma. With the mask of humility and acceptance, they immediately claim the moral high ground. This well disguised assertion of humility and openness gives to their faithful the authority of invented moral superiority – that is power.
Be it politics, business or religion, no matter how veiled its projected humility may be, seeking power is the inevitable outcome.
Brother Franco, pondering from Pizzaonia, for the Pizzaonian Newsertainment Network, Diverti Mento, editor
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