Anti-Racism
02-09-2007, 04:49 AM
I noticed two interesting analyses of why Americans are so self destructive that they nominate the interests of others over their own. The first was this:
What I will call “competitive altruism” is one of the key forces that shape white societies. This form of competition emerges because altruism is linked to social status. People who act altruistically gain the trust and respect of others, which tends to increase their prestige and wealth. It follows that those who convince others they are altruistic reap greater status rewards than those who do not.
http://www.amren.com/compaltruism/compaltruism.html
The second was less psychological, more political:
Something has gone wrong with the human experiment. Problems worsen, like the days before a flu kicks into high gear, so we tighten our belts and charge ahead as best we can. Doubt itches and burns and infects our sleep, but we can't find a clear source of the problem. We know we do not feel well, and even use the term sickness. Could it be we're infected with a thought-virus?
Diseases are organisms which have adapted to a parasitic role. While a cold makes you sick, it is living off of your nutrients and spreading outside of you. Each sneeze spreads it further, and every meal goes in part to the cold. Idea viruses live in your mind and spread through your acts. Every time you go into work and every person seems to be repeating a clever phrase from a television comic or radio commentator, you have seen the thought-virus in action.
Read More (323 words): The Virus (http://www.corrupt.org/articles/virus/)
It seems to me that this explains the widespread corruption with "good intentions" that marks our society, or seems to me to do so.
What I will call “competitive altruism” is one of the key forces that shape white societies. This form of competition emerges because altruism is linked to social status. People who act altruistically gain the trust and respect of others, which tends to increase their prestige and wealth. It follows that those who convince others they are altruistic reap greater status rewards than those who do not.
http://www.amren.com/compaltruism/compaltruism.html
The second was less psychological, more political:
Something has gone wrong with the human experiment. Problems worsen, like the days before a flu kicks into high gear, so we tighten our belts and charge ahead as best we can. Doubt itches and burns and infects our sleep, but we can't find a clear source of the problem. We know we do not feel well, and even use the term sickness. Could it be we're infected with a thought-virus?
Diseases are organisms which have adapted to a parasitic role. While a cold makes you sick, it is living off of your nutrients and spreading outside of you. Each sneeze spreads it further, and every meal goes in part to the cold. Idea viruses live in your mind and spread through your acts. Every time you go into work and every person seems to be repeating a clever phrase from a television comic or radio commentator, you have seen the thought-virus in action.
Read More (323 words): The Virus (http://www.corrupt.org/articles/virus/)
It seems to me that this explains the widespread corruption with "good intentions" that marks our society, or seems to me to do so.