Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00486)

I'm curious as to see people's opinions on this. I think that the way
society is very dogmatic by nature, sticking to one belief/system/etc.
no matter how much it hurts or hinders them.

Society doesn't like change much. This is proven throughout history
(e.g., people sometimes have to start wars before reforms are made).
It shows promises by making small advancements in science and the
arts, but do these make up for all the damage it causes?

With capitalistic societies, people sometimes driven only by their own
selfishness; selflesness is almost discouraged. People are hired based
on what school they went to, not how intelligent they are (i.e., a
book smart person may not have very much sense; just because someone
has a Doctorate doesn't mean they know how to park a car correctly).
This dogmatism, selfishness, and ignorance is the exact opposite of
theosophy's ideals.

Having society structured differently, with smaller groups of people
running independently, with full communication between every group
would seem more effective. It would be like having hundreds of
thousands of large think-tanks working together. Since there are so
many more systems, each of them would balance each other out. There'd
still be capitalism, since this appears to be the most effective
system available.

Having large centralized groups gives each of them too much power. For
instance, I think the world would run into problems very quickly if
everything was run by one world order.

Don't get me wrong, the world does make a considerable amount of
progress today as it is. But obviously if it were better structured,
and it doesn't pull stunts like the U.S.'s FDA (food/drug
administration) does all the time--such as disallowing the marketing
of scientifically proven, "better" medication because they don't have
the $billions to get a license--I think we would be a lot better off.

Just something I was thinking about today.

-Mark H.

-- 
Mark Hamilton Jr.
waking.adept@gmail.com