Well-observed, once again—especially regarding those who follow unquestioningly versus those who question and possess “the will to find [accurate information].”
When did so many people lose their intellectual curiosity—if they ever had it to begin with? Clearly, the education system plays an enormous role in deadening people’s innate inquisitiveness, while Mommy Dearest State habituates us into compliance.
And thank you, Navyo, for another shoutout! That first essay is one of the gentler entry points into my work and a great complement to your reflections here :-)
Thank you, Margaret. I felt this piece could have punched more of its weight. Abuse of obedience is such a key element in our times as we project the need for a parent saviour. In the indelible words of Margaret Atwood, paraphrasing Laurie Anderson’s song, O Superman,
“Do you want to be a human being anymore? [...] or should you just allow yourself to be held in the long electronic petrochemical arms of your false mother?”
Yet I see no maternal or feminine aspect to our current plight at all. I see it as the climax of pathalogical patriarchy. I’ve written a piece about this which I will post.
As for education of children, the sausage factory we call schooling deserves an acerbic insightful treatment, perhaps one of your letters series? Letter to an Indoctrinator? It’s now so fraught with distortion, I don’t believe education comes into it at all. It’s about learned obedience, the tragic neutering of gender and the enabling of ignorance.
Great Atwood/Anderson quote! And certainly, this topic could always use further exploration.
The pathological patriarchy essay sounds intriguing. I would not give the maternal aspect a pass, however. The infantilizing authoritarian policies we see imposed by Jacinda Ardern, Angela Merkel, and other dictatresses around the world are more evocative of stereotypical smothering mothers who prioritize safety over freedom. This form of abuse wears the cloak of “care” but ultimately erodes our fundamental liberties.
Sausage factory is a great analogy for the education system, and I love the idea of “Letter to an Indoctrinator”!
True, the malmaternal aspect is strong - did I just invent a new word? - yet I still defer to the patriarchy. I feel all these women who have been through the WEF Young Leaders Program are just doing the bidding of men. If they were truly in their nurturing feminine, they would be very different people than they are now. Like the women doctors and nurses who are speaking out or walking out.
I do agree the power-hungry women leaders have been trained up by sadistic male autocrats and viciously excel at (traditionally masculine) aggressive behavior contrary to a nurturant (traditionally feminine) spirit.
I have added that letter to my todo list—although it’s gotten so long, it may be a bit before I get to it (unless it jumps the queue ;-)
Well-observed, once again—especially regarding those who follow unquestioningly versus those who question and possess “the will to find [accurate information].”
When did so many people lose their intellectual curiosity—if they ever had it to begin with? Clearly, the education system plays an enormous role in deadening people’s innate inquisitiveness, while Mommy Dearest State habituates us into compliance.
And thank you, Navyo, for another shoutout! That first essay is one of the gentler entry points into my work and a great complement to your reflections here :-)
Thank you, Margaret. I felt this piece could have punched more of its weight. Abuse of obedience is such a key element in our times as we project the need for a parent saviour. In the indelible words of Margaret Atwood, paraphrasing Laurie Anderson’s song, O Superman,
“Do you want to be a human being anymore? [...] or should you just allow yourself to be held in the long electronic petrochemical arms of your false mother?”
Yet I see no maternal or feminine aspect to our current plight at all. I see it as the climax of pathalogical patriarchy. I’ve written a piece about this which I will post.
As for education of children, the sausage factory we call schooling deserves an acerbic insightful treatment, perhaps one of your letters series? Letter to an Indoctrinator? It’s now so fraught with distortion, I don’t believe education comes into it at all. It’s about learned obedience, the tragic neutering of gender and the enabling of ignorance.
Great Atwood/Anderson quote! And certainly, this topic could always use further exploration.
The pathological patriarchy essay sounds intriguing. I would not give the maternal aspect a pass, however. The infantilizing authoritarian policies we see imposed by Jacinda Ardern, Angela Merkel, and other dictatresses around the world are more evocative of stereotypical smothering mothers who prioritize safety over freedom. This form of abuse wears the cloak of “care” but ultimately erodes our fundamental liberties.
Sausage factory is a great analogy for the education system, and I love the idea of “Letter to an Indoctrinator”!
True, the malmaternal aspect is strong - did I just invent a new word? - yet I still defer to the patriarchy. I feel all these women who have been through the WEF Young Leaders Program are just doing the bidding of men. If they were truly in their nurturing feminine, they would be very different people than they are now. Like the women doctors and nurses who are speaking out or walking out.
I do hope you write that letter.
“malmaternal”—that’s a keeper!
I do agree the power-hungry women leaders have been trained up by sadistic male autocrats and viciously excel at (traditionally masculine) aggressive behavior contrary to a nurturant (traditionally feminine) spirit.
I have added that letter to my todo list—although it’s gotten so long, it may be a bit before I get to it (unless it jumps the queue ;-)
Darn queue jumpers.
😂