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"Much of the ongoing debate in political, business and social/cultural arenas is rooted in an underlying disagreement about what best serves national interests and individual lives -- is it promoting the common good, or serving self-interest?"
Interdependence and interconnection on this planet is becoming ever-more apparent. It's bringing new challenges and new realities for personal life, the role of government and the conduct of business leadership. Along with these new realities, attitudes and behavior are shifting towards ways to serve the larger common good; now necessary for successful, flexible and psychologically resilient functioning.
However, these shifts clash with a long-prevailing ideology, that the primary pursuit of self-interest best serves the public interest and personal success. That ideology has also prevailed in our views of adult psychological health and maturity. In essence, this ideology makes the pursuit of greed, self-centeredness and materialism the holy trinity of public and private conduct. And it's generating a growing "social psychosis."
That is, the benefits of self-interest in personal lives and public policy supposedly trump any that accrue from serving the common good; the latter would undermine the former, if put into practice. For example, the argument against helping the unemployed, extending health insurance for all Americans or addressing climate change is that that they would hurt "the economy" and therefore negatively impact your well-being and life success.
As the source is "The Center for Progressive Development" I think we pretty well see the bias. Nice little tactic though, attempting to label those against a Marxist statism as having a "psychosis". What comes next after government runs the health system and labels those in opposition as mentally ill?
Yes, there is a reason to stop the Progressives (a.k.a. Communists) in their tracks.
As the source is "The Center for Progressive Development" I think we pretty well see the bias. Nice little tactic though, attempting to label those against a Marxist statism as having a "psychosis". What comes next after government runs the health system and labels those in opposition as mentally ill?
Yes, there is a reason to stop the Progressives (a.k.a. Communists) in their tracks.
Did you not agree with any part of the article?
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LaBier makes a lot of statements as if they are fact, but they are not. Just his opinions.
And just because he has a PHD does not mean he is correct. He cleverly twists the facts to support his agenda.
"Public/Social Policy Ready for another one? This delusion is promoted by the Republican-Tea Party, and embraced by rising numbers of Americans. Essentially, it's that government is bad for you. Except, of course, when it authorizes tax cuts for you, if you're rich. Or, when you would like some firefighters to come by when your house is burning. Or if you'd like schools to exist to educate your child. Or...well, you get the point."
Yes, we get the point and it is that he twists the facts to meet his agenda. The statement above is quite amusing and exposes his duplicity. I am certain that the Tea Party has never advocated NO government or NO fire department so by suggesting this, he shows quite a childish way of entering the debate.
As the source is "The Center for Progressive Development" I think we pretty well see the bias. Nice little tactic though, attempting to label those against a Marxist statism as having a "psychosis". What comes next after government runs the health system and labels those in opposition as mentally ill?
Yes, there is a reason to stop the Progressives (a.k.a. Communists) in their tracks.
I think a it's timely and well done article. This isn't a rehash of anything--our world is smaller than it's ever been, and more interrelated--when you make choices from an entirely personal perspective, the chance is greater than ever before that it will impact others.
--our world is smaller than it's ever been, and more interrelated--when you make choices from an entirely personal perspective, the chance is greater than ever before that it will impact others.
Yes, that is true. And a lot of those things that "will impact others" are wonderful. For example, when Michael Dell started making cheap computers so that he could make money and support his family, it resulted in a lot of benefit for millions of computer users.
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