Am I an anarchist? David came by today and we had a long talk. He's a conservative and holds the opinion that in any situation somebody has got to be in change. I truly disagree. I don't believe that someone has to be in charge. I believe there are people who feel like THEY need to be in charge, and their polar opposites who want a leader to make the decisions they wish to avoid. I suspect that may be the two elements that cause some people to reach for fascism. My definition for fascism is simple. People who wanna govern and be governed by a strong man.
I don't think that dynamic can be changed in people that have that leaning. Neither the conservatives nor the liberals. Maybe if they were waterboarded or otherwise tortured. Even then, however, I think once the ordeal was put behind them they would revert to their former attitudes without intending to at all. Opposites attract. I hang around with a lot of conservatives. I'm not the slightest bit concerned that being around them will rub off on me. They seem grateful. LOL
When I created my profile for twitter it ask for my interests. I wrote that I study charismatics. Any kind. That's about as truthful and honest as I can be. Even then i have reservations about how much that means to me. I am intrigued by how charisma moves in people, and how sometime it just ain't there.
My last intrigue with it was the way this woman described how some dancers in Africa went round to these rural villages and would put on a show and pass the hat for donations. The dancers danced all night and then early in the morning just before dawn one of the dancers went into a trance and began dancing in a divine flow. The women of the village woke their children up to come watch the inspired dancer, and told their children, "Look, look at that man dance. He acts like God does. That's how God acts."
I might say, in the mood I am today, "Look, look that's anarchy. That's how anarchical people can act like God does."
Okay, I don't actually know what an anarchist is. I've heard they're against having laws. If that's true, then I'm probably not an anarchist because I believe in equality between all men before the same laws. It's not perfect. I don't actually believe there is equality before the law either here in the United States or anywhere else. It's an ideal that some people strive for, and I guess I stand for that. The persevering effort to treat people equally before the law. Especially me. '-)
I do not attempt to tell the God's own truth here because I don't know what the truth is or hardly ever. I try to capture the drifting thoughts that randomly appear in my imagination for reasons I may not understand. I don't know if the content I capture with these words is true or false. The Comments settings are turned off to prevent me from having to defend what amounts to little more than fanciful, sometime crude speculation. Great moments in our lives never return.
