The whole form of moral reasoning, that there are only two ways of looking at the world -- in terms of guilt or innocence -- is actually, in and of itself the undermining of innocence.
And innocence is not a bad thing. To walk around not feeling guilty is not a bad thing, nor does this make the world any the worse.
So much, then, of what I had been participating in, presuming it to be culture, has turned out to be crypto-Christianity. There's nothing to adapt to or accommodate here, unless one is content to be used up by others. And spat out.
But real insight eventually dawns: this is not morality at all, or even well-considered ethics, but rather industry and entertainment.
If it were deeper than that, there would be a human element to the thing, which is to say the possibility for intimacy or communication. Both these are thwarted by the matrix of the guilt production industry.
Thing is, it can only go so far. Eventually one cottons on. One doesn't endlessly have more and more to give.
Shrewd players promise all manner of diversions: more knowledge, more power, more self-awareness. But this is all a play, a game, to get you to bestow your own knowledge, your power, your emotional wealth.
There's nothing there -- and one moves on from it.
But catering to such people is an exercise in masochism. They see the world purely in terms of guilt and what they can extract.
Facing death makes it apparent that there's nothing divine about human nature. It finishes. The idea that one bestows a spirit (of benevolence, for example) is false. One gives only one's company and that is for as long as one is alive.
Yet there are those who devalue one's companionship so much that they would prefer to make you feel guilty. They can't stand other people having what they don't have themselves, self-acceptance. So they desire to hurt others in order to feel something.
Hurting, they hurt others, but this has nothing to do with identity, or otherwise, one systematically oppressed identity would be able to recognise another and develop empathy and give assistance.
That doesn't happen. Instead those people who embrace identity politics feel around for weak points in the other person's psychology, to take advantage. Their maneuvering for psychological advantage is so predictable that I have never had it not happen, although at times it has taken me by surprise, due to the degree of vengeance or the precipitous drop into negativity.
It's all a game, which one can only lose. But one has to learn this lesson more than once. Very normal, middle class people often have this element of vengeful psychology in them. You can't judge their innards by their cover.
Watch. Listen and learn.
And innocence is not a bad thing. To walk around not feeling guilty is not a bad thing, nor does this make the world any the worse.
So much, then, of what I had been participating in, presuming it to be culture, has turned out to be crypto-Christianity. There's nothing to adapt to or accommodate here, unless one is content to be used up by others. And spat out.
But real insight eventually dawns: this is not morality at all, or even well-considered ethics, but rather industry and entertainment.
If it were deeper than that, there would be a human element to the thing, which is to say the possibility for intimacy or communication. Both these are thwarted by the matrix of the guilt production industry.
Thing is, it can only go so far. Eventually one cottons on. One doesn't endlessly have more and more to give.
Shrewd players promise all manner of diversions: more knowledge, more power, more self-awareness. But this is all a play, a game, to get you to bestow your own knowledge, your power, your emotional wealth.
There's nothing there -- and one moves on from it.
But catering to such people is an exercise in masochism. They see the world purely in terms of guilt and what they can extract.
Facing death makes it apparent that there's nothing divine about human nature. It finishes. The idea that one bestows a spirit (of benevolence, for example) is false. One gives only one's company and that is for as long as one is alive.
Yet there are those who devalue one's companionship so much that they would prefer to make you feel guilty. They can't stand other people having what they don't have themselves, self-acceptance. So they desire to hurt others in order to feel something.
Hurting, they hurt others, but this has nothing to do with identity, or otherwise, one systematically oppressed identity would be able to recognise another and develop empathy and give assistance.
That doesn't happen. Instead those people who embrace identity politics feel around for weak points in the other person's psychology, to take advantage. Their maneuvering for psychological advantage is so predictable that I have never had it not happen, although at times it has taken me by surprise, due to the degree of vengeance or the precipitous drop into negativity.
It's all a game, which one can only lose. But one has to learn this lesson more than once. Very normal, middle class people often have this element of vengeful psychology in them. You can't judge their innards by their cover.
Watch. Listen and learn.
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