Group membership is not necessarily self-selecting. Perceiving group
identity, deciding to be part of the group, working to be accepted into
the group, and having the group 'accept' a member are different
activities, and of course there are multiple groups with competing,
occasionally dynamic
The issue may not be "how to get the advantaged to include the
disadvantaged as part of 'their' group". The issue is that they do
that by failing to see that anyone is disadvantaged.
On 10/27/11 8:32 PM, ERIC P. CHARLES wrote:
Gillian,
H tryingto put my evolutionary psychology hat on
I think these are the right questions, Eric. Given that people can be progroup
and anti group and given that groups can be benign and vicious, how do we
promote benign groupness.
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Gillian,
H trying to put my
evolutionary psychology hat on, and feeling like I am not doing it quite as
well as I should
Humans ARE "programed" to do things
for the good of their groups. The question then is: How do we get people to
feel as if they are part of a group? and How do we ge
Hi
"360 a week (before tax). Ouch." is roughly what an average productive
worker (and his large extended family) in a LDC survives on for a YEAR.
It seems to me that a bunch of very rich nations led by the USA have gotten
together and decided to "interfere" (citing human rights etc.) in the
affai
Interesting discution going on here. Feeling like one of the 99% on some levels.
Rich Muray's proposed list on some levels makes sense.
Higher min wage for example how are you suposed to actually live on
$9.00 an hour?
even full time that's only 360 a week (before tax). Ouch.
Another one that stuck
Since my remarks were perhaps tersely shocking, here is a clear
overview by James Traverse:
http://www.beingyoga.com/
[ For more, search Google "nonduality"... ]
Know Thyself
Be a Light unto Yourself
"Form is Seeing and Seeing is Being." ~ Atmananda Krishna Menon
"Being is Seeing and Seeing i
