More on apoliticalness
Jan. 3rd, 2003 09:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nollyIt's apathy rooted in individualism. We[1] know how to act as individuals and how to care about individuals, but not how to be part of a large group or how to care about, or sometimes even how to see, the big picture. We know how to live and let live, not how to make a difference. It's the other end of the pendulum from the rigid, controlling society that is the stereotype of the past, of the 40s and 50s among other eras.
I'm always wary of extremes. I don't think we're at the theoretical end of this spectrum yet, but we're farther along it than I'm happy with. Looked at one way, the scary homeland security stuff is an overreaction to this -- "too much difference! out of control! scary! must enforce sameness!" But rather than creating a nice middle ground, we simply have competing extremes. Not good.
[1] Me and those like me in this regard, not anything more universal. I am not trying to speak for anyone who doesn't want to be spoken for.
I'm always wary of extremes. I don't think we're at the theoretical end of this spectrum yet, but we're farther along it than I'm happy with. Looked at one way, the scary homeland security stuff is an overreaction to this -- "too much difference! out of control! scary! must enforce sameness!" But rather than creating a nice middle ground, we simply have competing extremes. Not good.
[1] Me and those like me in this regard, not anything more universal. I am not trying to speak for anyone who doesn't want to be spoken for.
