Whether it's my students or the other teachers who have come from all around the world, living in Japan this past year has helped me examine things from so many different perspectives. If there's anything I've learned in life it's that some people are full of shit and you should never trust anyone that claims to know everything. Especially when said person is telling you what you "need to hear/ believe".
It seems like it's pretty common for people in the U.S. to shoe-horn their way into things. Western culture (America's not alone) has worked toward enforcing laws to address personal values in the name of "good" and the people who don't benefit from it get left behind in the dirt (you can't please everyone, and no law is going to benefit everyone.). This has caused a lot of bitterness and retaliation from both sides of each movement. The presidential elections are the most apparent example of this tendency.
The point of laws is to place restrictions. The laws that get placed in the name of "protection" aren't always as good as the advocates would like us to think. In the words of Jordan Peterson, "the law right now as it is currently instantiated, is a tyrant, and it makes people into its slave. And we're gonna pay for that". I agree that it would benefit us all to be respectful of each other; HOWEVER, you can't force people to respect you. That's not genuine. It's as fake as 90% of your "friends" on facebook. Just because people have to give a fuck doesn't mean they actually do. They're only doing it to keep themselves from being put behind bars or being rejected by their peers.
When it comes to creating change, I think it's important to be careful what we wish for. Creating a tyranny in the name of "equality" is not what I think is the answer and I am skeptical of the people who preach having the "correct" ideology for people to follow. If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. The same applies to anyone who says they have "the answer".
Having said that, what do I know?
Peace
It seems like it's pretty common for people in the U.S. to shoe-horn their way into things. Western culture (America's not alone) has worked toward enforcing laws to address personal values in the name of "good" and the people who don't benefit from it get left behind in the dirt (you can't please everyone, and no law is going to benefit everyone.). This has caused a lot of bitterness and retaliation from both sides of each movement. The presidential elections are the most apparent example of this tendency.
The point of laws is to place restrictions. The laws that get placed in the name of "protection" aren't always as good as the advocates would like us to think. In the words of Jordan Peterson, "the law right now as it is currently instantiated, is a tyrant, and it makes people into its slave. And we're gonna pay for that". I agree that it would benefit us all to be respectful of each other; HOWEVER, you can't force people to respect you. That's not genuine. It's as fake as 90% of your "friends" on facebook. Just because people have to give a fuck doesn't mean they actually do. They're only doing it to keep themselves from being put behind bars or being rejected by their peers.
When it comes to creating change, I think it's important to be careful what we wish for. Creating a tyranny in the name of "equality" is not what I think is the answer and I am skeptical of the people who preach having the "correct" ideology for people to follow. If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. The same applies to anyone who says they have "the answer".
Having said that, what do I know?
Peace
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| When we force water to move, it disrupts the flow, making it lose its clarity. |
Maybe I'm missing something? What do you think?
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