The only question that is interesting is why they can't learn this lession. The only answer that makes sense is that when they look in the mirror, they see a Philosopher King staring back. That vision is so pretty that they refuse to look at anything other than the mirror.
The various child creating behaviors of an Afghan farmer and his two wives, an American farmer in 1811, and an American accountant in 2011 have less to do with Islam, Protestantism, and post-Christian agnosticism than they have to do with the calories and the climate.
Christ did not create a New Christian Man.
Nazism did not create the Pure Aryan Man.
The Soviets did not create a New Soviet Man.
The modern Pan-national Progressive SWPLs have not created a …well, whatever the hell that New-mumble-Man-thing would be called.
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Human nature does not change.
Keep that maxim in mind the next time you read a SWPL prog talking about how mankind has evolved, or such-and-so is “outdated” or “backwards”.
Evolution is not teleological and neither is social change.
Both react to situations on the ground.
But don't forget - they're smarter and nicer than you.
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I will take exception to that BP.
I know what you're saying. Man's base motives will never change, nor will his base character flaws. Greed, cowardice, faithlessness and all the other garbage will exist in any society we create.
But sometimes we do create new ways of thinking - or combining existing thought patterns - and truly new men and civilizations result. To wit:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/in-depth/the-six-killer-apps-of-western-civilization/article2265789/
I do not offer this as a defence of these new age air heads...I only argue the assertation that mankind never changes. We can indeed. If we want to.
Human nature does not change quickly. Or to design. Poor old Lysenko. But circumstances may promote some aspects over others until things change.
WV:cledify-I hope this cledifies things.
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