Re: OT: Thread Hijack: Drugs vs. War - was: Re: Twilight for the fishes, we say goodby to our great Clown Loach.

John Fields wrote:

> > It is not your personal experiences and the story of your life. It
> > is not the story of how your mind has evolved during your life.

> So what?

If we are to understand how the social world works, and how old
traditions are forming us, causing a lot of problems for mankind, we
cannot just find justification for what we are today and for our
current lifestyle. We have to compare our individual experiences and
our mental development, finding out why we have become what we are, why
some people become alcoholics, wife beaters, serial killers, happy
married men, unhappy 14 year old girls running away from home, angry
young men who beat up others in the street, etc.,

> It's a reflection of where his personal experiences have led
> him

But he doesn't describe how he got there, what personal experiences led
him to draw what conclusions and make what decisions along the way.

He is just describing the ideology he needs today, and that doesn't
explain much about why he wants/needs that ideology today. It does not
help us understand how he and his social environment work and how it
forms and shapes people's minds.


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Roger J.
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