DMB, All
On 18 May you wrote:
> I see what you're saying, but I think the analogy doesn't hold simply
> because Holland in not a colony, but Algeria was. Also if forced to
> choose between a theocracy and a military dictatorship... I'd f*ck the
> bull. (thanks, 3WD)
The Algeria example is unique in the sense that the giving up of
democracy was "religious" motivated (I believe) and maybe their
colonial past counted, but something similar happened to Germany in
the late twenties/early thirties. Hitler manipulated the "Reichstag" to
abolish itself to hive him free reins to put down the communist threat -
which would have destroyed democracy anyway. It was the proverbial
pest or cholera choice. We know the outcome of the "pest", but not of
the "cholera". Please don't count me among the revisionists though.
Anyway I agree with your MOQ assessment of the situation. The social
"urge" - to kill the opposition - worked in the old days before intellectual
value took hold, but nowadays it's not possible. As I see it the MOQ
predicts that Intellect will win in the end, some world government will
form (anyone familiar with the book "The Truth Machine?) but - as you
point out, the social latch is there behind the scene, immutable and and
something we fall back on if the bells toll (11/9).
On your comment to Lawry who asks for the MOQ solution to the
Middle East conflict: I too find Lawry a real pro on the matter, but agree
with your evaluation about this a Social vs Intellectual struggle. In the
old days it was Rick Budd who pointed to the short-comings of the MOQ
and I who maintained that it has no ready-made answers, it only
explains what is going on and predicts the general outcome .... but in
this it is unsurpassed and reminds me of Quantum Physics' prowess.
Which fits: IT IS A QUANTUM METAPHYSICS.
Bo
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