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The "intolerance" has metastasized to inhumanity.
I recently touched on this topic in two podcasts where I spoke about animalistic behavior that, if engaged in by humans, would be considered sociopathic.
Basically, my premise was that what separates humans from animals is...1/ https://twitter.com/AndreSobolewski/status/1391110901827203072
I recently touched on this topic in two podcasts where I spoke about animalistic behavior that, if engaged in by humans, would be considered sociopathic.
Basically, my premise was that what separates humans from animals is...1/ https://twitter.com/AndreSobolewski/status/1391110901827203072
...the ability to use judgment/reason to temper/override otherwise impulsive animalistic behavior.
One of the most primal, animalistic behaviors humans possess is a survival instinct….to self-preserve, even at the expense of the collective interests of the rest of species. 2/
One of the most primal, animalistic behaviors humans possess is a survival instinct….to self-preserve, even at the expense of the collective interests of the rest of species. 2/
Unfortunately, this instinct to self-preserve has expanded from literal survival into a more contextual or relative state, that can be real or imagined. 3/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1161042539043942400
We have seen the manifestation of this behavior in humans repeatedly over a scarcity of resources. Wars have been fought over oil. At some point wars may be fought over a diminishing supply of fresh water. 4/
We are currently failing to address the climate change crisis, at least in part, not necessarily because of a disparity in resources (fossil fuels)….but because of a fear of a disparity of the “right” to consume those resources:…. 5/
….if the U.S. curbs its fossil fuel consumption, developing economies (China) will have an economic advantage when those countries do not curb their consumption.
As a result, the world is in a collective race to the ecological bottom. 6/
As a result, the world is in a collective race to the ecological bottom. 6/
Circling back to intolerance/inhumanity, the point I was trying to make on the podcasts was about the effect that fear......especially disinformation-induced fear......has on the collective human psyche.
From a neurobiological standpoint,....7/
From a neurobiological standpoint,....7/
.....the more evolved, cerebral cortex is located the furthest from the primitive brain stem....and contributes to the functions that make us human such as reason, judgment, and perhaps even our conscience because of its role in awareness/consciousness. 8/
But fear is a primal response that originates in the amygdala, located closer to the primitive brain stem.
Fear is an evolutionary response that helps guarantee survival. An animal relies on fear to instinctively engage a "binary" fight or flight response to survive. 9/
Fear is an evolutionary response that helps guarantee survival. An animal relies on fear to instinctively engage a "binary" fight or flight response to survive. 9/
If there is any delay in cognitive processing, the animal risks being defeated in battle if hesitates to “fight”....or risks being caught in “flight” if it hesitates to flee.
Fight or flight requires animals to react first, and then think later, if at all. 10/
Fight or flight requires animals to react first, and then think later, if at all. 10/
This is occurring in politics.
Decades of fear mongering/demagoguery have conditioned people’s primitive fear responses to be in a constant state of “hyper-vigilance” (not unlike PTSD)....to see enemies everywhere.....and to view everything as a "threat" to their survival. 11/
Decades of fear mongering/demagoguery have conditioned people’s primitive fear responses to be in a constant state of “hyper-vigilance” (not unlike PTSD)....to see enemies everywhere.....and to view everything as a "threat" to their survival. 11/
Demagogues have incited people to fear minor “threats” to status (collective narcissism), wealth, and lifestyle.
As a result, “threats” to a white, Christian, unregulated gun-owning society is equated to a literal existential threat to survival. 12/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1101899482948546561
As a result, “threats” to a white, Christian, unregulated gun-owning society is equated to a literal existential threat to survival. 12/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1101899482948546561
It’s why, as @ReedGalen pointed out in the @projectlincoln podcast, some guy feels the need to plaster “don’t tread on me” stickers on the back window of his six-figured ($) ego machine even though that guy likely has never been “tread on”. 13/ https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1388908467373723653
It’s not about actual victimhood.
It’s about perceived victimhood, and the need to keep 45% of this country in a "hyper-vigilant" state of perpetual victimhood, as explained here. 14/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1387025625442000896
It’s about perceived victimhood, and the need to keep 45% of this country in a "hyper-vigilant" state of perpetual victimhood, as explained here. 14/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1387025625442000896
The byproduct of this perpetual state of victimhood is that a number of otherwise decent people are incited into such and irrational emotional state that they not only tolerate intolerance….but, in some cases, they’re willing to embrace inhumanity. 15/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1215629235429076994
Other relevant threads: https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1205853131348668416
Other relevant threads: https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1161042539043942400
Other relevant threads: https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1157435510622572544
Relevant Podcast: https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1388484218687262730
Relevant podcast: https://twitter.com/psdhitchhiker/status/1388108362634735617
Article version of this Intolerance/Inhumanity thread: https://www.patreon.com/posts/51083241
