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I see signs that what might be called main stream society is trying vary hard to embrace full tolerance, and disdain towards conflict does seem to be growing... Could you give examples of how you see society in rejection of conflict?  Thank you for your post, I enjoyed very much.

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Life is struggle, but it's hard to see it as adding up to anything meaningful when the conclusion's likely the same for everybody.

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I have taken many hours into placing a label on my own philosophy. 

I see the world as an arena, everyone fighting each other to live. Every aspect of life can be broken down into conflict and who are we to deny it. I not only embrace conflict, but hope for a chance to fight, to strengthen myself for the endless struggles to come. 

Looking at animals and even ourselves we can see conflict is the driving hammer behind evolution, thousands of years in adaption coping with the trials of nature. I say this all because I believe society itself has rejected the idea of conflict and it hardly exist in it's purest of forms anymore(war). It's a tragedy in my eyes, considering how warfare itself has become embedded in our true nature. 

Thoughts and expressions are welcomed.

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"On the other hand the problem comes when we put this to a more general perspective, not all people enjoy violence and the lifestyle which is associated with it."

People indulge themselves into conflict today just by more petty, indirect means. Instead of confronting one another they'll slander each other over social media sites and pressing charges for harassment. It's just sad.

"Reality is in a free society and in a developed country you have a lot more power over your self to become what you want."

I only want to become more conditioned and ready for stronger challenges. Self Improvement is all I focus myself on, I don't care for wealth, prestige or luxury.

"If you think social Darwinism will occur if we had more wars then you are a fool."

I never said that but I'm want to disagree with you here. The strongest, best trained and organized nation wins the war over the weaker one and forces the loser to assimilate into it's culture. Survival of the fittest at it's finest.

 

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I would not call that a philosophy in itself, more like an observation; more conflict would be good and life is a fight. What you are describing is reminiscent of social Darwinism. "Looking at animals and even ourselves we can see conflict is the driving hammer behind evolution"

Nothing wrong with that statement and I sure live my life like a fight.  On the other hand the problem comes when we put this to a more general perspective, not all people enjoy violence and the lifestyle which is associated with it.

It might seem very nice with some war and conflict especially with all the action movies and media glorifying it. Reality is in a free society and in a developed country you have a lot more power over your self to become what you want. If you think social Darwinism will occur  if we had more wars then you are a fool.

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well, someone with a head on their shoulders finally. 

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Generalizations again, like you said some people prefer direct means of attack others don't now if you think society has shifted more to the indirect/dishonest type then fine. The idea that direct confrontation is inherently better then indirect is false, some people might not be capable  or might win by pressing charges, while you sit there and fret about your conflicts.

 

If physical self improvement in relation to violence is all you deem worthy of your time you are missing out on so much in life, now sure this can be your choice but most people value "wealth, prestige or luxury." over ability to shoot.

 

Here is where you seem to draw a lot of wrong conclusions, many people make this mistake. First off what is social Darwinism and what determines the winner of wars and how are they linked?

Social Darwinism has to do with genes primarily, so it has to do with what you are born with.

Governments mostly decide who wins wars, one person has a minimal effect and to even draw the conclusion that it would be that persons genes that would be what makes them good at war is abused. Now if it has to do with the polices that country has adopted the country bets fit for prolonged war would win in your ideal world and is that really what anyone wants.

War creates rigged societies incapable of evolving and afraid of new ideas.  

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I agree that mainstream Western society via its Judeo-Christian ethics demonizes many forms of natural conflict. Think about how the word "demonize" reflects how embedded the Judeo-Christian structure is in Western thinking. Man has since the beginning of civilization slowly grown more domesticated, and his religions have served to opiate his domesticated state, and to transmute those things in his nature which would have him cause discord. This process has gone on for millenia and has culminated into the society of today, where fake politiness is not only the norm, it is also expected; where most people are cowards (in nearly all aspects of their being); where the human mind is so manipulated and twisted that what should be considered insane (see: the story of Jesus Christ) passes as given truth. This process even manifests itself in man's physical structure—pre-civilization era skulls demonstrate strong evidence that testosterone levels have reduced substantially within the last 4-6 thousand years.

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