[Oe List ...] A Strange Affirmation of Imaginal Education (Randy Williams)

[Richard and Maria Maguire]

Hi

Thanks, Randy, for pointing us to this article.

I read "The Image" before I met up with the ICA.  I was quite excited to 
read it, since he gave a clue about how people form and maintain their 
beliefs and how these lead to certain actions.  I learned how Culture 
and symbols play a huge role of (at least) all people and their 
societies, whether they are a member of the KKK, the Nazi Party, MAGA, 
neocons or the Civil Rights or Peace Movements.  What matters is the 
interests that these cultures and symbols represent.  To me the 
illustration of the current distortions of the Social Process toward the 
economic is the undelying social source of so many past and current 
cultures.  I find it most disturbing the way so many important cultureal 
institutions, like the media and the education system are being bought 
up or even more heavily influenced by people of wealth or their allies.  
as Adam Smith said in "The Wealth of Nations"in 1776. "When ever these 
people get together, the public is worse off.  The talk is always about 
how to raise prices and lower wages"

"All the goods belong to all the people" is a message that neocons and 
their related movements would probably never use, nor would they affirm 
the messages and cultures implied by that or the many Human Rights 
Instruments affirmed by many countries (although often not by the US).

 From what I learned, especially in CSI was that culture is like 
technology, it all depends on what the intention is, and how much it is 
or is not an affirmation of connectedness and love or separation and fear.

Best wishes

Richard

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