A topic I have covered on this blog is that of learning (refer to the labels [Blogger’s term for tags/hashtags] below for more on that - and apologies to those using mobile phones, as Blogger does not seem to allow labels to be viewed on that sort of device, and see also here on “negative learning”, and also here [learning from mistakes], here [which includes “The ideal is to learn in constructive situations, but there are some who stubbornly refuse to learn, and for those those people, the negative learning of karma may be necessary, less effective thought it may be (I have to admit there are some lessons I have had to learn, both in this life and over the millennia, "the hard way").”], here [on the risk of becoming a monster - if writing that now, I might include a philosopher’s comment about when you look into the abyss, the abyss looks into you], and here).
One of the aspects of this that I have written about on my political blog is learning - particularly from history, or, too often, not learning the lessons of history ...
Learning, and not learning, the efficient (“easy”) way are important - not only for nations, as I wrote about in the post below, but for groups and for individuals.
And the point I want to particularly warn against is that of hubris - pride, arrogance, and various combinations/variations of those.
As I have taken pains to point out when writing about the war in Gaza, Israel has in many cases repeated errors that others have made earlier (for instance, the USA in World War [part] Two).
Don’t feel too superior - yes, undertake nonviolent activism to promote change, but don’t think your nation or group or you yourself, Dear Reader, are free of fault. That way lies the fault of spiritual bypassing, at the very least.
And note that if you are open about your faults, spiritual bypassers will smugly be critical of you, and possibly use your realism to ignore their own hypocrisy and continue being faulty ... and there’s pretty much nothing you can do about that, other than sigh when they finally wake up and regret what they have done.
And that is something I consider Israel will do one day - wake up, and be horrified at what Israel has done in Gaza and the West Bank.
On the other hand, I doubt that the ultra-narcissists of H____ will allow themselves to regret creating the reality that is destroying Palestinians ...
The post I referred to is:
“Israeli anger at Netanyahu [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on violence/abuse/war. Reader discretion is advised]” https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/09/israeli-anger-at-netanyahu-note-content.html
Possible flaws
Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:
- there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”;
- I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
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