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The equation of acceptability, goodness, perfection,
and exclusivity occasions compulsions to go to extremes.
Unacceptable people are excommunicated. Only good people
are acceptable, others are excommunicated. Goodness is
measured in terms of degree of perfection. Perfection in
terms of one criteria of conformity tends to be in
conflict with perfection in terms of any other criteria of
conformity. The person who seeks acceptability in terms
of conformity to good criteria thus tends to become
exclusive---and thus to excommunicate others who choose to
conform to other criteria of goodness. Each seeks to
avoid excommunication by going to extremes of conformity.
The tendency to go to extremes tends to become compulsive.
The society may in subtle ways instruct it's members to
choose their specialty and to become exclusively
identified with their specialty: physicist, chemist,
biologist, mathematician, psychologist, psychiatrist,
sociologist, anthropologist, economist, physician,
engineer, militarist, sensualist, criminal, drug addict,
prostitute, etc.
The culture which promotes over-specialization as the
way to fulfillment encourages it's members to feel
compelled to move quickly from intermediate levels of
involvement in any activity to exclusive intense levels of
involvement. Intermediate levels of involvement in any
activity are regarded as grounds for exclusion from
intermediate levels of involvement in any other "turf".
Each specialty lays claim to a "turf" and looks with
disapproval upon anybody who seeks to roam over many
different "turfs". Vagabonds are excommunicated because
they do not show respect for the boundaries between the
"turfs" of the various specialties. Specialists within
one "turf" excommunicate vagabonds even when they have not
trespassed on the home "turf"---out of the fear that the
vagabond who does not respect other specialist's
boundaries will not respect the boundaries around one's
own "turf".
Under such circumstances each vagabond is in effect
instructed to seek a home "turf" and stay put. Straddling
boundaries between "turfs" is taboo. There are
compulsions to go to the centers of each "turf" and to
stay away from the ambiguity of boundaries. Communication
is undermined/blocked and alienation/evil abounds.
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