This is http://www.essayz.com/b0407091.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %HIDDEN COVERT TACIT GOD DOMINATION SYSTEM ELEMENTS 040709 %APPEARANCES WORTHY HONOR RESPECT REVERENCE TRUSTED 040709 %LAW ORDER STABILITY INTEGRITY TRADITION CONFORMITY 040709 %COHERENT SALVATION LIBERATION PRISON TECHNOCRATS 040709 %WARS VIOLENCE EMPIRES COERCION FEARS MANIPULATIONS 040709 %ENEMY DEVILS HERISY CONDEMNATION EXCOMMUNICATION 040709 The essential elements of "The Domination System" are: 1. Hidden, Covert, Tacit, Obscure. 2. Appearing to be other than what they are. 3. Appearing to be worthy of honor and respect. 4. Appearing to facilitate law, order and integrity. 5. Appearing to fight the decay that they initiate. 6. Appearing to be coherent and promoting coherence. 7. Appearing to offer salvation to its victims. 8. Appearing to offer liberation to its prisoners. 9. Appearing to offer technocratic tragedy-prevention. 10. Seductive in the ways they offer desired services. The focus above is upon the appearance of "The Domination System Elements" to humans who are only dimly aware of them. The elements of "The Domination System" work together in mutually supportive ways to ensure that "The Domination Systems" elements are (to humans) as described in the ten statements above. In what sense can it make sense to take the above statements seriously? How else can we make sense of: 1. All of our humane wars? 2. All inhumane preparations for wars? 3. Collusive games of mutual self deception? 4. Addictions are codependent support of them? 5. Terrorism, both formal and informal? 6. Military industrial complexes? 7. Unrestrained mega-corporations? 8. Unrestrained Multi-National Corporations? 9. Unrestrained Religious-Institutions? 10. Multi-National Religious Domination? In what sense can it make sense for anyone to tolerate systemic and unlimited: 1. Power-concentrations, 2. Wealth-concentrations, 3. Dis-ease-concentrations, 4. Poverty-concentrations and 5. Threats of mutually assured destruction. As in any sense normal and not requiring any kind of explanation? Can any kind of leader be silent and tolerant in the above ways --- without thereby becoming complicit with "The Domination System". If so, how? Within what contexts? (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================