RETURN TO recent.htm ESSAY-HYPER-LINKS Given the number of Domineering-Bullies that have concentrated Great-Wealth-and-Powers; and Given the numbers of Contests for The-Position-of-Top-Bully - - - What are the chances that the New-Novices in the Competitions for a fair share of the Wealth, Power and Influence Will be able to CHANGE-Anything --- by joining in the Traditional-Contests-for-Dominance - - - by internalizing the Core-Essential-Elements of the Life-Styles of Entrenched Domineering-Bullies in DEEP-RUTS? Is it prudent to think that novices in the Ancient-Much-Honored-Games-of-Mutual-Self-Deception - - - Can CHANGE-Anything by joining in the Traditional-Contests in the Traditional Ways-of-Alienation; leading with - - - Violence, Coercion, Denigrations, Negativity, Polarizations, Dichotomizations? Why think that way? Can we CHANGE any Alienative-Patterns of Bullying; by Adopting the Life-Style of the most Successful-Domineering-Bullies? If not, what Life-Style-Elements can we internalize-affirm-and-demonstrate to effectively help each other to MITIGATE Our-Own-Alienative-Conflicts which involve Domineering-Bullies, Mobbing-Mobsters, Terrorists and other people who are trying to win at Playing-Collusive-Games-of-Mutual-Self-Deception? Where can the necessary CHANGE begin? On the battle-field? On what kind of battle-field? Why should we think that by repeating old tried-and-failed kinds-of-battles against EVIL we can get a different result than in all of the ALIKE ancient-such-efforts? Maybe we need to AVOID and LET-GO of battles, and find different ways of Mitigating-our-Own-Alienative-Conflicts! Might it be safe to CHANGE-Our-Alienative-Ways? WHO should CHANGE first? WHY? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Can we win battles against Greedy-Domineering-Bullies - - - without embracing their Life-Styles, Language, Concepts and Manipulative-Alienative-Techniques-and-Technologies - - - that Generate-and-Augment Alienative-Conflicts-and-Misunderstandings? Can we fight-and-defeat Domineering-Bullies and Mobbing-Mobsters - - - while thinking only in terms of the elements of: language, categories, concepts and relationships which are traditional to Domineering-Bullies? Consider those below: Territory Fight Battles Defeat Win Lose Wars Possessions Tactics Strategies Weapons Power Force Conform Superior Inferior Wealth Domination Control Obey Coalitions Attack Negate Bury Deny Invulnerable Stop Block Inhibit Remove Compete Defend Mislead Secrets Unilateral Overwhelm Reject Protect Surrender Demand Command Loyalty Discipline Good Obedience Commander Military Army Strike Evil Superior Inferior Expose Undermine Subvert Will Plans Dispose Impose Commitment Threaten Build-Up Contain Constrain Concentrate Explode Weak Destroy Eliminate Banish Depose Weaken Sicken Fragment Divide Mislead Confuse Disintegrate Excommunicate GOD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alternative-Languages, Categories, Conceptions and Relationships CAN-INCLUDE the following REALITIES-and-BEHAVIORS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Helping ALL-KINDS-OF-PEOPLE to MITIGATE-their-own-Alienative-Conflicts. Facilitating Reconciliation-and-Cooperation to meet ALL of the healthy-real-needs of the Crew of God's Space-Ship-Earth. Facilitating Open-and-Honest-Dialogues about all of the dilemmas of the Crew of God's Space-ship-Earth. Open-and-Honest-Dialogues about the differences between Our-Reflexive-Dilemmas and Technical-Problems of Isolated-People. Open-and-Honest-Dialogues about all of our own Alienative-Conflicts, their Roots, and how We-Sustain-Them. Resolving-Our-Misunderstandings through Open-and-Honest-Dialogues which include mutual confirmations of what we hear. Mitigating our Biases-and-Prejudices through Disciplined-Systems-Analyses of our Reflexive-Realities-and-Relationships. Open-and-Honest-Dialogues about the Essential-Nature of Systemic-Distributive-Justice in Healthy-Humane-Communities. Mitigating the Costs of UnMITIGATEd: Anxieties, Terrors, Fears, Ignorance, Prejudices, Biases, Greed, and Ignored-Needs. Transcending Myths which affirm the REDEMPTIVE-POWERS of: Violence, Coercion, Excommunications, Collusions, Destruction. Creating, Sustaining and Maintaining - - - Sustainable-Communal-Sanctuaries FOR-ALL within which to do all of the above. SHALOM