“…we need to find the roads to reality and reaching the tribes.”
Yes, Fern. I believe that too. There is also the matter of defining a tribe. I see a tribe as a group of people, families, or clans who bond together and identify themselves as members of [pick any tribal name]. Socially, they can be a positive and unifying force for people…
“…we need to find the roads to reality and reaching the tribes.”
Yes, Fern. I believe that too. There is also the matter of defining a tribe. I see a tribe as a group of people, families, or clans who bond together and identify themselves as members of [pick any tribal name]. Socially, they can be a positive and unifying force for people to gather and find kinship. Politically, they can be negative in dividing their tribe from the rest of a nation and pursuing only selfish goals. And if religion is tossed into the mix, there are several other separating factors. For example, if a group says, “God has chosen us above all others,” then that is bound to present disunity and potential conflict with all other people. Or if a nation makes the same declaration, then that will separate that nation from all others. Consider the words on the German soldier’s belt buckle in WWI and WWII—"Gott mit uns” (God is with us). The examples can go on and on, and they only serve to work as divisors and not unifiers.
In the end, I believe it’s big money and big power who love to keep tribes fighting amongst themselves. It keeps the little people in constant struggle to just get by, and that keeps them too busy from focusing on the powers at top. They keep races, religions, genders, et al, at each other’s throats. The wealth disparity continues to grow, and that can only bring more problems as people are forced into poverty.
“…we need to find the roads to reality and reaching the tribes.”
Yes, Fern. I believe that too. There is also the matter of defining a tribe. I see a tribe as a group of people, families, or clans who bond together and identify themselves as members of [pick any tribal name]. Socially, they can be a positive and unifying force for people to gather and find kinship. Politically, they can be negative in dividing their tribe from the rest of a nation and pursuing only selfish goals. And if religion is tossed into the mix, there are several other separating factors. For example, if a group says, “God has chosen us above all others,” then that is bound to present disunity and potential conflict with all other people. Or if a nation makes the same declaration, then that will separate that nation from all others. Consider the words on the German soldier’s belt buckle in WWI and WWII—"Gott mit uns” (God is with us). The examples can go on and on, and they only serve to work as divisors and not unifiers.
In the end, I believe it’s big money and big power who love to keep tribes fighting amongst themselves. It keeps the little people in constant struggle to just get by, and that keeps them too busy from focusing on the powers at top. They keep races, religions, genders, et al, at each other’s throats. The wealth disparity continues to grow, and that can only bring more problems as people are forced into poverty.