Are you at the point where being so informed makes everything seem extremely simplistic?

[RCA]

About 7 years ago, when I first started reading about The Fed, inflation, property rights, war, etc., I found everything extremely interesting and thought provoking. Now everything seems so surreal because they are so simplistic. I feel like our world reverts back to what you were taught when you were 5: don't steal, be fair, don't hit, etc. What's even more freaky is that once you realize how simplistic everything can be boiled down to, it makes you more frightened of your neighbors. Because once you may have thought they didn't have time or patience to "study" these things, now you realize they just don't understand these simple concepts in the first place. Then you just want to go run and hide. Does anyone else have these same feelings?

 

[satchelmcqueen]

yep

 

[Edward]

Yeah, I've had years to become accustomed to being smarter than y'all.

 

[Cap]

I think about this alot .

 

[Kotin]

Yes.. I cannot really have a genuine conversation with most people.. They don't care about anything real and have no inherent critical thinking skills.. They form many opinions based on nothing or what they hear.. So you can ask them about almost any subject and get an opinion, just not one based in reality or critical thinking or based off of research.

 

[Indy Vidual]

"...being so informed makes everything seem extremely simplistic"

Have you tried this?
http://mises.org/books/humanaction.pdf

 

[nayjevin]

Yeah, you're right to punch ends at the tip of my nose.

It's unfortunate that so many institutions actively encourage moral systems opposed to basic principles such as these, axiomatic philosophical guides such as the golden rule.

Sitcoms (even Disney/Nick) often portray immoral behaviors as acceptable. I don't have a problem with shows that do so with humor, and clearly show that poor choices beget poor results, but too often the characters who come out on top do so by lying or manipulating or downright hurting people.

Our public schools also too often turn morality upside down.

It's a lot easier for me to deal with when I realize it's intentional in many cases, with uncultured people following that socially engineered agenda, as opposed to thinking people coming to the conclusion that treating people unfairly is O.K.

 

[nayjevin]

Yes.. I cannot really have a genuine conversation with most people.. They don't care about anything real and have no inherent critical thinking skills.. They form many opinions based on nothing or what they hear.. So you can ask them about almost any subject and get an opinion, just not one based in reality or critical thinking or based off of research.

I've been looking for people like you

 

[FunkBuddha]

Since you brought it up, I've been formulating my anarcho-funk-buddhist class theory around similar realizations. As I see it, there are only three classes of people, animals, students of the Truth, and teachers of the Truth. I'm not convinced that everyone is capable of moving from one class to the next.

 

[georgiaboy]

It's a lot easier for me to deal with when I realize it's intentional in many cases, with uncultured people following that socially engineered agenda, as opposed to thinking people coming to the conclusion that treating people unfairly is O.K.

Based on this statement then, are your "thinking people coming to the conclusion that treating people unfairly is O.K." the ones that are intentionally creating the socially engineered agenda your "uncultured people" are following?

 

[nobody's_hero]

Yes, and I was actually trying to think of a word to describe it, and "simplistic" fits perfectly.

It's amazing how complex those in power make things seem. Everything's got to be a fight, a struggle, of some sort, in their eyes.

Many times I think that 99% of the American people would have nothing to fight about if we weren't constantly reminded to fight amongst ourselves, by the powers that be.

 

[georgiaboy]

To the OP, yeah, it's all really simple.

Anyone can understand it. It's the doing that's the trick.

All of us fall short in this last respect.

 

[kill the banks]

I wonder if God already knows this ... the more I looked into physics the more it seemed like my 1st prof said , the first day of class ... " some think we are wasting our time " .

 

[Mach]

It's just a game..........

 

[Revolution9]

Does anyone else have these same feelings?

Since I was about 14 y.o.

Rev9

 

[Revolution9]

I've been looking for people like you

I am in the N Ga mtns. Thank the lord for my cockatoo. She thinks everything I say is interesting and replies. If i get in a political brouhaha she has my back. It is hilarious and disarming to the opponent.

Rev9

 

[thoughtomator]

Realize that a lot of what you see happen, rhetoric-wise, is intended to obscure basic principles. Thus there is no "counterfeiting", there is "fractional reserve banking"; there is no "cheating", there is "high-frequency trading"; there is no "fraud", there is "financial innovation"; there is no "bribery", there is "lobbying". Etc. etc. etc.

Once you see through the intentional confusion that is created, the situation is in fact simple.

So why the confusion? Easy - a lot of people are making a lot of money by confusing people so they don't come out with the pitchforks and torches where appropriate.

 

[RCA]

Realize that a lot of what you see happen, rhetoric-wise, is intended to obscure basic principles. Thus there is no "counterfeiting", there is "fractional reserve banking"; there is no "cheating", there is "high-frequency trading"; there is no "fraud", there is "financial innovation"; there is no "bribery", there is "lobbying". Etc. etc. etc.

Once you see through the intentional confusion that is created, the situation is in fact simple.

So why the confusion? Easy - a lot of people are making a lot of money by confusing people so they don't come out with the pitchforks and torches where appropriate.

But why are such basic principles so easily covered up and believed to be something else? To me, if you know and understand basic principles, the lies seem just as simple in comparison. It's the ones who don't understand the basic principles that fall for the lies.

 

[nayjevin]

Based on this statement then, are your "thinking people coming to the conclusion that treating people unfairly is O.K." the ones that are intentionally creating the socially engineered agenda your "uncultured people" are following?

Not sure I understand the question, but by and large I'd say the folks who dedicate time to creating opinions are sociopathic in the sense that empathy is non-existent and doing something successfully makes it right. Uncultured I say, but it's not the right word. I don't blame folks who are educated by a broken system. Fraudulent circumstances contribute to misunderstanding, this doesn't speak to the potential of those people to adopt the proper moral stance were those fraudulent circumstances different.

 

[Seraphim]

Well said.

Not sure I understand the question, but by and large I'd say the folks who dedicate time to creating opinions are sociopathic in the sense that empathy is non-existent and doing something successfully makes it right. Uncultured I say, but it's not the right word. I don't blame folks who are educated by a broken system. Fraudulent circumstances contribute to misunderstanding, this doesn't speak to the potential of those people to adopt the proper moral stance were those fraudulent circumstances different.