In a tweet by George Monbiot, writer for The Guardian, he stated, “There’s lots of common ground between feminism and trans rights, but in the media, division is emphasised. Let’s find the common ground between all our struggles, which are all sides of the same die. Sexism, transphobia, racism, economic exclusion, environmental injustice, intergenerational theft: a struggle against one is a struggle against all. Wealth and power seek to atomise and rule. We resist effectively when we stand together in solidarity.”
I agree with this. My reply to George, however, was, “In my view, George is only touching on a much larger issue: media’s use of argument to draw an emotional audience vs. having deep discussions to understand WHY people hang on to disagreement. We do it because of deep LANGUAGE FLAWS.” In my book, Collapse 2020 Vol. 1: Fall of the First Global Civilization, in ch 5, I discuss how human language flaws actually lead to this. In short, human brains are wired to produce language. The structure of this wiring allows humans to communicate in many very different forms around the world. BUT, in ALL of them, there are significant limitations due to how our brains are organized to produce language. In addition, the language process is further flawed due to the accumulation of evolved flaws over the entire history of human culture. The result is that, EVERY cultural institution found in human society is primarily a rolling snowball’s accumulation of ages of superstition!
I the first paragraph, I highlighted a number of terms: feminism, trans rights, etc. Each of these terms, by itself, is already a NIGHTMARE of confusion. If you want to test this claim, try to find a definition for any one of them. Good luck! And, to help you out, I’ll warn you not to turn to Merriam-Webster – or any other “dictionary” either. The reason is, from it’s founding, the editorial rules at Merriam-Webster were that its role was NOT defining any words! “What”, I’m sure you’re saying. “If that isn’t what dictionaries are for, then what are they for?” What Merriam-Webster actually does is to collect and precisely describe how words have been used over time. So, for any entry, it may list many “definitions”, some in direct contradiction to others.
For example, take the terms “hot” and “cool”. Hot might mean having a high temperature. That’s easy. But what about Kim Kardashian’s new hairdo? Is she “hot”? Or is she “cool”? Now, think about the term “rights” as in “trans rights”. Go ahead. Look it up somewhere. Getting to the bottom of it will eventually lead you to the Encyclopedia Britannica which will start you on a trail to ten thousand academic papers. Go read my book!
To sum this comment up, for society to free itself from 10,000 years of endless human conflict, and establish a sustainable future, the world is going to need many miracles. Will it take 50 years, or 5,000 years, or will we go extinct? My book doesn’t answer that question. What it does do is give a reader ways to determine which way society is heading. If you want to be a survivor, that’s a big help.
