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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Can We/Society be Different?

Russian girl...

My point here is about the behavior (not the horrible treatment of this girl - though this is tremendously saddening). That a human child - living primarily with animals - ends up behaving socially as an animal. Think about what this illustrates of the human susceptibility to our socio-cultural environment. If all you see is 'dog social behavior', this becomes your social interaction; if all you see is to focus on our own individual self-profit, then that is how you will act in society - for ourselves.

Imagine if we as human being were all socialized in a different way as this young girl was? What would/could we become as individuals and as a society if we were socialized to think in ways more conducive to cooperation and support of all and others, rather than being individually motivated?

The point is, that we can be whatever we are taught to be or learn to be. The problem with this though is that it is confined by our imaginations and the social realities/prisons that we live in. When will we become different? How will we become different? Who will make us different? Is it You??

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