Expensive Political Religion

Money power sex and belief. It all boils down to dominance.

People are animals. They want to dominate or be dominated, that is, submit, to each other. They want to play a part in the game. The game of domination.

There are two roles The dominant is the one who takes control. The submissive is the one who chooses to be controlled. People often misuse the terms aggressive and passive. These are quite wrong. Aggression is an action. Dominance is a passion. Passiveness means to give up and not participate more or less. Submission takes the active roll, playing the part the dominant wants.

Both politics and religion are means of organizing dominant and passive people and groups.  They both fulfill all four entities of existence listed above. Money, power, sex and belief.

Everything in Human existence boils down to the game of dominance. Survival depends on it. Not because of sex. Not because of sustenance. Just because we would all roll over and die if there were not the satisfaction of the domination game involved in our lives.

Global warming, that is, the whole global warming "thing" that is buzzing around the world, is all about belief. It satisfies the need to believe in something semi-tangible. That is, something that has some basis in reality, but requires believe to be real. God, Charlie Brown, the perfect diet, none of these exist. People insist on believing in them because parts of them exist.

I bet I can make everything humans worry about fit in the dominance game. If a person is worried about it then it has to do  with the dominance game.

Employment > money, power, belief
Family > belief, power, sometimes sex
Religion > power, belief
Abortion > The fact that this happens in the world harms some people's beliefs. The other side believes their control over their own bodies is at risk.

Face it, most every conflict is about control. the one with the control is not always the dominant one. The submissive makes as many choices if not more while playing the game.

Yup, Given time, I think I could link most anything humans worry about to the dominance game. Perhaps worrying itself is all based on placement on the dominance scale.

I could write a book about this stuff.