People acting on an ideology, consciously or unconsciously, will make it appear as if there was somebody in charge, but that isn't necessary for the impression. It's much more likely that the world is a chaos of conflicting interests at many different scales and that nobody's in charge. Thinking otherwise sounds way too childishly comforting to me, since then you could solve the problem of evil by chopping the right heads off. Reality is much more dire than that.
I think this is naive and that you could end most of the strife (in Western nations, at least) with the discorporation of...let's say 1,000 heads, tops.
When I said "conflicting interests", I meant many groups of people, some coordinating amongst themselves, making alliances with others, and so on. However, the rope can be pulled in many directions. "Coordination" makes it sound like there's a single general agenda. That is not true, unless you're referring to the devil whose agenda is to render asunder.
People acting on an ideology, consciously or unconsciously, will make it appear as if there was somebody in charge, but that isn't necessary for the impression. It's much more likely that the world is a chaos of conflicting interests at many different scales and that nobody's in charge. Thinking otherwise sounds way too childishly comforting to me, since then you could solve the problem of evil by chopping the right heads off. Reality is much more dire than that.
I think this is naive and that you could end most of the strife (in Western nations, at least) with the discorporation of...let's say 1,000 heads, tops.
Wishful thinking.
But you have to admit there's coordination going on.
When I said "conflicting interests", I meant many groups of people, some coordinating amongst themselves, making alliances with others, and so on. However, the rope can be pulled in many directions. "Coordination" makes it sound like there's a single general agenda. That is not true, unless you're referring to the devil whose agenda is to render asunder.
Stand Alone Complex