The Ten Points of Conservative Power Worship

Let us look at the 10 points of power the typical conservatives (not all...some vary) are for or defend, sometimes blindly, in any arguments:

Christianity, The U.S. Military, The United States, Corporations, The Constitution, Capitalism, Police, God/Jesus, White culture, Heterosexuality.

Notice anything? They are all either powerful, symbols of power, or have a consensus of followers.

Let’s go down the list, shall we? But before I do, I want to say there is nothing inherently and totally wrong with anything on the list below..They all have their flaws however and can be abused. The problem is, Conservatives will go on defending these institutions without demanding reform even when reform is needed. That's because it's about power and backing a winner.

The list:

Christianity = The Majority Religion in America = POWER

The U.S. Military = Currently The Strongest Military in the World = POWER

The United States = Currently the Sole Existing Super Power = POWER

Big Businesses = Money, Control of Resources & Workers, Lobbyists in D.C. = POWER

The Constitution of The United States = The Supreme Law of the United States = POWER

Capitalism = Currently the Most Successful & Accepted Economic System = POWER

Police = Empowered By the State with the Legitimate Use of Force = POWER

God/Jesus = Deemed throughout history, and by millions, to be the final word on morality = POWER

White Culture (over minority cultures) = The culture with currently the most economic power and the racial ancestry of every single president (but the current one) = POWER

Heterosexuality = The world’s predominant sexual orientation. Condemned by most religions = POWER

Starting to catch on to the conservatives theme song?

It doesn’t matter how flawed, evil, extreme or wrong any of the above might be at any given time...A typical conservative will always back them in an argument because a conservative is too much of a coward to back anything but a "winner". And how do you find the winner? Just choose whatever is the most powerful, the strongest, the most accepted. That’s why a conservative has to be hit in the face with reality or the evidence or voices contradicting him/her has to be so overwhelming for them to change direction in mid-stupidity. They don’t see the truth in anything until they’re sure they’re LOSING. Because Conservatives only like to back WINNERS! Why bother with any of the groups and causes the liberals are concerned with? They’re LOSING causes. WEAK. VICTIMS. POWERLESS. MINORITIES. And it’s so much more fun laughing at the LOSERS because, after all, politics is just a high school popularity contest, right? There’s nothing to be gained by siding yourself with the weak, the dispossessed, the disenfranchised, the minority. Why, I can’t even think of any example or cause that the conservatives whole-heartily endorse that is an under dog, except maybe the untruth. All their other causes seem always eerily (and predictably) to be connected, in one way of another, to one of the conservative pet power causes on the list. What other causes do they have but the worship of power? None.

I would like to see someone compile a list of the causes conservatives typically DO NOT back and see where they sit on the scale of overall power and consensus.

Here's a really good free ebook:

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/
This book was written in 2006, halfway through George W. Bush’s second term as president. A great deal was wrong with America then, and I thought the research on authoritarian personalities could explain a lot of it. Since then a new administration has been elected, and although it has had to deal with a very serious economic crisis brought on by others, it is taking steps to correct some of what is wrong.

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Thank you..that looks very pertinent and I will read it right after I finish the book I'm reading now: Empathic Civilization.

Wide-stance Family Values Pharisees (R)

It's just we've actually read it past the 2nd...and read the 1st in complete.

You forgot Saint Ronnie.

are all certain personalities seek, incapable of love empathy or compassion.

http://www.exitsupportnetwork.com/artcls/socio.htm
http://www.democraticdeficit.com/sociopathy_and_dominance_hierarchy_enemies_of_democracy.html
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1836609/neurochemical_vulnerability_found_that_could_contribute_to_psychopathic_behaviors/index.html
http://psychopathtracker.com/WhatYouCanDo.cfm


What differentiates a sociopath who lives off the labors of others from one who occasionally robs convenience stores, or from one who is a contemporary robber baron - or what makes the difference between an ordinary bully and a sociopath murderer - is nothing more than social status, drive, intellect, blood lust, or simple opportunity.

What distinguishes all of these people from the rest of us is an utterly empty hole in the psyche, where there should be the most evolved of all humanizing functions. (highly recommended)

http://ponerology.blogspot.com/2005/12/role-of-psychopath-in-generation-of.html

no one likes being hurt so to distance from a wounded person they tell themselves lies like the just world hypothesis..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x362630

Not trying to bump the thread...I just want to correct a spelling error for my journal and there doesn't seem a way to do that without reposting.

Let us look at the 10 points of power the typical conservatives (not all...some vary) are for or defend, sometimes blindly, in any arguments:

Christianity, The U.S. Military, The United States, Corporations, The Constitution, Capitalism, Police, God/Jesus, White culture, Heterosexuality.

Notice anything? They are all either powerful, symbols of power, or have a consensus of followers.

Let’s go down the list, shall we? But before I do, I want to say there is nothing inherently and totally wrong with anything on the list below..They all have their flaws however and can be abused. The problem is, Conservatives will go on defending these institutions without demanding reform even when reform is needed. That's because it's about power and backing a winner.

The list:

Christianity = The Majority Religion in America = POWER

The U.S. Military = Currently The Strongest Military in the World = POWER

The United States = Currently the Sole Existing Super Power = POWER

Big Businesses = Money, Control of Resources & Workers, Lobbyists in D.C. = POWER

The Constitution of The United States = The Supreme Law of the United States = POWER

Capitalism = Currently the Most Successful & Accepted Economic System = POWER

Police = Empowered By the State with the Legitimate Use of Force = POWER

God/Jesus = Deemed throughout history, and by millions, to be the final word on morality = POWER

White Culture (over minority cultures) = The culture with currently the most economic power and the racial ancestry of every single president (but the current one) = POWER

Heterosexuality = The world’s predominant sexual orientation. Condoned by most religions over homosexuality = POWER

Starting to catch on to the conservatives theme song?

It doesn’t matter how flawed, evil, extreme or wrong any of the above might be at any given time...A typical conservative will always back them in an argument because a conservative is too much of a coward to back anything but a "winner". And how do you find the winner? Just choose whatever is the most powerful, the strongest, the most accepted. That’s why a conservative has to be hit in the face with reality or the evidence or voices contradicting him/her has to be so overwhelming for them to change direction in mid-stupidity. They don’t see the truth in anything until they’re sure they’re LOSING. Because Conservatives only like to back WINNERS! Why bother with any of the groups and causes the liberals are concerned with? They’re LOSING causes. WEAK. VICTIMS. POWERLESS. MINORITIES. And it’s so much more fun laughing at the LOSERS because, after all, politics is just a high school popularity contest, right? There’s nothing to be gained by siding yourself with the weak, the dispossessed, the disenfranchised, the minority. Why, I can’t even think of any example or cause that the conservatives whole-heartily endorse that is an under dog, except maybe the untruth. All their other causes seem always eerily (and predictably) to be connected, in one way of another, to one of the conservative pet power causes on the list. What other causes do they have but the worship of power? None.

I would like to see someone compile a list of the causes conservatives typically DO NOT back and see where they sit on the scale of overall power and consensus.