This reductionist way of expressing such complex creatures and social environments is, I suspect, an effort to exert a level of control (top down) and allow complicated issues to be brought to a simple us and them, with us or against us philosophy. It means those in charge do not need to be anything other than good at rhetoric. And they can get away with pretty much anything. Apparently.
(Unless I’m misunderstanding it completely, which is always possible!)
(I just subscribed btw & looking forward to reading more)
Interesting point.
This reductionist way of expressing such complex creatures and social environments is, I suspect, an effort to exert a level of control (top down) and allow complicated issues to be brought to a simple us and them, with us or against us philosophy. It means those in charge do not need to be anything other than good at rhetoric. And they can get away with pretty much anything. Apparently.
(Unless I’m misunderstanding it completely, which is always possible!)
(I just subscribed btw & looking forward to reading more)
Are you familiar with complexity science or complex adaptive systems? How would you apply this thinking to the health crisis in the U.S.?