Good with Things, Bad with People

I am often amazed by all the clever things are in our world. Just as I am depressed by how badly we treat our selves. Something is out of balance here, I wonder what it is.

Perhaps it is due to our Christian background, with its belief that we are inherently evil. A machine, by contrast, cannot be evil - it's simply impossible. But with people, it is not only possible, but unavoidable.

This belief was challenged by non-religious people, as being ridiculous - and was dismissed without further thought. But most people remained religious, and continued to accept it.

The important qualification here is most people - which forms, in any democracy, an overwhelming political fact. The rights of minorities should be protected - but often they are not. Once any group assumes power, it often assumes absolute power. And becomes impossible to stop.

What I have said so far, is reasonable, and easily accepted. But this overlooks an important dynamic in our time - that everyone is aware of, but hesitates to say out loud. It is this - there is a hidden power structure in control, that cannot be easily identified - but is all-powerful. And it will squash anything that opposes it.

It is sometimes call public opinion - a mysterious force that arises from the masses. And which terrifies everyone.

I have left a number of questions unanswered here. Some of them very deep, that have remained unanswered for thousands of years. And some of which, have appeared only recently, in the last fifty years or so.

They can all be summarized easily - the human race is in bad shape.