Not just humans but male humans. Surely we live under laws and try to obey them but deep down we still rationalize that we are above the civilized laws because of an animal trait of survival. We arrogantly assume that physical strength along with our reasoning ability gives us an unspoken right to dominate in most all situations in society. Our past history describes us as bread winners and warriors who fed and sheltered the weaker sex and children of our species. Ingrained in us is the fallacy that if society fails we will again gain that power we have been acquiescing over time to enlightenment. The reason so many cling to the past is for the very reason of ego enhancement. Instead of finding the peace that humility offers all of us, we instead chase the old paradigm of domination. Let me be clear, our imaginings of us somehow being the lord and master of our sphere of things is an absolute illusion. The only reality that will exist if society is shredded of enlightenment and equality is a very few crushing the very many. We have been seeing some of that over the last few decades in the form of powerful corporations attempting to lobby for rights inherently given only to actual humans. A sense of urgency is now upon our civilized society to reign in powers that emulate the domination of ego and get back to being an ego-less driven society. The impact of acceding power from equality and justice to a more limited structure framed on profiting from our miseries is at the threshold of our understanding. Enlightenment is the understanding of new paradigms and shirking off the old illogical ones. Will we be continuing that progress or will we be returning to the days where equality and justice is only privileged to a small few?
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