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ORGANIC TECHNOLOGY
Domination Is a Hell of a Drug
Getting down to the root cause of our collective suffering.
Our addiction to domination stems from the idea that some people are simply better and more important than others. Domination is the tool that allows us to make this terrible idea a reality.
We know it’s not good for us, but we all keep doing it anyway.
Story of life, right?
This post isn’t targeted at someone I consider to be ‘the bad guy.’ It isn’t a calling out of wrongdoing in another. No, it’s an unflinching look in the mirror.
Domination means that ALL of us were raised in a system where we were taught that by raising our voices, or maybe even our fists, we could get what we wanted. And we could make other beings do what we wanted them to. It’s an addictive behavior because when it works like we think it’s supposed to, we experience the thrill of winning. And of getting our own way.
The philosophy of domination is countered on the other end by a worldview known as partnership.
Partnership is the concept that we can all learn to find balance within ourselves and…
