Today's Mail: Rhetorical question #3.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 0 comments link this post
Q. Is progress necessary and inevitable, or is it the result of people exercising their freedom?
A. The question is problematic.
Progress isn't necessary, but it is inevitable because it is merely part of the continuing cycle of things breaking down and reverting from order to chaos. Progress is deceptively chaotic, and not a bringer of order as it may appear.
People exercising their freedom has little to do with progress and more to do with chaos. Progress is less the result of the exercise of freedom, but is, instead, the harbinger of it. Freedom ends up chaotic because, as people continue to stretch the definition and naturally "progress" in what they believe it means to be free, boundaries are seen as something to be thrown off as limitations instead of retained as something that acts as a strut and provides structure and longevity.
To me, the better question would be: Is progress inevitable if people are pursuing freedom? To which I would answer: yes.
The end result will be chaos. Progress and freedom do not bring order, as they are about unshackling.
::See previous post.::
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Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 8/21/2008 03:26:00 PM
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