GRGR(29): Us and Them
Jeremy Osner
jeremy at xyris.com
Tue Jun 13 10:38:38 CDT 2000
Yeah, 638 is pretty entertaining and paradoxical. At the heart of the
They-meme is the notion of power, and more to the point, of Bureaucracy --
"They" are controlling the course of history to keep Themselves in power, at
the top of a structure of command. If I need to maintain a corresponding
delusion of We, is it structured the same way AFA delegation of power? And am
I on the bottom of this structure, too? or...
Jeremy
Paul Mackin wrote:
>
> P. 638 seems to be trying to say what the We-system is. Quite bewildering
> to Roger and the reader and no wonder since delusions are the center of
> focus. Delusions about Them and delusions about Us (We).
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