It's just life

Basically, I've come across stuff that reminds me yet again of how low the consciousness among some politicians actually is. And while I'd rather not single out anyone in particular, the stupidest statements more or less consistently come out of Fremskrittspartiet, the so-called Norwegian "Progress party" (that is probably not entirely fair, but that must be my current filter). Progress in the eyes of Fremskrittspartiet is not about progress for the world, it's about isolating Norway inside a little bubble where everybody is a spoiled little shit, having little to no exposure to the scary ways and people of the world. Progress for ourselves at the expense of the world in other words. In a time when the very existence of humanity is threatened, when many experts and random people like myself question whether we will even survive the century, that's a brilliantly progressive view of the world, don't you think?

If some voices in the Progress party got it their way, we should really just cease to offer aid to countries which are less fortunate than ourselves, pump all of that money into a space program and build a BIG-ASS spaceship to tow the landmass of Norway into outer space and drop it on a more hospitable planet. But to be honest, it would be a lot more in line with the Progress party's politics to build a REALLY big-ass spaceship and shoot EVERYBODY ELSE into outer space. And then we can discover for ourselves that without the rest of the world, Norway is a fucking disaster zone with no ability to sustain itself. That goes for EVERY country in the world today - we're so interdependent - we need each other, yet ethnocentric mediocre people keep hanging on to the idea that the people of whichever country they were born in are somehow more important and valuable than everyone else. Well, if that ain't a fucking enlightened view, I don't know what is!

Two brilliant statements that have really made my faith in progress at the hands of the Progress party skyrocket (trust the Progress party to make me sarcastic)

We must illegalize bringing forth disabled and retarded children. It's cruel to the kids and it's a massive drain on society.

This quote is by some insignificant progress party politician whose name I don't remember. Just as well. Local Progress party politicians disapproved of the statement. Thank goodness.

Foreign people who come to Norway must learn our language. So must Spanish people who wish to work with Norwegians here in Spain.

Former party leader Carl I Hagen to a colony of emigrated spoiled Norwegians on the east coast of Spain. Here, they have literally brought Norway with them, including food, media and politicians, so that they won't have to blend with the scary Spanish or learn their annoying little language. Not to mention that they've heated up the estate market to the point where Spanish people cannot afford to live in their own country anymore. Great! A marvellous display of love and concern!

And then today's news story that inspired me to write this blog post in which the Progress party's party-paper compared the leader of the most left wing party in Norway "Rødt" (Red) Torstein Dahle with Quisling, the poster boy for treason in Norway and the world. The reason? He claimed that the Afghans had every right to defend themselves against the occupation soldiers. He was criticized in national newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (a financial newspaper) as being the only Norwegian party leader since Quisling promoting the murder of Norwegian soldiers. It was all in good fun, editor of said party-paper claimed.

Right on brothers, ain't that the dance of love - you're so close to the truth now that you're practically freezing to death! Check this out: If soldiers considered an enemy were on Norwegian land, would you not defend yourselves? And wouldn't you take this right for granted? Yes you say? Then why are you so fucking numb in your freezedried little brains to be oblivious to other people's desire for the same? Are you idiots? No, really - did someone skullfuck you with an electric baton, completely smashing your cerebral cortex leaving only your reptilian brainstem functioning? No? Then start USING YOUR BRAIN! Not to mention your heart - even though that's something of a long shot... By the way, I love you - and no, I'm not being sarcastic.

Now, I'm not sure whether Dahle's description of Norwegian soldiers as an occupation army is exactly accurate. As he's on the OTHER EXTREME of the political spectrum, he surely has many of the same ignorant views and narcissistic trips. It's not exactly like communism was a success! A more blatant manifestation of human ignorance has rarely been seen.

Anyway, most of what the Progress party is actually doing has little to do with politics and everything to do with fearmongering. It's a party which actively grows people's fears and xenophobia so that it can gather votes on the premise of protecting people against the evil world. Sounds a bit like fascism really. Now, with that being the case, you may believe that I would like to get rid of the party. NOT AT ALL! The progress party serves an important and excellent purpose - to gather most of Norway's ethnocentric people in one easily identifiable group. Any human being has to develop through world views, along the spiral of consciousness with the inevitable conclusion of enlightenment (Read more about that here to understand my use of colours below - they're not political colours, they're spiral dynamic colours). This means that any human being has to develop through the ethnocentric stage. So then you have the Progress party. Excellent! An organized entity that helps people wrestle with their blue worldview for a while. Some move on, some stay put. That's the mystery of life.

HOWEVER!!!! There are elements in the Progress party of higher consciousness - they do have good ideas sometimes. So don't get me wrong. Orange is strong there. And there is maybe a (near insignificant) dollop of green there too. And some people vote for them on the base of what good they have to offer, not on their scare tactics. Which means that not all Progress party voters are blue, something of a common misunderstanding (not to mention that there's a time and place for blue politics too)! As any discussion forum on Norwegian newspaper websites will show, green is hellbent on criticizing blue until they go - heh - blue in the face. Anytime someone says something that seems conservative or hostile they scream "Progress party idiot!". Which is equally ignorant. They both thing they have the truth, but in reality they have part truth, path untruths. If only we could put them all in the same blender, mix them up good and hack their belief systems into smaller pieces that can actually squeeze through their barriers to truth, they could be truly integrated healthy people. I wish...

But it has to be said that ALL parties, in Norway and elsewhere, are pretty deluded. They generally inhabit extremes (even those in the middle!) - and their respective politicians are totally incapable of considering someone else's point of view. Have you ever seen a politician in a debate pause and actually CONSIDER someone else's argument? I think not... They're totally cerebral, just spewing their party program with no consideration for what is actually being said by others. Which essentially makes them poster boys and girls for stupidity. Like kids playing in the sandbox fighting for the coolest toys...

In essence, a political party has one purpose - creating a narrow interpretation of reality through which black and white can easily be separated. See, most groups by definition have the purpose of stopping the flow of life. Which means that most groups are created on the Path of Fear. Politics is thus a manifestation of fear. Yes, a necessary manifestation of fear as long as people haven't integrated personal ethics which they can guide their lives with without the aid of laws and regulations, but still a manifestation of fear.

I'm waiting for the day a political party comes along that is created on the Path of Love.

And until that day comes, allow me to leave you with these quotes

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers.

- Plato

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

- Aristotle