We read Denmark is one of the happiest nations on Earth. In my view, this is because the communities are of a size where people can feel like they belong; they have a common culture; and nobody is really poor. I think one could even make the case that egalitarianism is an OUTCOME of moral development. It emerges when a people is ready. If compelled, it is NECESSARILY violent, since inner growth cannot be forced. You need to learn to see more, not less.
What socialists claim to want is a world where everything makes sense and everyone lives in harmony. Yet, their first step–that of rejecting individual moral distinctions and the possibility of moral growth outside of their political program–makes success impossible. Where moral growth is needed, they reject it, and at that in the name of morality.
The point I wanted to make, though, before my fingers go away from me, is that I had this pleasant image the other day of finding myself sleepless one night, and getting up and walking down to a local church, where they had these Tibetan prayer wheels. I imagined seeing someone there, perhaps someone I knew, and walking around turning them silently for an hour or two until my mind settled, then going back to bed.
Practices like this are seen as “primitive” by some, and for my part I don’t think prayers get “sent” anywhere. But how emotionally healthy is it to focus on good intentions from time to time for an hour or two in a community sanctuary?
The Chinese are evil.