A Conversation IV
A Conversation IV
Boy: Where we left off the last time, we were talking about virgin and whores. I’m sorry, but that kind of conversation entails certain details which I am not ready to share…yet. Okay, maybe virgins and whores do exist, but I am disdainful of theories; especially those which are mere generalisations and depth-lacking, broad categorisations. It really leaves me feeling hollow every time I broach the topic of women because, albeit indirectly, I get glimpses of how imperfect our male species really are. Please, spare me.
ROTW: Ha! It surprises me that anyone should think that the male specimen isn’t refined to the greatest perfection. Suit yourself then, we shall leave virgins and whores aside. Patriarchy is quite misunderstood nowadays, and probably even becoming obsolete. The last of our dominance has been eroded away and the layered ways of our hegemony has exfoliated. All men…and women are now born equal…
Boy: I almost thought I heard you sigh. Hey, has it ever occurred to you why the human spirit seems so aggressive, competitive and perpetually looking for ways to impose control over others?
ROTW: Power my son, Power. As long as two objects are different, then one must be better than the other…simple as that. Each individual, each gender, each company, each firm, each community, each nation, each race struggles to be the better one, and in hence doing so, subdue the other. Power is the intangible treasure and incentive which motivates us. From Genghis Khan of the Mongolian steppes who conquered a third of the world to the guy in the turbo-charged WRX who recklessly overtook you this morning, Power is their driving force. Power is the wonderful gourmet that feeds their egos. And the ego can only be satisfied with the condemnation and destruction of another’s ego. That is why our world revolves around an imaginary axis of Power. Mark my words, you would be very much happier with just a little more Power. Does that answer you question?
Boy: Well…no, that does not really answer my question. Nothing unusual though, it has been a long time since I actually turned to you for the right answers. Besides, I was not looking for answers. I was merely seeking an opinion which would provide deeper insights. But now that you’ve mentioned it, ego sounds like a bad word, vulgar and crude. If I could substitute it with an equivalent word, I think insecurity would be appropriate. Insecurity bites at those who think that the power, as you call it, to control anything else except their own wretched minds is the ultimate law of the universe. Genghis Khan could well swing his halberd right in my face and I would not flinch an inch. The WRX driver can accelerate for all the horsepower his ride gives him and I would not swerve aside. What are they trying to prove? What can they prove? Nothing…besides how their decomposing souls are being consumed by their false pride. There is an unquenchable thirst for power because it is the drug which gives them temporary relief from their stinging insecurity. Watch their addiction grow! And watch how their desperate need for power slowly enslaves and dominates them spiritually. This very power which was supposed to give them a (false) sense of control in the first place! And finally, watch how an imminent overdose of power gets the better of them! Yes, this is insecurity. And I cannot emphasise enough how ridiculous it all seems to me.
ROTW: It’s been some time since you said anything with such gusto…I thought you have lost your dexterity in oration? But speaking of addictions, you are a slave to many as well, nicotine and caffeine amongst them. Fancy having such a passionate outburst when you are pretty much entrapped within your own addictions. And how many times do I have to remind you that smoking creates negative externalities, which as a result increases my expenditure in health care services and environmental maintenance? I have always assumed that you, a youth with more than a decade and a half of education, ought to know that you are too tough to puff. In order to optimise the benefits to be reaped from your education……and your contribution back to the society, you need to prolong your life. The cigarettes must go. What is wrong with you? Your need to suck on a stick of fag habitually hints at your depraved and unbalanced psyche--- exactly what Freud proposes to be an underdeveloped and hence dysfunctional oral stage.
Boy: Where we left off the last time, we were talking about virgin and whores. I’m sorry, but that kind of conversation entails certain details which I am not ready to share…yet. Okay, maybe virgins and whores do exist, but I am disdainful of theories; especially those which are mere generalisations and depth-lacking, broad categorisations. It really leaves me feeling hollow every time I broach the topic of women because, albeit indirectly, I get glimpses of how imperfect our male species really are. Please, spare me.
ROTW: Ha! It surprises me that anyone should think that the male specimen isn’t refined to the greatest perfection. Suit yourself then, we shall leave virgins and whores aside. Patriarchy is quite misunderstood nowadays, and probably even becoming obsolete. The last of our dominance has been eroded away and the layered ways of our hegemony has exfoliated. All men…and women are now born equal…
Boy: I almost thought I heard you sigh. Hey, has it ever occurred to you why the human spirit seems so aggressive, competitive and perpetually looking for ways to impose control over others?
ROTW: Power my son, Power. As long as two objects are different, then one must be better than the other…simple as that. Each individual, each gender, each company, each firm, each community, each nation, each race struggles to be the better one, and in hence doing so, subdue the other. Power is the intangible treasure and incentive which motivates us. From Genghis Khan of the Mongolian steppes who conquered a third of the world to the guy in the turbo-charged WRX who recklessly overtook you this morning, Power is their driving force. Power is the wonderful gourmet that feeds their egos. And the ego can only be satisfied with the condemnation and destruction of another’s ego. That is why our world revolves around an imaginary axis of Power. Mark my words, you would be very much happier with just a little more Power. Does that answer you question?
Boy: Well…no, that does not really answer my question. Nothing unusual though, it has been a long time since I actually turned to you for the right answers. Besides, I was not looking for answers. I was merely seeking an opinion which would provide deeper insights. But now that you’ve mentioned it, ego sounds like a bad word, vulgar and crude. If I could substitute it with an equivalent word, I think insecurity would be appropriate. Insecurity bites at those who think that the power, as you call it, to control anything else except their own wretched minds is the ultimate law of the universe. Genghis Khan could well swing his halberd right in my face and I would not flinch an inch. The WRX driver can accelerate for all the horsepower his ride gives him and I would not swerve aside. What are they trying to prove? What can they prove? Nothing…besides how their decomposing souls are being consumed by their false pride. There is an unquenchable thirst for power because it is the drug which gives them temporary relief from their stinging insecurity. Watch their addiction grow! And watch how their desperate need for power slowly enslaves and dominates them spiritually. This very power which was supposed to give them a (false) sense of control in the first place! And finally, watch how an imminent overdose of power gets the better of them! Yes, this is insecurity. And I cannot emphasise enough how ridiculous it all seems to me.
ROTW: It’s been some time since you said anything with such gusto…I thought you have lost your dexterity in oration? But speaking of addictions, you are a slave to many as well, nicotine and caffeine amongst them. Fancy having such a passionate outburst when you are pretty much entrapped within your own addictions. And how many times do I have to remind you that smoking creates negative externalities, which as a result increases my expenditure in health care services and environmental maintenance? I have always assumed that you, a youth with more than a decade and a half of education, ought to know that you are too tough to puff. In order to optimise the benefits to be reaped from your education……and your contribution back to the society, you need to prolong your life. The cigarettes must go. What is wrong with you? Your need to suck on a stick of fag habitually hints at your depraved and unbalanced psyche--- exactly what Freud proposes to be an underdeveloped and hence dysfunctional oral stage.
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