I'm a realist and an idealist, a pragmatist and a futurist all
at once. I like exploring alternate historical timelines. "What
if these judges here and here had made different decisions
(especially during the anti-trust suits in the early 1900s)?"
and things like that... while, at the _same_ time, I have
fictitious names for business purposes, and know where my rights
start and stop with regards to law enforcement and levels of
government, where my real estate rights start and stop and such.
Non-profits and the variations of such are especially
fascinating to me; an area I want to learn more about, as I've
always had ideas in that world, as it is a fascinating mixture
of American corporate personhood right alongside (theoretically)
anti-capitalist "people acting as one".
Of course the whole concept of "corporate as person" is only
possible because of a Christian background in America. Nothing
secular about business personhood - it's entirely religious in
nature.
God becomes man. "Where three or more are gathered in my name, I
am there".
An idealized "something' enters reality through the groupings of
people acting as one.
Fundamental to the Christian West mindset, of which I am a part
of as well.
But I'm biased towards a socio-historical view of things... with
a heavy splash of good ol' William James' American Pragmatism
thrown into the mix.
Society-as-person is also a mythological construct that we
believe in. it's fascinating how we take these things for
granted but it's hard not to; I do it too - as it's part of our
upbringing. It's not wrong, just interesting. And a few more
neat synonyms:
Reason = Male/Mind of God.
Emotion = Female/Work of Devil
Rights = Holy Spirit (righteous through Holy Spirit).
Makes them into powerful concepts for a society (Church).
Someday I think I'll put these ideas into a book. But I can't
believe I'm the only one that thought of these things, so I'm
sure it's in tons of book already. The analogies seem too clear
to be missed, and I'm not that original, even though I think I
am (just like everybody thinks they are )
