hagbard_celine
18-04-2007, 12:54 PM
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183505/
This comedy is about a mild-mannered policeman, played by Jim Carrey, who develops schizophrenia is very interesting because it addresses the issue of hyperDarwinism. It does not promote it, in my view (unlike much of the modern media), in fact Charlie actually ends up the hero of the movie.
There's a sequence in the film in which Charlie spends his day going from situation to situation where he is exploited and humiliated by his peers. His next door neighbour uses Charlie's garden to let the dog shit on it, a little girl verbally abuses him in the street, some men in a barber's shop tease him and demean him and a woman in a supermarket pushes in front of him in the checkout queue; the incident which finally causes his schizophrenia to emerge in the form of his jack-the-lad alter-ego, Hank.
I've watched this with many of my friends and when this sequence comes on they invariably comment negatively about it. There remarks are always directed at Charlie, holding him in contempt for his lack of assertiveness and passivity. I find it notable that none of them address negative remarks to the neightbour, the little girl or any of the people who actually treat him so badly. Why?
It's a term I've invented called hyperDarwinism. And people will uphold it without knowing it. The same people who are disgusted at the rapist who says "she was asking for it" will feel contept for Charlie in this film, even though the same ethos in place: The idea that the victim, not the perpetrator, is accountable for any violence thy're subjected to. I say: I don't see why Charlie has to change his ways to stop people abusing him. I think the people abusing him should change their ways. They should not take advantage of Charlie's nature.
HyperDarwinism is fanatically promoted in our society (the word "Fanatically" is not an exaggeration). the "dog-eat-dog world", "Law of the Jungle" mentality is presented as the only way to live sucessfully. See TV shows like "The Weakest Link" and other RealityTV series.
This is the mentality behind what I call the "greasy pole ethos". Many people know that the system's shot with corruption and injustice, but they just throw up their hands and say "What the hell! I can't change it so I might as well just put up with it and get as much out of it as I can." Then they go on a quest for promotion and status at work, going "up the ladder" into management. They may do some pretty terrible things to achieve this, but if you've accepted and decided to tolerate the world as it is: corrupt and unfair, then there's no moral argument against being corrupt and unfair yourself.
I think the Illuminati want us to think and feel this way.
This comedy is about a mild-mannered policeman, played by Jim Carrey, who develops schizophrenia is very interesting because it addresses the issue of hyperDarwinism. It does not promote it, in my view (unlike much of the modern media), in fact Charlie actually ends up the hero of the movie.
There's a sequence in the film in which Charlie spends his day going from situation to situation where he is exploited and humiliated by his peers. His next door neighbour uses Charlie's garden to let the dog shit on it, a little girl verbally abuses him in the street, some men in a barber's shop tease him and demean him and a woman in a supermarket pushes in front of him in the checkout queue; the incident which finally causes his schizophrenia to emerge in the form of his jack-the-lad alter-ego, Hank.
I've watched this with many of my friends and when this sequence comes on they invariably comment negatively about it. There remarks are always directed at Charlie, holding him in contempt for his lack of assertiveness and passivity. I find it notable that none of them address negative remarks to the neightbour, the little girl or any of the people who actually treat him so badly. Why?
It's a term I've invented called hyperDarwinism. And people will uphold it without knowing it. The same people who are disgusted at the rapist who says "she was asking for it" will feel contept for Charlie in this film, even though the same ethos in place: The idea that the victim, not the perpetrator, is accountable for any violence thy're subjected to. I say: I don't see why Charlie has to change his ways to stop people abusing him. I think the people abusing him should change their ways. They should not take advantage of Charlie's nature.
HyperDarwinism is fanatically promoted in our society (the word "Fanatically" is not an exaggeration). the "dog-eat-dog world", "Law of the Jungle" mentality is presented as the only way to live sucessfully. See TV shows like "The Weakest Link" and other RealityTV series.
This is the mentality behind what I call the "greasy pole ethos". Many people know that the system's shot with corruption and injustice, but they just throw up their hands and say "What the hell! I can't change it so I might as well just put up with it and get as much out of it as I can." Then they go on a quest for promotion and status at work, going "up the ladder" into management. They may do some pretty terrible things to achieve this, but if you've accepted and decided to tolerate the world as it is: corrupt and unfair, then there's no moral argument against being corrupt and unfair yourself.
I think the Illuminati want us to think and feel this way.