JUST PHILOSOPHING ON : SOME OF WHAT I HAVE LEARNT FROM LIFE! PART 7.

 

Yes, I have learnt that, while I might not be a 'devil', neither am I a 'saint.'

And what of my politics and my philosophical aspirations? Well, considering politics first, as a young man, I had started my political journey as what I could call an 'aspiring socialist' living in a capitalist society. 

It was the difference between the kind of society - socialism - I felt would better address what I could term the 'haves and havesnot' of the country I live in and the world in general. 

The bridging of the divide between inequalities of applied capitalism, and the 'promised bounty' of the promised but yet to be attained socialism.

And now, what I have learnt is that 'idealism', to which political ideologies such as socialism has now been consigned to.  

Is the preserve of young people, and groups of old men and women who believe in it as one would in a religious faith, and who have continued to believe that it will be realised. 

Just as how theistic religious believers, despite the enormous and consistent evidence to the contrary, still choose to believe in 'the coming of the Lord and Judgement Day.'

Yes, I have learnt that, the socialism which I believed in in my youth and early adulthood will never be achieved and predominate as the political ideology of the masses. 

I have learnt that the 'opium of the masses' is no longer religion, but the promises of plenty, which capitalism, like politicians, is promising, even though it is, arguably, as dubious as the promised of the politicians to build better societies.

And what about having children; what have I learnt? Well, looked at from my previous perspective, which saw me being desirous of having my own children, and eventually overcoming my partner to join me in that endeavour. 

What has happened is that I have travelled the journey, and have acquired the experience and done the analysis, and have been transformed by it. 

To be continued!