Hegemony, creativity, complexity and power are strong words holding much in them. Essential concepts to think about socially and they got lots to do with how society works, how we work. As also emotions have leading part in sculpting society by the minute every day all the time. What kind of part do hate and rage play in the games of finding place, making groups of people, molding our social structures and places of belonging and living. Why are negative feelings the most powerful tools for causing society to act, or causing people to act against society or themselves or to begin in the first place. How do negative emotions create us? How could emotions like hate and rage be channeled to make a difference in a good way?
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How to change violent macho culture? Such culture that rules and dictates globally, you know it? It is not capable of being afraid of itself, of noticing the damage done and how it continues living in people. It does not have empathy to notice or care for the ill and of those hurt. A culture that doesn’t want to change because it is tied to strict codes and power relations which operate with brutal violence, fear, shaming and abandonment simplifying the complexity of life and humanity.
I have lived in that culture, I still live in such world. I’m sick and tired of it.
At the moment I want to know has violence in people’s lives been reduced or is the amount of violence experienced and seen continuously increasing as I somehow suspect is the case. So let me know.
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