Saturday, March 20, 2004
One way to view the current divisions in American - and perhaps the world - is to see this as a struggle between those who want to maintain "reverse dominance hierarchies" and those who want to reestablish a more typical "alpha male" dominance hierarchy. A reverse dominance hierarchy is a concept espoused by Christopher Boehm in his book Hierarchy in the Forest . In egalitarian societies, which America's democracy strives to be as an ideal, the majority bands together to make sure no individuals achieve real dominance.
This is the basis of "political correctness" and the resentment of it by aggressive men. It's the heart of the conflict between pro-Iraq War advocates and those that oppose the War. Most war opponents are not comfortable with the U.S. becoming a dominant force in the World and want to establish a global reverse dominance hierarchy.
Understanding it in this way makes me even more resolute in opposing the War and supporting an international approach to dealing with terrorism. We do not want to become the bigger bully. This will only set us up as a target until someone else takes us out. If we join with peace-loving peoples all over the world to fight against all bullies, we can create a more peaceful world.
This is the basis of "political correctness" and the resentment of it by aggressive men. It's the heart of the conflict between pro-Iraq War advocates and those that oppose the War. Most war opponents are not comfortable with the U.S. becoming a dominant force in the World and want to establish a global reverse dominance hierarchy.
Understanding it in this way makes me even more resolute in opposing the War and supporting an international approach to dealing with terrorism. We do not want to become the bigger bully. This will only set us up as a target until someone else takes us out. If we join with peace-loving peoples all over the world to fight against all bullies, we can create a more peaceful world.
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