Why the hate for wisdom?

[Louisabell]

It is a little funny seeing the NPC meme here on a spiritual forum, for if you do perceive the motivations of huge swaths of people as so perplexing to you that you see them as automatons, then aren't you pretty much saying that you are so blocked from personal bias that your capacity to understand and communicate with others (which includes clear listening) is severely limited?

Essentially can you bridge the divide between your own personal intepretations and preferences and experience yourself as a different entity on the opposing aisle of the political debate? The creator can take on an infinite array of forms, how close are you in that kind of flexibility?

A lot of the political debate I see isn't really about very divergent things, but disagreements on certain balances. Do we need more protections in order to have more freedom, or should we insist on more freedom for our protection? Regardless of our own personal biases, a balance will be found via the countless interactions between all people in the society, a balance will be found in spite of what the little ruler in your head has commanded for us all today.

Having said that, I think assigning motive to others without serious consideration is unwise. My understanding of the NPC meme is that it is coming from a place of frustration from a group of people who believe that their biggest challenge when going up against mainstream culture is the way people are indoctrinated into it and the resulting herd mentality. There are bits of truth to this social dynamic that I think we can all relate to. And yes, it is frustrating when you are surrounded by people who you believe to be doing irrational things just because they see other people doing it.

I'm sure some people who use the NPC meme do want to dehumanize their political opponents and may even think things would be better if they wiped out all NPCs, but I also think the majority of people using the NPC meme are doing so as a jovial way to invite others to "start thinking for themselves and start playing the game with them as a real unique player". Like a friendly, "come on man, don't be that guy". Most people tend to be good, and we shouldn't let the sociopathic extremists ruin everything, on all sides of the argument.

But at the end of the day, the NPC meme is #NotAnArgument, and in my opinion not really applicable to a forum of people joined together by the LOO. Do you really believe people here can't think for themselves and get too caught up in herd mentality? If so, then can you explain why? Such things can be useful lessons.