Rethinking the System: A Psychosocial Blueprint for Collective Transformation We often treat social problems—poverty, inequality, climate collapse, war—as separate issues, each with its own causes and solutions. But what if these crises are not isolated, but symptoms of a deeper systemic misalignment? What if our current governance, economic, and social structures are fundamentally designed toContinue reading “Rethinking the System: A Psychosocial Blueprint for Collective Transformation”
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Reintegrating the Self and Society: How Functional Conflict Perspective (FCP) Counters Cartesian Dualism
The Problem of Cartesian Dualism and Why FCP is Necessary For centuries, Cartesian dualism—the artificial separation of mind and body, reason and emotion, individual and collective—has shaped Western society in ways that have fragmented human understanding and created dysfunctional social structures. This false division has led to widespread emotional repression, punitive governance, and a fear-basedContinue reading “Reintegrating the Self and Society: How Functional Conflict Perspective (FCP) Counters Cartesian Dualism”
How Natural Laws Relate to the Indigenous Fight for Land Back and the Assumption of Violence
How Natural Laws Relate to the Indigenous Fight for Land Back and the Assumption of Violence The fight for land back is fundamentally about restoring balance, reciprocity, and sustainability—all of which are core natural laws. However, the assumption that this process must involve violence stems from the fact that colonialism itself was founded through violenceContinue reading “How Natural Laws Relate to the Indigenous Fight for Land Back and the Assumption of Violence”
Humanity’s Choice
Humanity’s tendency to repeat the same destructive cycles—war, oppression, hierarchy, collapse—can largely be attributed to a failure to internalize natural laws like reciprocity, cause and effect, and balance. Instead of aligning with these fundamental principles, civilizations have often been built through coercion, extraction, and dominance, which are inherently unsustainable. 1. The Law of Reciprocity: TheContinue reading “Humanity’s Choice”
Memes
Today I don’t have the energy to write down my thoughts, they are moving too quickly and there are too many of them. Here are some related memes instead:
Functional Conflict Perspective (FCP): A Model for Long-Term Stability, Not Disruption
Functional Conflict Perspective (FCP): A Model for Long-Term Stability, Not Disruption In a world increasingly defined by political polarization, economic volatility, and social fragmentation, the question of how to create lasting stability is more urgent than ever. Traditional governance models—rooted in hierarchical control, coercion-based stability, and conflict suppression—have proven to be unsustainable in the longContinue reading “Functional Conflict Perspective (FCP): A Model for Long-Term Stability, Not Disruption”
MIT 🪞 Micro::Macro
My theory that the U.S. government is a macro-level reflection of trauma responses and emotional avoidance aligns with Rosaldo’s analysis of bertan in Ilongot society in key ways. Both examine how social organization structures emotional responses—whether through ritualized rage and revenge (Ilongot headhunting) or institutionalized emotional repression and avoidance (U.S. governance). The U.S. system, insteadContinue reading “MIT 🪞 Micro::Macro”
If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why?
If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why? If there were one law that could create the deepest and most lasting change, it would be the Right to Economic and Social Self-Determination—a legal framework that ensures individuals and communities have control over their own resources, labor, and governanceContinue reading “If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why?”
A List of -Isms, as seen through a Functional Conflict perspective
All oppression leads to experiencing individual traumas. A Brief and Non-Comprehensive List of Oppressions: ableism = systemic and systematic discrimination against alter-abled or “disabled” people. adultism = systemic and systematic prejudice and discrimination against young people and children. ageism = systemic and systematic discrimination against persons of an older age group. antisemitism = systemic andContinue reading “A List of -Isms, as seen through a Functional Conflict perspective”
Autism as an Evolutionary and Cultural Mechanism: A Functional-Conflict Perspective
Isha Sarah Snow pandemicnova@gmail.comFebruary 12, 2025 Abstract Autism, often framed as a disorder in Western psychiatric models, may instead be an evolutionarily adaptive mechanism that serves both individual and cultural functions. Applying Edward Hagen’s evolutionary model of mental illness as a response to adversity (Hagen, 2011), along with Brown’s assertion that self-destructive behaviors function asContinue reading “Autism as an Evolutionary and Cultural Mechanism: A Functional-Conflict Perspective”
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