tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174661075861216929.post1211681663384319457..comments2023-06-21T07:31:34.408-07:00Comments on Wander Lost in Thought: American Awakening: Occupy Wall Street, Deconstructing American Mythology, and Creating a Compassionate Society (part 2)jamesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098893857688896924noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174661075861216929.post-25482772832487951762011-12-14T12:40:11.612-08:002011-12-14T12:40:11.612-08:00This is an interesting take on the OWS movement &a...This is an interesting take on the OWS movement & society in general. It's so frustrating but it makes sense that most of American values would uphold the individual (i.e. power, money, status) over the collective as it's sort of how capitalism is set up. To many, hierarchy is a part of life, something to never question. It's this competition that makes it impossible for us to work in true collective and community based ways, I think. Compassion is connected to community and to thinking larger than oneself, which is not a value of the 'fittest' or strongest who often step on people to get there. (which is ironic because even the fittest have parents and friends and often religious communities they belong to). I really appreciate the OWS movement for beginning to highlight the tangible issues of corruption and am excited to read more analyses of the moral (or values as you write) issues as well. Bravo!afox!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16180950515829810452noreply@blogger.com