Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2011.11.29 22:59:00 -
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1. Self - Pretty obvious, since it's a requirement for all the rest to have any meaning. Besides if you don't value yourself to some degree, you're not good for the family, pretty useless to the nation and local community and you propably don't value other humans highly either. Naturally this personal viewpoint influences my whole list.
2. Family - Family sticks together and supports each other through life. Doesn't mean I approve of everything they do, but I'll be there for them when they need me even when I disagree with them. I'll try to get them to correct their path though, if I see them going down the wrong road.
3. Nation - Ultimately the only thing protecting your people, your way of life and your culture. People can disagree with me on this, but we are a small nation of little over 5 mil people and we remember WW2 and the aftermath. Some people who didn't have a nation to protect them aren't around anymore. The jews are the first thing most people think when they think about people who got majorly shafted, but they managed to survive and had learned the importance of having a nation to protect them. Others weren't so lucky and aren't around anymore.
4. Local community - Important as it handles many daily activities and social interactions, but that's mainly all it does. A necessity, but of secondary importance in many cases. It doesn't do things you couldn't get done by other actors/groups.
5. Human race - Naturally it's important, but every member of the human race tends to belong to all of the other groups too these days. Basicly it means, that mostly it's not an important consideration, since they have themselves, their families, communities and nations to take care of themselves. When all those fail, we can cover their failings until they get a handle on things again, but primarily it's their responsibility to take care of themselves.
There are some things, that are actually good and even necessary to handle at this level though, so I wouldn't dismiss it's importance. It's just that when considering what's important and necessary to life, there are loads of more immediate things that need doing before you have the luxury of considering the human race as a whole. I think we are at that point now though, but if the other groups don't work, any considerations of the human race as a whole is the least of your worries. |