Human psychology evolved under in the social milieu of constrained complexity. Currently, humans live in unconstrained complexity. What has this done to our minds? These topics are addressed in various parts of An Archaeology of the Fall, particularly in chapters 8C and 11B.
[If a sovereign power forbids me from smoking tobacco cigarettes, then my responsibilities and my freedom decrease.
My ‘I, seat of choice3V’ is overthrown. My ‘mirror of the world3H’ narrows.
My entire heart grows smaller.
The forced cessation of smoking constitutes a pathetic parody of responsibility and freedom.
It increases words and bondage.]
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[Sovereign intervention in the markets produces forced conversions to a religioninfrasov.
The citizen’s behavior becomes more formalized and less dependent on freedom. Personal responsibility diminishes. The whole person becomes of a slave to the mirror of the world3H.]
[For the Progressive, the potential of the mandated healthy lifestyle outweighs the social costs of forced conversion.
Why?
The costs of compliance accrue to the subjects.
The benefits of imposition accrue to the elites.
What benefit does the elite accrue?
Objectsorg emerge from and situation the possibility of righteousness.]
[What does my heart see in the mirror of the world3H?
My heart sees the romantic view of brotherly smoking diminished.
My heart finds rational arguments against smoking tobacco products.
My heart sees smokers demonized.
Rational arguments may not be sufficient for attaining the organizational objectives of the anti-smoking lobby, even though the health argument can easily be understood. Demonization does the trick.]
[If cigarettes2H increase in price, decrease in availability and otherwise come under the mandates of a sovereign, then my choices2V are correspondingly limited.
Even if I maintain the same desire1H for cigarettes2H, the sovereign takes my power to choose3V from me by mandating a healthy lifestyle.]
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[The imposition by a religioninfrasov initiates a transition from interscope to intersection. Here, the transition marks the start of a forced conversion.]
[Given the market interferences by the religioninfrasov, the smoker adjusts to the unromantic image of me being forced to pay attention to a healthy lifestyle and betraying my old buddies.
Indeed, the demonization of the smoker initiates repetitive sequences of negative thoughts, initiating the very thought-pattern that lighting up so effectively breaks.
Thus, ‘giving up smoking’ carries the emotional baggage of a forced religious conversion.
Progressive facets of the mirror of the world burn with merciless and demonic sovereign power.]
