The Spanking Gene
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The Autistic and the Blade Fifteen
Winding down. Here at the end of their book, Eisler is reiterating things, and I reiterate some of my arguments. Some visionary is quoted about a “new consciousness,” and I complain that it’s hardly the point, that the whole book says we want the old consciousness back, not another new mistake.
Breakthrough in Evolution: Toward a Partnership Future
This is the final chapter in the original book, and it’s more of the trouble and their vision for the future, what would change if we could make the move, I guess. It begins by complaining that the big science fiction visions were technical versions of medieval societies, like Dune and Star Wars, and of course I agree, I was so angry at Star Wars, I . . . well, I still am. But I bet they could find some science and speculative fiction of a more social variety now, she already invoke Le Guin earlier and there are more, I know that much, but I haven’t kept up myself.
They suggest that the few Partnership sorts of speculative novels are the all women planets, which, fair enough. Then they remind us that it’s not about your gender, that both sexes are capable of very different behaviours and lives, and I just need to tweak, that yes, but not all people are capable of everything, that there are meaningful divisions about who is prone to think what sorts of thoughts, and gender may have some of that, but so do genes, so does Neurotype.
You know, just we are not All the Same. That is a Dominator meme, We Are All the Same, I think I said once, and it isn’t helpful for Partnership goals. There is mention again, I suppose this is the fourth time, telling us what they told us, of, “ . . . the direction, not of our biological evolution, but of our cultural evolution.” And fourth time for me too, I guess: no.
It really is our biological evolution we need to realize. The “culture,” grows out of that. They ask, How do we get there, but they are asking about a purely cultural change, apparently, so I cannot answer that and I’m losing interest in their answers.
It’s “just a theory,” to me.
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Chapter Thirteen
Breakthrough in Evolution: Toward a Partnership Future
“A New View of Reality”
“ . . . the next step . . .” again, evolution is not the army, it doesn’t really take steps, and that sounds like moving forward instead of back, and you can’t say, “moving forward,” to these Dominators, they will go to the closet for their guns, frankly I don’t understand all the “next step,” talk, and the “new consciousness,” noise, wasn’t the whole point of this book that we want the old one back?
That’s what’s required, not marching onward, that’s the Spanking Gene talking, never mind your past, keep moving forward! No, let’s go back, back to when things were fine the way they were and we didn’t need to go anywhere, when we weren’t some herd being driven who knows where, understanding only, Forward!
I’m afraid we’re almost done, I’ve nothing for the rest of this section or the next two sections either.
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Chapter Thirteen
Breakthrough in Evolution: Toward a Partnership Future
“Transformation”
Here we start to see the word, “children,” at last a few times, and there is mention on a list of problems of, “child battering,” but this choice of words sets my alarms off, battering is very specific and legal, and it seems to exempt “spanking,” as a problem by its mention. Ah, Eisler’s vision, on the second last page of a world where all people are involved and concerned about the care of children is lovely, that is absolutely part of my vision also – but it has to be the beginning, not the carrot on a stick at the end.
Special 30th Anniversary Epilogue
Alright, this is better, I have nothing but checkmarks in the opening and in the first three whole sections, clearly Eisler in 2007 has moved along with the rest of us and everywhere they say, “male female relations,” in this portion, it also says, “and parent-child relations,” as well.
There is mention of “punitive families,” and even of the strict methods of American Christians. Of course I approve. Of the mention, not of the methods.
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Special 30th Anniversary Epilogue
Thirty years later, when it says, “male female relations,” in this portion, it also says, “and parent-child relations,” as well, and there is even a meta sort of remark I like very much, about how the political Right is smart to focus on parents and children – even if they have it all wrong by my tastes – while the pseudo “Left,” is top down – like social science or something.
“The Urgent Need for an Integrated partnership Political Agenda”
I agree with the heading, and I have a paragraph circled where they say the political Right has an integrated agenda, and smartly focuses on the family and family relations and is therefore winning the propaganda war, while they say the opposition seems to focus on the social structure top down, and my goodness, has Eisler come all the way to my side in those thirty years?
I don’t think quite all the way, but that is a fundamental shift, and I’m shocked and happy to see it, wow. Like they heard me, LOL.
Not quite all the way, because if I wrote that paragraph, you could fairly accuse me of saying that the Right beats their children harder than the opposition, so things keep going their direction. I mean, that the opposition still beats their at all is equally causative, or even more causative.
There is a final section about Eisler’s life and work, some fan appreciation, and yes, well done and well lived, Doctor, thank you for your service.
OK, So I have a “conclusions” chapter of my own going, and my whole plan has changed and I’m going to go back to the start and rewrite, replacing the first twenty-three posts in the thread as I rewrite, but I suppose I’ll throw what I have for conclusions at this thread first. Next up, Jeff’s conclusions.
Jeff
Aug. 16th., 2024
The Spanking Gene 