God, Man, and Organized Labor; The World's New Meta-religion

[Bill Wiltrack]

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God, Man, and Organized Labor; The World's New Meta-religion




The concept of Organized Labor is pure and divine just as the concept behind Organized Religion. The institution of Organized Labor, like all other institutions infused by man, needs to have every human characteristic displayed.

A union is nothing but human. Weather you consider human characteristics good or bad they are present in all of us; in all our institutions, in all of our moments.


Producerism is sympathetic to the idea that labor is an end in itself, inherently ennobling, and thus should be protected at least to some extent from the chaotic forces of consumer choice and market competition.


If you want more of something, you subsidize it.  If you want less of something, you tax it. 

Governments must get their money to by using overwhelming force.  Producers get their money by pleasing customers.

Quality and Price are the 2 decisions in every purchase.  Quality being everything about the item and the price is everything you must give up to get the item. 

Could government enforcement agencies cause more crime that they prevent?


How has it been possible for humans to discover and accomplish so much in just a few thousand years? Many other species have existed for tens of millions of years; why have none ever attained anything even remotely approaching human achievements? Why did their cognitive ability not develop as it has for humans? The answer, we know, is two-fold: humans possess opposable thumbs (whose manipulative capacity has been enhanced by bipedalism—allowing unrestricted hand usage and maximizing latent abilities to build and use tools) and, even more importantly, we have a bicameral mind. Because of that we are able, to a large degree, see ourselves. Because of that we have developed and use languages.

We solve problems by consulting their relevant environments, and that this is both to understand the problem and to find the criteria that an acceptable solution must satisfy. We glossed over the fact that there are frequently several solutions to each problem that will satisfy these criteria. Individual minds decide which solution to adopt. The answer in brief is: we make decisions in order to achieve a valued purpose.

Our ancestors assumed that they would experience life after death, and they assumed that gods existed.

We have made these assumptions because we cannot solve moral problems or make moral decisions with a peace of mind without first holding, or for many, actually believing that our existence has purpose. Directing our daily activities toward accomplishing valued purposes gives us the comfort of feeling that our lives are meaningful.

The rationale for stating that humans need religions can be summarized as follows. First, the universe has taught us that survival can depend upon thinking and behaving rationally.

Second, to make a behavioral choice rationally it must be directed toward achieving some purpose.

Third, real world problems must satisfy criteria found in the real world to be successful.

Fourth, moral problems are invented through mental word-play, and a metaphysical environment and valued purpose must be assembled before moral behavioral choices can be rationally made.

And last, we invariably do our best to believe in the truth of our constructions, because belief that we are correct eliminates the stress that accompanies doubts about the validity of what we think, say, and do.


We note that religions grow from the visions of, generally, one person. A person whose beliefs are particularly strong, clear-cut and convincing.

This raises two questions that beg to be investigated. First, what makes these beliefs so convincing to such individuals, and later, to their followers, that they may willingly endure torture, and even choose to die rather than change their minds? And, second, from where do such beliefs come—could there be a source other than a god?


It must be possible to unify beliefs under a banner that allows all to embrace both old and new. There must be at least one universal moral code that captures the essence of being human, that defines who we are, states what we stand for, and guides nations when there are difficult decisions to make. An integrated and forward-looking code that might one day constitute the backbone of a universal religion.


God, if He ever existed, cut us all free when He released the universe. That was when free will began, and this is exactly what free will entails: facing up to the facts, recognizing that we make the bed we lie upon, and taking the responsibility to make decisions rationally as we travel along the evolutionary pathway

There are three factors related to purpose which are critical to the success of any organization’s endeavor—whether it is a corner store or an international conglomerate, and whether its aims are to make money, obtain power or preserve peace.

These factors are vision, clarity and commitment.



It is not my intent, in this brief to tell you why the concepts and contracts of today's, independent, legally recognized Organized Labor agreements are today's new meta-religion.


My intent, is to have you keep your eyes open, perhaps see with new eyes; a new perspective, why, in your world, today's Organized Labor not only as a package of wages & benefits but as this world's new meta-religion.


Peace.





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[henry quirk]

"The World's New Meta-religion"

Thank Cthulhu I'm an atheist and don't need no stinkin’ religion.

[bobevenson]

The only meta-religion is Ouzo.

[tbieter]

All of this is tiresome

[bobevenson]

All of this is tiresome

Tiresome? Ouzo? Please!