We have entered a new age of subjectivity and bias. The Trump and Biden legal sagas reveal (clearly to me) that any fixed standard of Justice is myth/fantasy. Liberal democrats indict Trump on legal issues which republicans view as unjust/biased/political. Conservative republicans view the Hunter Biden saga as pure political corruption/illegality. The liberal democrats 'interpret' their Legal Words to support their biases/opinions. Republicans do likewise. All is spin and bias (so it seems)!
We now live with institutions which are 'weaponized' based on political parties. The Department of Justice (DOJ) will indict TRUMP even as they cover-up the corruption of BIDEN. Amazing! We now live with total subjectivity when it comes to the 'interpretation' of our laws/Constitution/court decisions. Spin and bias gets promoted as TRUTH (for each side to an issue). Real TRUTH is impossible to determine given all this human subjectivity. Who discerns this reality?
I have noticed this trait of human nature for over 50 years in my teaching and visiting with friends/citizens/voters. Those who support a particular conclusion (say the guilt of Biden) will spin their viewpoint so Biden is guilty of corruption/criminality/unconstitutionality. Those who voted for Biden (some say 81 million) tend to find his behavior as honest and upstanding (normal). Trump is the rogue (rebel) not Biden. My retired friends here in Arizona reveal this subjectivity/bias/viewpoint as I express the opposite on many occasions when we communicate. It's all subjective today!
We live in an Internet Age where opinions are everywhere. The Media has also become subjective. Who has any REAL truth (today)? Who knows what is legal and what is opinion (interpretation). The TRUMP/BIDEN saga which we witness daily in the news proves my point. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has a biased point-of-view (that of Mr. Garland). The Federal Bureau of Investigation (that of Mr. Wray) has his bias/subjective/viewpoint. This goes for all AGENCIES of government which promote selective viewpoints (depending on their political affiliation and worldview).
Can any of this lead to a fixed STANDARD of JUSTICE (a rule of law) for the people? I don't think so! My viewpoint is obviously subjective. Your viewpoint is obviously subjective. Trump's viewpoint is obviously subjective. Biden's viewpoint is obviously subjective. Putin's viewpoint is subjective as are all other political viewpoints. Our Supreme Court is subjective. Subjective means that everyone interprets words (legal or otherwise) with their own subjective SPIN. Red is blue, Blue is red, Black is white, Up is down, Good is /Evil. etc.
Our world has changed with the advent of the Global Internet and the many political viewpoints (now some 8 billion) which get expressed by those who must support their own select biases. I fully understand this reality as I have been expressing this reality for years in my teaching. Human beings will SPIN their 'truth' based upon their subjective PERCEPTIONS and interpretations. Will Russia win the Ukraine War? Will Putin get removed? Will Biden resign? Will Trump win the 2024 election? What is 'truth' on each question of reality? No-one knows!
Is Jesus God? Is Allah God? Is Yahweh God? Is Vishnu, Brahma, Shiva God? Who is God is an opinion/interpretation/point-of-view (today). We all SPIN our viewpoints based upon our own personal subjective perceptions/observations/education/culture. Who can create OBJECTIVE truth given this reality of Human Nature? It's totally IMPOSSIBLE. We need to ACCEPT subjectivity as our reality and then AGREE to DISAGREE when we communicate with another. That's my view!
It's obvious that politicians in POWER want their viewpoint to PREVAIL in the marketplace. Biden says he wants to support Ukraine with $$$$$$ until Putin and Russia disappear from our world system...so it seems. He sees DEMOCRACY as that which HE views as his VALUE. He wants a Uni-polar world system (his view of democracy) with someone like HIM in charge of all decision-making for the planet. Putin has the exact OPPOSITE viewpoint. Putin see's Russia as part of a Multi-polar world system with America being merely part of the world system. The SPIN is obvious as both interpret reality differently (subjectively). Xi does the same! So do all the others!
Religion is another discipline where subjectivity is OBVIOUS. Christians see themselves as being bodily RAPTURED off the planet prior to the coming Tribulation. They call themselves the BRIDE of CHRIST. So, for them, they get to ESCAPE any serious tribulation. But Jevovah's Witnesses or Mormons can not enjoy this escape (according to an Evangelical Christian) as they see their Christian doctrines differently (uniquely). Southern Baptists see their doctrines differently from Presbyterians. Islam sees reality differently from Jews and Christians. Truth is interpreted according to who controls the many DOCTRINES (of a group think church system). It's all subjective and biased. Watch the behavior of our Global Pope Francis for his subjective viewpoint!
Yes, we live in a WORLD of subjectivity/bias/spin/lies and interpretations. Science is no different from politics and/or religion. Science says all started with a BIG BANG (billions of years prior). Life emerged from NON-LIFE. Human beings emerged spontaneously from a primordial SOUP (of chemicals). It's all an 'interpretation' of SCIENCE. One scientist has one viewpoint of reality and another has a different viewpoint. Dawkins does not see reality as Newton saw reality. All is subjective and SPIN is the means of convincing the other. Amazing!
We now need to AGREE to DISAGREE on most issues of reality. My viewpoint is mine. Your viewpoint is yours. Biden's viewpoint is his. Trump's viewpoint is his. Putin's viewpoint is his. Etc., Etc. Education is biased. Religion is biased. Science is biased. Politics is biased. We live on planet Earth and enjoy some 8 billion different VIEWPOINTS. Imagine: 8 billion viewpoints as each person thinks differently! I think we need a NEW MODEL for our planet. Maybe the Kingdom of our Creator is a viable MODEL? Think for yourself. It's all Amazing!
I am: Donald B. Swenson, Economist/Philosopher, donaldswenson.blogspot.com.
http://kingdomecon.wordpress.com
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