What moves society?

PJfanFORlife

Population Growth?

Ahnimus

PJfanFORlife wrote:

Population Growth?

I don't think that question can be answered without some kind of degree in psychology, sociology and mathematics.

rightondude

Population? Yes a big part. I'll go one step further and say circumstance, whether real or perceived. Circumstance and ultimatum.

mtilden

PJfanFORlife wrote:

What moves society?

You mean physically? White flight?

Milestone

What moves society?

Greed.

hsewif

Personal comfort.

Ahnimus

I think it's way too complicated. In multi-cell organisms, all the cells seak greater pleasure for the entire organism and avoid pain. It gets really complicated in society, because sometimes it's more involved, it serves the organism better to be publicly accepted than to be publicly ridiculed. So, although there isn't a definite sense of pleasure or pain in the physical sense, there is in the emotional sense. So many times, sheople just go with the flow to gain acceptance and ignore their own perceptions.

Someone can make something really terrible, sound really good, and if a few people agree, next thing you know everyone agrees and you are living in Nazi germany. It's the same reason Beanie Babies were so popular. People suck. If that doesn't make any sense, I'm sorry, it's complicated.

rightondude

Ahnimus wrote:

I think it's way too complicated. In multi-cell organisms, all the cells seak greater pleasure for the entire organism and avoid pain. It gets really complicated in society, because sometimes it's more involved, it serves the organism better to be publicly accepted than to be publicly ridiculed. So, although there isn't a definite sense of pleasure or pain in the physical sense, there is in the emotional sense. So many times, sheople just go with the flow to gain acceptance and ignore their own perceptions.

Someone can make something really terrible, sound really good, and if a few people agree, next thing you know everyone agrees and you are living in Nazi germany. It's the same reason Beanie Babies were so popular. People suck. If that doesn't make any sense, I'm sorry, it's complicated.

The circumstances that "pop" these little "bubbles of comfort" is force of action, namely in the form of an ultimatum. No action is still action however towards the opposition.

Then there's physical environmental circumstances that affect further...

It's complicated but it can be simplified.

chopitdown

conflict it seems lately

rightondude

chopitdown wrote:

conflict it seems lately

Before conflict comes disagreement. A series of ultimatums without resolve.

chopitdown

rightondude wrote:

Before conflict comes disagreement. A series of ultimatums without resolve.

that is true...how bout friction / malcontent is the impetus for moving in society...

stateofloventrust12

their penises

rightondude

chopitdown wrote:

that is true...how bout friction / malcontent is the impetus for moving in society...

A series of events leading up to an ultimatum. 90% live in this friction daily until that one day...

sponger

competition