"worship" of power ... devine/innate perfection ... concept of christianity echoes larger narrative for  opening up questioning of powerful and dominant by using worship of powerful ... but conservative christianity shows this falls back to blind acceptance of powerful/dominant ... math/science education in america and "the prodigy" ... lack of social learning

Gel

Some themes I've addressed are beginning to gel for me.  I am thinking a lot about the tendency of "liberals" to seek esoteric/exotic ideas/people/things and "conservative" tendency to "go with the flow". This liberal/conservative dichomtomy is potentially confusing due to overlapping liberal/conservative labels within American politics ... though there is much agreement with these labels.  But where does "lazy" thinking fit into this puzzle.  For example, liberal thinkers are not seeking mathematics education en masse.  Has the establishment of a "liberal" identity complicated truly liberal thinking.  How does the "go with the flow" tendency fit with our primordial needs to run with the herd.  How does depression and schizophrenia fit in ... and entheogens?  Are liberals missing out on a huge element of our ecology?  How does this disconnect us from our world ... from "God". What would it mean to fully embrace liberal thinking and conservative values simultaneously?  Is it possible to develop a new identity of truly mutual respect and openness, where knowledge is shared and not used to assert strength?  How does that identity fit within the American political process.

Do Amish people vote?  I'm pretty sure they generally do.

I've been thinking a great deal about the way that our society conveniently demonizes those who are on the short end of the economic stick, through this omni-present and rather convenient judeo-christian judgementalism. It seems rather cruel and self-serving, as it justifies pervasive inequality and the bruatality doled out through our crimal justice system ... some folks face an enormous/unequal burden because of their powerless or exposure due to financial circumstances.

I'm starting another list of people vilified by this system:
-College dropouts (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/education/10graduate.html)
-Anyone convicted of a crime under weak evidence, that would have been cleared under better (more expensive) legal representation ... and vice versa for those trying to assert themselves through the courts.
-Anyone stopped by the police for something that they would ordinarily be able to do in private, but ended up doing in public because of lack of private transport, private living space, etc.

from: http://news.discovery.com/earth/nitrogen-pollution-impact-environment-farming-110411.html

The first European Nitrogen Assessment, the result of a five-year research program, found that the costs represented more than double the benefits for the continent's agriculture sector.