“true” superiority, aphorism 210, The Mechanics of Virtue by Matt Berry

210


A moralist pretends to have no self-interest or ulterior motive in his righteous behavior.  He is good for the sake of being good.  He wants peace and equality without regard to self-advantage.  In reality the mechanically dominant individual – alpha – constitutes the condition from which alpha-minus can only maintain esteem through a redirection of the dominance drive.  Alpha-minus goes around mechanical force and seeks a new standard with which to prove his “true” superiority.  Alpha-minus now dominates spiritually, rationally, ethically....   Alpha may or may not see his dual status. Too often, he is unconcerned.



A Human Strategy ** The Mechanics of Virtue ** Post-Atheism



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