Dark Thought Complex

Thought is incomprehensibly complex

[doomer @uncledoomer]

if theres one thing we know from all of human history, its that when there is a surplus of young able bodied men that feel they have no purpose or future, that only very cool and good things can possibly happen

[Dr. Thrax @D_thrax_]

People seek entertainment and fun to escape their miserable lives. To become famous and popular on social media, offering an escape from real life is essential.

[Dr. Thrax @D_thrax_]

Complexity and secrecy in the workplace serve as covers for fraud.

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

@ManipulatePower Power structures are self-reinforcing, and the fittest and most adaptable is not the individual itself, but the power structure itself.

Assume a situation where you have a 1 in 10 chance to be considered a "winner" — does this imply fitness, or is it a symptom of a system?

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

Meritocracies can only exist where political maneuvering is impossible.

This only includes extreme outliers like Olympic competition.

Effectively 100% of the time,

Meritocracies do not exist.

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

The only way to determine truth is to:
- Rigorously analyze
- Apply a deductive or scientific method to a problem

Which is exactly why the political theater invariably:
- Shallowly dismisses and attacks problems
- Uses loaded, inaccurate rhetoric
- Disparages rigorous analysis

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

Each layer of a power hierarchy is marked by:
- Deference up the chain
- Universal mutual benefit
- Most benefit at the top, trickling down
- Exclusion of outsiders
- Demonization of disrupters
- Each individual striving to be an "infrastructure" node (non-problematic)

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

It is essential to avoid seeming too intelligent in professional situations

This is counter-intuitive to most

"But if I appear intelligent, then I will be respected more"

Capability is perceived:
0-35%: Contempt
35-115%: Indifference
115-130%: Wary admiration
130%+: Defensive

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

Naive idealism is far less dangerous than parasitic cynicism.

The former does not defeat itself.

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

It is common that an intelligent individual identifies organizational improvements:

1. More transparency
2. Merit-based rewards
3. Improved communication
4. Enhanced efficiency

And more

All without realizing that this destabilizes entrenched power structures

And he is removed

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

To win a population's trust, consider the strategies:

1. Honesty of one's opinions
2. Emulation of the population's most common opinions
3. Emulation of the population's most zealous opinions

It is obvious that the third option is the most effective.

Engagement is control.

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

Even primates understand concepts of fairness, freedom, war, power, and politics on a basic level.

Then why do humans disagree on fundamental stances?

90% of the time, the answer is differing objectives

10% of the time, the answer is differing values

All fabricated division.

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

Consider:

Someone with a flawless, charismatic ability to lie

But must repeatedly compromise their proclaimed ideological stances for selfish gain

Versus

Someone who tells the honest truth

But who must compromise their stances due to circumstances

How does one distinguish?

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

The right-wing prioritizes tradition, individual accountability, and national strength.

The left-wing prioritizes progression, collective accountability, and social safety nets.

The leaders of both parties truly prioritize their keys to power above all else

Do not be deceived.

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

Dimwit: Ignores nuance, takes appearance of reality at face value

Midwit: Embraces nuance, takes appearance of reality with a grain of salt

Highwit Good: Dispels unnecessary nuance, interpreting reality accurately

Highwit Evil: Adds nuance to muddy and distort reality

Common.

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

@TellYourSonThis @CorporateMacBot Bob was one of the greats of power dynamics. Shame he had to go.

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

Entropy in structured systems necessarily leads to emergent self-perpetuating systems that thrive from harvested entropy.

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

As far as reality is concerned

The two base truths are perpetuation and dissolution.

Structures perpetuate themselves and components ultimately dissolve.

"Death and taxes": Dissolving components and self-perpetuating systems.

Everything else is an observation of circumstance.

[Dark Thought Complex @DarkThinkMan]

Just as nuclear reactors harvest the entropy of radioactive material

Power structured harvest the entropy of their dissolving constituents

This property is omnipresent

From corporate hierarchies to the laws of nature