The Pope, the G8, and the “Man in Charge” Fallacy
Once we free ourselves from the Man in Charge fallacy, all of us are set free to use whatever talents or levers of power are at our disposal to contribute our own tiny part of a solution to one problem – and there are so many of us, that many problems will be solved. We know this because, with the greatest improvement in standards of living and social indicators in the past half century in human history, we have already achieved an amazing amount with no Man in Charge.
Mark, you’ve been off the ‘radar’ screen for quite a while… good to see you’re still cyber-active!
Since we have already achieved and amazing amount with no Man In Charge, Nietszche and Stalin would agree that we do not need God or spirituality, John Dewey says, “there is no soul”, therefore I would aver, no need for consideration of matters of conscience or aspiration to the ‘greater good’.
To me this amounts to obvious intellectual arrogance. Private enterprise is not immune to vice and can even become entangled with vice like lichen is ‘entangled’ with its host (a rock or tree bark), and lichen is itself a symbiotic blend of enterprises.
Personally, I would say that I agree with your supposed premise that blaming a Man in Charge for our own personal inaction or incomplete enthusiasm for progress toward worthy goals is just that, a matter of ‘playing the blame game’.
That link didn’t work, I found the article:
http://aidwatchers.com/2009/07/the-pope-the-g8-and-the-%E2%80%9Cman-in-charge%E2%80%9D-fallacy/