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A Patriot Party already exists before Trump potentially forming a new party
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Scott Downey
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Spring Gravity Theory
I looked up their theory and basically people want to be comfortable and expend the least amount of energy to do so.
So knowing that nature of people, government should not make it easy for them by giving them everything they want to be comfortable, like socialism claims to do.
According to Gravity Theory, individuals fail not because of social hindrances but because they are comfortable. It is the nature of human beings to be lethargic and lazy (just like all the other species on Earth). Only when human beings are uncomfortable will they become motivated to do something. However, their motivation will be only to resolve their discomfort and they will always choose the path promising the least resistance. Only when the option of failure and being complacent makes citizens uncomfortable will citizens self-elevate and perform admirably. If citizens are made comfortable by government and if personal failure has no consequence, citizens will become and lazy and dependent.
Gravity Theory advocates know that government must not make its citizens comfortable. For citizens to self-elevate and perform admirably, social programs must be retooled so they only insure survival, not measures of comfort. In fact, for social programs to be effective in encouraging citizens to self-elevate and perform admirably, social programs must leave the individuals who indulge in them more uncomfortable than the discomfort they will experience that is inherent to the process of rising up and performing admirably.
The way to get citizens to self-elevate and become industrious is to inspire them to set lofty goals. The thought of unmet goals makes citizens comfortable. Citizens who have a goal (i.e. "those who chase the American Dream") are literally compelled to demonstrate admirable behavior because doing so is the shortest (and often only) path to resolving their discomfort.
I looked up their theory and basically people want to be comfortable and expend the least amount of energy to do so.
So knowing that nature of people, government should not make it easy for them by giving them everything they want to be comfortable, like socialism claims to do.
According to Gravity Theory, individuals fail not because of social hindrances but because they are comfortable. It is the nature of human beings to be lethargic and lazy (just like all the other species on Earth). Only when human beings are uncomfortable will they become motivated to do something. However, their motivation will be only to resolve their discomfort and they will always choose the path promising the least resistance. Only when the option of failure and being complacent makes citizens uncomfortable will citizens self-elevate and perform admirably. If citizens are made comfortable by government and if personal failure has no consequence, citizens will become and lazy and dependent.
Gravity Theory advocates know that government must not make its citizens comfortable. For citizens to self-elevate and perform admirably, social programs must be retooled so they only insure survival, not measures of comfort. In fact, for social programs to be effective in encouraging citizens to self-elevate and perform admirably, social programs must leave the individuals who indulge in them more uncomfortable than the discomfort they will experience that is inherent to the process of rising up and performing admirably.
The way to get citizens to self-elevate and become industrious is to inspire them to set lofty goals. The thought of unmet goals makes citizens comfortable. Citizens who have a goal (i.e. "those who chase the American Dream") are literally compelled to demonstrate admirable behavior because doing so is the shortest (and often only) path to resolving their discomfort.
Scott Downey
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versus 'spring theory'
Because of the spring-like characteristic intrinsic to human nature, we are predisposed to “spring up” and perform at a higher level. If we don't spring up, it must be because we have been held down and back by one or more negative social influences. Hindrances such as bad parenting, deficient education, drugs, poverty and wayward friends weigh us down as if we were carrying heavy luggage. These “hindrances” explain why some people do not rise up and perform as expected. The weight from enough social hindrances will eventually counteract fully the natural spring-like characteristic of human nature.
Social hindrances weigh on us, continuously pushing us downward. These social pressures compress the “spring” within us, suppressing our will and spirit until we find ourselves performing poorly. Essentially, Spring Theory attributes bad and unproductive behavior to the unfortunate and sometimes overwhelming circum-stances and conditions that corrupt an otherwise elevated being. According to this view of human nature, failure is not the fault of the individual but rather negative social forces and influences.
Because of the spring-like characteristic intrinsic to human nature, we are predisposed to “spring up” and perform at a higher level. If we don't spring up, it must be because we have been held down and back by one or more negative social influences. Hindrances such as bad parenting, deficient education, drugs, poverty and wayward friends weigh us down as if we were carrying heavy luggage. These “hindrances” explain why some people do not rise up and perform as expected. The weight from enough social hindrances will eventually counteract fully the natural spring-like characteristic of human nature.
Social hindrances weigh on us, continuously pushing us downward. These social pressures compress the “spring” within us, suppressing our will and spirit until we find ourselves performing poorly. Essentially, Spring Theory attributes bad and unproductive behavior to the unfortunate and sometimes overwhelming circum-stances and conditions that corrupt an otherwise elevated being. According to this view of human nature, failure is not the fault of the individual but rather negative social forces and influences.
I like most of this but I don’t see how this can all be accomplished... just sounds extremely idealistic.