I'm going to have another stab at this, because it is important to me. It is really hard for a lot of people in western cultures to realise that some other cultures have entirely different ways of viewing themselves and the world. Some cultures thinking is not coloured by concepts of separation, individualism, domination, superiority or alpha, and they equate success differently.
It is interesting to me that western culture values experience and age, and yet is a baby compared to a lot of the cultures that they view as inferior or primative. For instance the continual Indigenous Australians Cultures are at least 40,000 years old, and plenty of evidence suggests quite likely 100,000 years old, compared to colonial Australian culture which is around 200 years old. Indigenous Australian culture also has a totally opposite world view and belief system. In only 200 years, colonial Australian culture has literally denuded the abundant environment fostered by Indigenous Australian thinking. The situation is not unique to Australia either. Western cultures have a graphic, bloody history of collapse and self destruction.
If we believe a lot of the views on this website, then we believe that we can create any world view and style of thinking that we like. Despite what a lot of westerners assume, our way of thinking isn't some God given natural law applicable to all, it is adopted and created. I just wonder if the alpha style has proven to be that successful, desirable, or beneficial for the whole, in the long run. Perhaps we could benefit by looking at some cultures that have a better track record. If we are all to get along... no not just get along... if we and our home, the earth that supports us are to flourish, and truly be happy, there might be value in combining the best of all the cultures, including western. So for me, whether or not the concept of alpha has value is questionable.
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