Thoughts on McCain speaking at The New School

Senator McCain is the new poster boy for the new religion: careerism, defined as the postulate that furthering one's career is the greatest good. (Hilary Clinton has been the poster girl for awhile now.)

Doing what is necessary to move up another notch on the career ladder is the whadacallit? modus operandi? of this new religion which has become the invisible glue of the corporate lifestyle, constricting the movement of our political leaders as well ... anyone seeking power or wealth as the epitome of human existence. What a crock!

But I digress.

McCain has become a caricature of the hero in our society, and now wants to parlay this "political capital" into a seat in the high stakes game of presidential poker. He doesn't want to be "himself"--fulfilling the potential of his humanness which may or may not include being President--he wants (desperately, I would add) to be PRESIDENT as his ideal fulfillment of self.

When we start examining what that means, "furthering one's career as a fulfillment of self" we begin to see the damage it does to the individual. People cannot be themselves. They must always be the person those in authority will reward.

God, what a mess we are in at the top! Thank god for the young people at The New School. There is hope for a renewal of our humanity.