I agree with you wholeheartedly that we as individuals SHOULD NOT need a specific code to live by (your example of the 10 commandments) to be a decent human being. I think that The Golden Rule, though it is a rule, is a pretty simple notion that everyone could grasp, admire and try to follow to the betterment of mankind. And I do agree that we shouldn't have to beg for rights from our masters....we should intrinsically have them and expect them in our lives but that is not currently the case and there are many simple minds and/or selfish minds in positions of power throughout the world. Such is life. The people being brainwashed and poisoned by their masters seem to accept their lot in life rather than think rationally, like you are doing. I don't have the solution...just pointing out what everyone is up against.
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I don't know if I said that no one should have a code, if I did, I apologise for the lack of clarity, because I am not against that. Take for instance the Samurai code of Bushido. There is some really great lessons contained within there.
However, if one wants to live by a code, it should be one of their own making, or one that they have chosen willingly to adhere to. The law is a completely different thing. It's pages and pages of rules that no one can keep up with, yet have to follow because.. Why? Because if you don't you will be put in jail.
That's not a moral code, that's just slavery. But yes, I agree with everything else you say, and unfortunately, I don't have a feasible solution either. It seems we have allowed ourselves to be tricked into digging a hole that we now don't have the resources of the level communication necessary to climb our way out of it together.
Agreed. Yeah....the Bushido code is remarkable. I've got a book on that. It should be a code of their own making...but most people can't even cook their own food...so it's gonna take a lot of change for that to happen, imo.