Integral "Third-Way" Politics

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"1st-Tier" values

Magenta (egocentric, magic): Magenta Altitude began about 50,000 years ago, and tends to be the home of egocentric drives, a magical worldview, and impulsiveness. It is expressed through magic/animism, kin-spirits, and such. Young children primarily operate with a magenta worldview. Magenta in any line of development is fundamental, or "square one" for any and all new tasks. Magenta emotions and cognition can be seen driving such cultural phenomena as superhero-themed comic books or movies.

Red (ego- to ethnocentric, egoic): The Red Altitude began about 10,000 years ago, and is the marker of egocentric drives based on power, where "might makes right," where aggression rules, and where there is a limited capacity to take the role of an "other." Red impulses are classically seen in grade school and early high school, where bullying, teasing, and the like are the norm. Red motivations can be seen culturally in Ultimate Fighting contests, which have no fixed rules (fixed rules come into being at the next Altitude, Amber), teenage rebellion and the movies that cater to it (The Fast and the Furious), gang dynamics (where the stronger rule the weaker), and the like.

Amber (ethnocentric, mythic): The Amber Altitude began about 5,000 years ago, and indicates a worldview that is traditionalist and mythic in nature—and mythic worldviews are almost always held as absolute (this stage of development is often called absolutistic). Instead of "might makes right," amber ethics are more oriented to the group, but one that extends only to "my" group. Grade school and high school kids usually exhibit amber motivations to "fit in." Amber ethics help to control the impulsiveness and narcissism of red. Culturally, amber worldviews can be seen in fundamentalism (my God is right no matter what); extreme patriotism (my country is right no matter what); and ethnocentrism (my people are right no matter what).

Orange (worldcentric, rational): The Orange Altitude began about 500 years ago, during the period known as the European Enlightenment. In an orange worldview, the individual begins to move away from the amber conformity that reifies the views of one's religion, nation, or tribe. The orange worldview often begins to emerge in late high school, college, or adulthood. Culturally, the orange worldview realizes that "truth is not delivered; it is discovered," spurring the great advances of science and formal rationality. Orange ethics begin to embrace all people, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...." Ayn Rand's Objectivism, the US Bill of Rights, and many of the laws written to protect individual freedom all flow from an orange worldview.

Green (worldcentric, pluralistic): The Green Altitude began roughly 150 years ago, though it came into its fullest expression during the 1960's. Green worldviews are marked by pluralism, or the ability to see that there are multiple ways of seeing reality. If orange sees universal truths ("All men are created equal"), green sees multiple universal truths—different universals for different cultures. Green ethics continue, and radically broaden, the movement to embrace all people. A green statement might read, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people are created equal, regardless of race, gender, class...." Green ethics have given birth to the civil rights, feminist, and gay rights movements, as well as environmentalism.

The green worldview's multiple perspectives give it room for greater compassion, idealism, and involvement, in its healthy form. Such qualities are seen by organizations such as the Sierra Club, Amnesty International, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Doctors Without Borders. In its unhealthy form green worldviews can lead to extreme relativism, where all beliefs are seen as relative and equally true, which can in turn lead to the nihilism, narcissism, irony, and meaninglessness exhibited by many of today's intellectuals, academics, and trend-setters... not to mention another "lost" generation of students.

"2nd-Tier" values

Teal/Turquoise (worldcentric to "kosmocentric," integral): The Teal and Turquoise Altitudes mark the beginning of an integral worldview, where pluralism and relativism are transcended and included into a more systematic whole. The transition from green to teal is also known as the transition from "1st-tier" values to "2nd-tier" values, the most immediate difference being the fact that each "1st-tier" value thinks it is the only truly correct value, while "2nd-tier" values recognize the importance of all preceding stages of development. Thus, the teal worldview honors the insights of the green worldview, but places it into a larger context that allows for healthy hierarchies, and healthy value distinctions....

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[davidspoo]

I feel like I missed the part where he explained his color chart. I have no idea what his colors mean. DO you?

[IntegralNaked]

Hey davidspoo--all the colors are described in the video description.

[rocktheflow]

they're stages of development of awareness, realistically. Just like every other form of self-development, it's measured by others' experience, compared with your own.

[racetoinfinity]

Ken's comments about Dems having 2 camps, green & orange, and Repubs having 2, orange & blue are right on target and easy to understand, once one gets what the color memes represent. I think this is a very useful addition to our political analysis now, and intend to link to it. I'd say green-progressives hate corporatism more than capitalism per se. See DVD & book "The Corporation" I consider corporations to be basically path. (red-egoic) orange since given rights as persons 150 yrs ago.

[JohnOnik3]

I Imagine Integral politics being a sling shot.

[LooksAeterna]

"Does Warren Farrell take account of the jaw-dropping rates of violence against women? "

1. Naturally he does because Farrell is a well known ferminist.

2. The violence against women - while jaw dropping - pales against the violence against men.

3. The mere presence of violence proves the absence of power because real power makes violence unnecessary.

4. You remark is irrelevant here.

5. Why ask ? LOOK:

warrenfarrell. org/ TheBook/ index. html

Remove spcs.

[HumansAreAnimals]

While I'm not in agreement with your opinion, I'm really into actually reading what other people have to say and trying to be open minded about it.

I'd like to read this work, but I was wondering if you could answer a question for me first. Does Warren Farrell take account of the jaw-dropping rates of violence against women? Does he have a "take" on this? Just curious about how holistic the man is viewing the subject.

[jerkdoggaa]

I wonder how many blunts were smoked before this meeting

[Eric Thompson]

I'll be sure to check out your channel. thanks.

[bass109]

LORD JESUS IS KING OF ALL WORLD!

[MrCuntyballs2U]

Good effort......half right

[CandyLeeLong]

The heart is just a muscle.

Compassion = Understanding = Knowledge.

Love happens in the mind.

Cognition is being able to take the perspective of other and in this way cognitive development is necessary for moral development.

If you can't see the other then you can't love them.

You cannot deny reason with reason.