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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

What is Dominism?

I guess it started as a joke of sorts, just a spinoff word from Dom's name, much like the Dominym. Ironically, both have found their own place in reality. And since it's being taken seriously (or since I intend it to be taken seriously) I have to actually take it seriously myself and provide a definition.

Dominism is a combination of realism and idealism.

Yes, these ideas clash. But isn't that kind of like a system of checks and balances when you think about it? Which is nice if you like our system of government.

See, realism has a tendency to become a bit stale. More often people tend to let their realism slide into a sort of pessimism. They use the term realism to distract from the fact that they are in reality, pessimists, which has attained a sort of infamy in today's society. Thus the true meaning of realism has been lost in the societal whirlwind.

Realism was never measnt to kill ideas - it was meant to funnel the attention of people into ideas that were worth acting on, and that is what dominism now represents. I can only hope that those who subscribe to its ranks will increase in number, until one day, when those with a legitimate interest find themselves in a position of power.

1 comment:

  1. Haha!

    This is a post you actually beat me to! I have long thought myself both a realist and idealist...

    The problem is that people who label themselves as realists all too often see the world as stoic and unchanging... so they don't try to change it and learn to live with adversity... even become part of 'the problem'

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