We know from modern complexity science that in a dynamic complex system such as that within which a self conception arises in the present, the beginning enables and disables the capacity of the self conception in the present.

The issue of identity and in particular the brittle identity of powerful white males has surged into the public consciousness at the beginning of the 21st century with the wars in Iraq and the dominance of men who know best in the U.S.A., the UK, Hungary, Russia and Brazil. Although it is difficult to have sympathy for such men, it is only sympathy and understanding of what causes these sincere delusions in otherwise competent minds that will help us to work with the systemic errors that cause the recurrance of these dominent logics in politically democratic and autocratic societies.

The fragmented structure of self conception and the Holon structures within social discourse support the systemic use of looking down upon what is considered inferrior for confirmation of superiority. This coupled with emotionally felt experiences within 'in groups' codefide using locally dominent logics, expressed by simple anthems such as "The Boys Are Back In Town" help maintain feelings of superiorty in the shallowest perceptions of the nature of human life. When the good and the bad depend only upon how we feel as individuals using modern notions of a successful life derived from experience then knowledge is bent to serve the emotional capacity to feel superior to the out groups.

The rates of suicide within these groups belies the shallownes that is unbearable for many minds longing to follow the knowledge from beyond the delusions of superiority maintained by wilful ignorance that is the aspestos in the ceiling of these mindsets.

To approach this problem with a new perspective we can use the image of the ancient allegory of the stick appearing bent in the water.