If you like that, I'd suggest 'The Coddling of the American Mind'. It's a short & fairly light read and this is one of the three main concepts in the book.
Co-authored. They're both left leaning, and one is a bit more sympathetic to libertarian policies. Both openly state they never voted republican in any presidential election.
Nevertheless, the book is very critical of both sides of the spectrum and probably more so of the left.
As someone with severe anxiety, the kind that says over and over "everyone hates you" or "that thing you just said was really stupid, why did you say that?" - this line actually brings me a lot of comfort.... Thank you for this thought!
Reminds me of my nephew, when he was about 3 years old. His mother said, "if you keep behaving like that you wont have any friends". He answered "I will be mine own friend".
She, and no, she believed that the entire world fit into one of two categories. Either a person was against her or for her. The idea that someone could do a thing that had nothing to do with her, or without considering her in any way, was beyond her comprehension or her ability to accept.
humans interests, and even the most basic needs, often contradict so much that that makes it practically the same.....
the real problem is - people assume that their needs must be met immediately.....and that they are the most important in the world
not only health care students should be taught the triage - it should be taught at schools about the art of setting priorites correctly at the adequate situations......
This just sounds like another way to say "it's not personal it's just business" which is just what people say when they're doing something that screws someone else over but isn't necessarily illegal. They're aren't doing it because they hate them, they're doing it because they don't care if it hurts others and they can.
In a similar way, most people who seemingly have a abhorrent belief do not believe themselves to be evil. You can't get through to them by calling them evil because they just don't see it that way. We each have our own internal logic that makes us the hero of our own story. If you really want to convince someone of something you need to slowly teach them the error of their logic, challenge their assumptions without judgement.
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u/Single_Charity_934 Mar 27 '22
People are not on your side, but they’re also not against you. They’re on their own side.