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matrixmann"After [...] (insert whatever massacre you like here), we said "Never again!".
But what we forgot is that "make believe" is a part of human nature and we've got to make sure what people belief in. Nonsense or sense. Psychotic dreams and fiction or reality and the ability to learn to solve problems.
We didn't do that, instead turned a blind eye, blustered about guns and mental disease all the time, creating scapegoat images, pointing with our fingers at other people we deem different from us, and continued investing even more in believing in delusions and the power of the mighty one who can trick all people and get whatever he wants.
So we, as a society, get what we deserve..."
But what we forgot is that "make believe" is a part of human nature and we've got to make sure what people belief in. Nonsense or sense. Psychotic dreams and fiction or reality and the ability to learn to solve problems.
We didn't do that, instead turned a blind eye, blustered about guns and mental disease all the time, creating scapegoat images, pointing with our fingers at other people we deem different from us, and continued investing even more in believing in delusions and the power of the mighty one who can trick all people and get whatever he wants.
So we, as a society, get what we deserve..."
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Date: 26 May 2018 01:50 pm (UTC)We didn't do that, instead turned a blind eye, blustered about guns and mental disease all the time, creating scapegoat images, pointing with our fingers at other people we deem different from us, and continued investing even more in believing in delusions and the power of the mighty one who can trick all people and get whatever he wants."
Getting stuck with single items, single aspects, instead of looking at the broader picture and recognizing even deeper structures that foster such behavior patterns...