It is incredibly frustrating to me when
people are superficial and do not think.
When people buy, unquestioningly, into
their parents or peers bigotries, hatreds, and prejudices.
When people fear without reason, and when
people are dismissive of reasonable
concerns.
When people are superficial - such as
looking at the glitz, glamour and size of a house, instead of thinking about
insulation and suitability for future heat waves and storms.
When people keep busy or live their life a
certain way because, without properly thinking about it, they “think”
they should (doing excessive housework is
an example of that).
When people buy unquestionably into a message that a group "has" to be big . . .
Responsibility for such flaws lies with
many people . . . with those responsible for business and commercial propaganda
(aka “advertising”) . . . with those
who indulge in intellectual ********* (such
as using “agency” [e.g., “have agency in their life”] instead of “control”
{e.g., “have control over their life”], or use “privilege” without
understanding how harmful that is to acceptance of their message, or, in my day
job, use “synthesis” instead of “growth” to shut everyday people out and
maintain an unwarranted elitism) . . . with peers, too many of whom seem to
act on the notion of misery loving company . . . parents who fail to understand
that their children may have inclinations, tendencies, habits and thinking that
is, for better or worse, different to
theirs . . . with those in the education system who are subservient to Pharaoh
Business instead of students' wellbeing . . . with those who are addicted to
power without any thought of the consequences to everyday people . . . with managers
who are superficial, and “address” problems and issues by duck shoving them
onto already overloaded subordinates (e.g.,
“we expect workers to also . . .”) . . . and, above all else,
with those people who, mindless as automatons, go along with everything that
makes their life harder (and maybe even
glory, unthinkingly, in it as a sort of “challenge” or “test”), accept all
that is new and glitzy, and never give anything up for the sake of maintaining
their honour (their maegan), ethics,
or principles - who value being part of a herd ahead of keeping their soul . .
.
These problems show room for improvement in
them – and me (impatience,
judgementalism, etc), but above all else, they show a cause of the harm
that is being actively committed in this world by everyday people (in addition to the harm committed by
business) that is addressable.
May it be so addressed.
