Why it is hard to wake up friends and family
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I have distanced myself from most of those who just don't get it. I see it as a character issue and I am repulsed by what drives it.
These people are driven by ego, deep insecurities, the need to fit in with prevailing paradigms (conformity), risk avoidance, seeking comfort and escape via hedonism, intoxicants and pharmaceuticals, irresponsibility, immaturity.
Maybe they were born this way (I think not) or became this way through indoctrination or trauma inflicted on them at critical developmental stages by parents, culture, "well meaning" influencers.
I have compassion for them but CHOOSE to learn and grow from the camaraderie of others free of the affliction.
Have compassion, yes. But I totally agree. There is safety in the herd. For a human to be cast out of the group in a hunter/gatherer society could mean death.
Perhaps why teenagers are so driven by peer pressure? The fear of being cast out is at a maximum because they are old enough to understand what needs to happen to take care or themselves, and how hard doing that in isolation would be...just spitballing here.
Could also be why they are so drawn to social media and anything online: they can find a new herd there, where one might not exist for them in real life (or at least, that could be their perception).
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Most people aren't loners. They want to belong to a group. Loners have less of that desire and therefore it frees our minds to think for ourselves because we're not driven by acceptance.