smiley963: So, according to you, people have no right to be themselves, but are told by their government how to behave, and must follow blindly? Which country do you actually live in, definitely not the UK!
People who demand yes-men to stay positive and never criticise are aspiring dictators is my point.
Confused dictators. Your authoritarian personality will likely not be the absolute authority, and what would you do then? Become a yes-man and tyrannise the rank below.
Which is the good thing about localism and the bad thing about globalism.
Globalism and the internet allows the sorting of the human race into compartments where real life and proximity forces you to mix with people different. The global autistopia and the great narrowing of cliques into scripted and banal relations. People who are actually inspiring are not the Borg, even Jesus had his moment of doubt and pain and he was the son of god.
smiley963OPJohannesburg, Gauteng South Africa3,651 posts
ChesneyChrist: People who demand yes-men to stay positive and never criticise are aspiring dictators is my point.
Confused dictators. Your authoritarian personality will likely not be the absolute authority, and what would you do then? Become a yes-man and tyrannise the rank below.
There are trillions of yes men, and no we are Not referring to dictators here at all. People are people regardless of politics. Never mind what the intimidation, these people will most probably have a front of agreement, but actually act exactly the opposite in their private worlds. If need be people can be anything, as long as they stay themselves. Thus: Drop the politics please?
It flies in the face of a leader or a loving person. What use would a leader be if he only hung around with other leaders? What use is love to people already in love with themselves? What could the word inspiration mean if not for the less driven?
There’s such a thing as complementary opposites in this world. Contrasts that work. I don’t like this like for like everywhere the corporatisation of the human species into compartments based on same function.
smiley963OPJohannesburg, Gauteng South Africa3,651 posts
ChesneyChrist: It flies in the face of a leader or a loving person. What use would a leader be if he only hung around with other leaders? What use is love to people already in love with themselves? What could the word inspiration mean if not for the less driven?
There’s such a thing as complementary opposites in this world. Contrasts that work. I don’t like this like for like everywhere the corporatisation of the human species into compartments based on same function.
My boyfriend is my complementary opposite, so they definitely exist.
smiley963OPJohannesburg, Gauteng South Africa3,651 posts
pKrema: Who said friends should be a positive influence? Who said you are a positive influence to your friends?
Well I guess I must be a good influence, as I'm told that whatever answer I give to a question, proves to always be right. Them on the other hand like to use me as a sounding board. So is that good or bad?
PeKaatjeAnkeveen, North Holland Netherlands6,334 posts
Well, I had a friend, he never worked, he woke about 1 pm everyday, then showering coffee and a cigarette, and the rest of the day beer and cigarettes. Later cocaine. His phisical weak girlfriend had to buy him beer about 3-4 times a day after she finished work, and he just sat on the caugh, watching tv or listening to music with the volume way to loud. Sometimes we played chess. Sometimes he went out, to a casino or to a pub. Always driving drunk, he lost his driverslicence about 4-5 times. Then his parents died, he got 80 grants, and spilled it in about 10 months. They wouldn't give him an unemployment benefit anymore, and so he couldn't pay the rent and was kicked out his house. That's the last time I saw him, and after all, I am glad about that. We had a lot of fun, but he was just stupid.
smiley963OPJohannesburg, Gauteng South Africa3,651 posts
PeKaatje: Well, I had a friend, he never worked, he woke about 1 pm everyday, then showering coffee and a cigarette, and the rest of the day beer and cigarettes. Later cocaine. His phisical weak girlfriend had to buy him beer about 3-4 times a day after she finished work, and he just sat on the caugh, watching tv or listening to music with the volume way to loud. Sometimes we played chess. Sometimes he went out, to a casino or to a pub. Always driving drunk, he lost his driverslicence about 4-5 times. Then his parents died, he got 80 grants, and spilled it in about 10 months. They wouldn't give him an unemployment benefit anymore, and so he couldn't pay the rent and was kicked out his house. That's the last time I saw him, and after all, I am glad about that. We had a lot of fun, but he was just stupid.
It is very sad, when people don't want to work, and doesn't have the funds to pay for their lifestyle, and others have to keep them. Very unfair.
smiley963OPJohannesburg, Gauteng South Africa3,651 posts
charles_nz: Human Nature dictates that we will often be as attracted to negative influences as to positive ones. We need to be always vigilant.
We all have times when we step out of the norm for us, it is then that negativity attracts. Thus it depends on how your moods fluctuate in you, as to how you will react to them. People can condition themselves to behave, but hardly ever!
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Do we actually want to be battered and bruised by some, figuratively speaking? Why?