I don't disagree with your analysis in general but would say that my parents certainly tried to live like this and my experience of growing up wasn't perfect at all ! Good people bent on changing the world can still be fooled by good propaganda eg my parents supported Franco in Spain and I have met others who are convinced that he could not have been a fascist dictator because the US backed him when they went to war with Nazi Germany and other fascist governments - therefore Franco MUST have been a good democrat !
My mother taught me to care about other people around the world in general, but she has that PEP thing going on - cares deeply about Native American people, but has a blind side when it comes to Palestinians, and honestly Muslims in general. Still, that basis in compassion is what led me to study languages and anthropology in college, which led to working in an international nonprofit and most importantly meeting my husband who is of a different culture, religion and nationality. I think parents can nurture the idea of compassion for the other even if they miss some important matters.
I don't disagree with your analysis in general but would say that my parents certainly tried to live like this and my experience of growing up wasn't perfect at all ! Good people bent on changing the world can still be fooled by good propaganda eg my parents supported Franco in Spain and I have met others who are convinced that he could not have been a fascist dictator because the US backed him when they went to war with Nazi Germany and other fascist governments - therefore Franco MUST have been a good democrat !
My mother taught me to care about other people around the world in general, but she has that PEP thing going on - cares deeply about Native American people, but has a blind side when it comes to Palestinians, and honestly Muslims in general. Still, that basis in compassion is what led me to study languages and anthropology in college, which led to working in an international nonprofit and most importantly meeting my husband who is of a different culture, religion and nationality. I think parents can nurture the idea of compassion for the other even if they miss some important matters.