I think that it would help immensely for political liberation if everyone could unlearn the suspicion that you are a 'bad person'. Smears have so much more power over you when some voice deep down suspects you are that.
Unlearning this is a huge task for the individual and even more for a society. But 'bad girl/boy' *is* the interface that the powerful use to control us. We would all do well to unlearn it.
I read Charles Eisenstein and he claims (tho I know he's not the only thinker who says that) that authoritarian and guilting parenting causes a life-long suspicion of 'I am bad'. Different parenting styles would lead to a freer and more rebellious society.
I think that it would help immensely for political liberation if everyone could unlearn the suspicion that you are a 'bad person'. Smears have so much more power over you when some voice deep down suspects you are that.
Unlearning this is a huge task for the individual and even more for a society. But 'bad girl/boy' *is* the interface that the powerful use to control us. We would all do well to unlearn it.
I read Charles Eisenstein and he claims (tho I know he's not the only thinker who says that) that authoritarian and guilting parenting causes a life-long suspicion of 'I am bad'. Different parenting styles would lead to a freer and more rebellious society.
"We would all do well to unlearn it." *All* is a big tent. We are not *all* so self-deprecating nor so easily controlled.
That one is so deeply ingrained in society that I stand by 'all'
Speak for yourself. You do not speak for me, much less for "all."
I'm not speaking for all I'm speaking about all. Difference.