RE: Emotional expression and the violence inherent in the system
what bothers me is that people are either oblivious to it, ok with it (inner denial because if they admitted they were manipulated then they would need to live with the fear and outrage), or aware with it but apathetic (what can i do/that's just the way it is). we as a nation are so inured to ethics and believing we have the power to effect any change that we give up rather than fight, and each time we give up it is a soul wound, a belittling of the spirit because we are taught by society and others that we do not matter. the only way we can matter is to become the voice of thousands, or deny that anything has power over us. it is a lesson we pick up then emulate in our dealing with others -copying the same patterns that others used to invalidate us.
Ah yes, the willfully ignorant. The media creates that too really, a little like herding sheep if looked at objectively, dogs snapping at their backlegs, the equivalent of the threat of losing your job or that terrorists are on every street, but fookin' hell Trump still takes a lot of getting your head around. ;)
just the fact that he wants to arm teachers with guns appalls me. why do we need to? why cant kids live without fear? why do parents need to be so busy trying to make end meet that they dont even have the money to help their children who are clinically depressed? people are constantly telling me I expect too much from myself, yet isn't that just the lesson society teaches us on a daily basis?
Basically, he is one very sick human being, in a very sick world.
We're programmed to struggle for the elite, and they're programmed to make us struggle. Sick world....... :(