Originally posted by Mindship
Too much emphasis on "Rights" without equal weight on "Responsibilities." And I've ranted about that often enough.
Very succinctly put. And it is much kinder than the way I put it.
Originally posted by Mindship
One thing I definitely taught my daughter was how to say, "I'm sorry," when wrong, and I did it by example. I've made my share of errors, and it's never easy to admit when you're wrong. But a society can not grow in healthy fashion without humility, honesty, and mutual respect.
This is how you're supposed to raise kids properly. This is excellent.
Originally posted by Mindship
I also tell her now and then that this is why the "Matriarchy," per se, is not gonna save the world. To her credit, and regarding many -- not all -- of her peers, she tends to agree.The death of hope? Is that why hippies became yuppies? 😛
In the long arc of civilization, things have improved overall. But the tics of the clock of progress are sometimes spaced maddeningly far apart.
I think you've captured it - people really really feel like they have to force their will on others. That they must force others to think, act, and say in exactly the way that they whimsically believe is correct, at that moment. When we progress to the point where two people can disagree and both go "Oh well, we disagree. I won't force you to think my way" we will have succeeded. Right now, we are stuck in the "everyone must think how I think and feel how I feel or they are the devil."