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Like you're saying, you get socialized to be less aggressive, right? We need to find ways to express our feelings in healthy ways and in good containers that don't hurt other people excessively or unnecessarily or whatever. But so from civilization's point of view, that's a little bit more complicated and complex than it can manage.
So what it does is it tells people to suppress themselves and it enforces this through culture and institutions and everything else. And so you have all these people who are suppressed all the time and they feel like shit and they don't really know why. And then they take drugs and then they all, all of those things. But, um,
So what it does is it tells people to suppress themselves and it enforces this through culture and institutions and everything else. And so you have all these people who are suppressed all the time and they feel like shit and they don't really know why. And then they take drugs and then they all, all of those things. But, um,
So what it does is it tells people to suppress themselves and it enforces this through culture and institutions and everything else. And so you have all these people who are suppressed all the time and they feel like shit and they don't really know why. And then they take drugs and then they all, all of those things. But, um,
it is possible once you are awakened to this reality to realize that you have the capacity to re-regulate yourself in a way that is optimal for you, right? So the thing is, civilization's mechanisms are optimal for civilization and we all enjoy the benefits of civilization. So, you know, I'm not like anti-civilization or anti-capitalist or anti-whatever.
it is possible once you are awakened to this reality to realize that you have the capacity to re-regulate yourself in a way that is optimal for you, right? So the thing is, civilization's mechanisms are optimal for civilization and we all enjoy the benefits of civilization. So, you know, I'm not like anti-civilization or anti-capitalist or anti-whatever.
it is possible once you are awakened to this reality to realize that you have the capacity to re-regulate yourself in a way that is optimal for you, right? So the thing is, civilization's mechanisms are optimal for civilization and we all enjoy the benefits of civilization. So, you know, I'm not like anti-civilization or anti-capitalist or anti-whatever.
It's just we inherit the circumstances that we're in. It's on us to take it and... If I pinch a doublet and give it to the next person.
It's just we inherit the circumstances that we're in. It's on us to take it and... If I pinch a doublet and give it to the next person.
It's just we inherit the circumstances that we're in. It's on us to take it and... If I pinch a doublet and give it to the next person.
Yeah, that's a problem.
Yeah, that's a problem.
Yeah, that's a problem.
Imagine how, to a barbarian, civilized is an insult. You people need contracts to do things together. You don't trust each other. You put people in boxes in jails. It's a different...
Imagine how, to a barbarian, civilized is an insult. You people need contracts to do things together. You don't trust each other. You put people in boxes in jails. It's a different...
Imagine how, to a barbarian, civilized is an insult. You people need contracts to do things together. You don't trust each other. You put people in boxes in jails. It's a different...
And the curse of the people pleaser is that
And the curse of the people pleaser is that
And the curse of the people pleaser is that
people can tell or like you know discerning people can tell if you are like stiff in a way that's like oh you i need to put your needs first and then subconsciously or consciously if they've thought about these things they know that they can't entirely trust you to take care of your needs and so then they don't they're not pleased right like they and then they don't trust you and then it's like oh you want to make them feel better and they're like i don't trust you you know like you