• Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Of course. But everyone thinks, “not me” – it’s facing eating leopards eating all the way up.

    The adage is well know – “there are no good (classification)” where in this case classification is billionaires but it applies equally to police. And everyone in the classification that understands the truth of this adage appends, “except me, I’m the exception to the rule”

    However, the adage does not leave room for such exceptions. It exists solely in the domain of the magical thinking that all humans suffer from.

    No one thinks they are the problem. No one thinks they are of below average intelligence. It’s all ego up and down the socioeconomic ladder. The only way out is to let go but we cannot because society will force our hand back to the rung.

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      2 days ago

      There are exceptions. But they do the dirty work, of facing self and situation, with integrity and authenticity. It’s a tall order.