Everyone thinks themselves independent.
They proclaim they’ve done their research and so that’s why they stand where they do, cozying up against the comforts of back-up, surrounded by the same individuals with the exact same opinions.
Every single person today is an expert.
And if you’re not an expert, you’re supposed to blindly trust them– as if they’ve never been wrong.
As if society actually gives a shit about you one way or the other.
People go wild within groups. They can express repressed emotions, let out feelings they’re normally unfamiliar with, are easier influenced, and lose their touch with rationality.
There is no such thing as the “GOOD GROUP.”
If you’re a part of a group, you give up your individuality to conform– to join, that is the nature of the collective. It doesn’t matter what color your team is: blue, red, green, no one cares.
So why do it anyway?
Because a lot of people are cowards.
They’ve never faced themselves, spent their entire lifetime avoiding conflict, avoiding introspection, avoiding thinking– and to be apart of a group and finally be able to vent the pain that comes from repression, it feels good…. in the short term.
But it doesn’t change what’s going on. These are not the people you should be listening to or following or even giving the time of day.
They say learn from everyone, sure. I can agree with that, but not what they say– rather observe their actions.
Where does this individual become irrational?
Where are they hypocritical?
It’s amazing to me that faced with a global threat, rather than come together– we split up the haves and have-nots, or the vax and anti-vaxed. Each side naming the other “the problem,” which is lazy and pathetic and completely untrue.
But you if your research comes from your team and only your team, your voice isn’t worth listening to.
You don’t even know what you’re saying.
This is true for most people.
My only point for this post is to speak to the individuals– those who’ve decided to stand alone and not run to a group offering free candy, don’t pick.
Stay Alone.
You’re right to be independent, you’re right to not trust either. Do your own research and make your own mind on these things.
The hard part is to not get consumed by either side, but as an individual you’ll odds are great.
Don’t listen to actual FOOLS.
#MindYourself
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