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When will lack of training have consequences for the ones in charge?

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sKePTiKal:
I think there's something very valuable in that understanding Hops; that contempt (or conversely, that one knows best what others' should be/do) is exactly the mechanism of "division".

I've been a lot more liberal at other times in my life, than I am now. But the interesting thing is that as my basic values matured... I don't really see the continuum or range of beliefs I've held as being mutually exclusive anymore.

The other thing that is informing my perspective of the political landscape is all we've talked about here over the years - about PD people and their traits, and how we've been impacted - and even cooperated or participated in continuing those bad relationships hoping that things would change. The parallels are striking to me but it's so complex to try to expound, and I don't have the energy right now to write a treatise on politics and how the current situation is part passive-aggressive, part N, part co-dependent... LOL.

I'm just trying to sail my own little boat through all the troubled waters to whatever is on the other side.

The problem with being attached to a status quo (or the way things have always been) is that the only constant in life is CHANGE. Sometimes it's a negative change; sometimes it's positive. And I think we all know what happens if we strongly attach to a specific outcome. So, the only thing that seems useful to me is to shift the spot where my butt is rooted and judging/discerning/analyzing what's going on. And not take things personally.

Hopalong:
Well put, Amber. Very well put.

I'm glad we mostly avoid specific politics here.

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Hops

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