The absolute worst byproduct of human civilization is this widespread
misconception that good people wait to be chosen and let
themselves be acted upon, rather than taking the reins of their
lives into their own hands. Hence the unhealthy cultural fixation on
being loved--- which, sadly, fuels a huge part of America's
economy. I wonder how many stocks would crash and burn if we all woke up
tomorrow and believed in ourselves. This belief, it seems, is
indoctrinated into children (both sexes) from an early age. Not just
from culture and the media, but from teachers too, who, incidentally,
learn it in *their* training. (I won't even mention the PARENTS who
teach their children to be doormats.) Open any textbook for
elementary-education majors, and you'll find a veritable prescription
for instilling compulsive approval-seeking: a condescending attitude
towards "different" (read: highly intelligent) children (usually along
the lines of, "They have a hard time learning social skills"); a
presumptuous assumption that children cannot think for themselves; and
support of game-playing and self-denying to win approval-- which these
books have the gall to call "good citizenship." Since when is
sheep behavior good citizenship? And people wonder why so many kids
grow up to be fucked-up adults who can't control their own destinies.
They were taught by weak-minded people when they were impressionable.
Weak-minded people who even now abhor the prospect of thinking for
themselves-- because, after all, that will ruin their chances of getting
that all-important societal approval! Oh, the horror if it! 90% of
Americans are in a sorry state-- slaves to a "I just want to be
looooved" mentality. I just shake my head and laugh sardonically (in
between my bursts of outrage) at the masses who share this mentality--
because they can not (or *will not*) get that you can't be loved
by others until you love yourself and others first. You have to act
before you can expect to get results. Cause and effect. One of the
fundamental facts of life-- and a lesson that should stick.
That's the main reason I'm a Heartless Bitch.....
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