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From the Alice Miller article quoted in the section linked to above:
Actually though, one is an authoritarian by virtue of one's human nature, and one's parents can either exacerbate this, or channel it through beneficial paths. The issue of human authoritarianism can also be tackled via intellectual shamanizing. We are all naturally driven to climb a summit in order to prove ourselves to both ourselves and others. Bataille says, the summit is not the only path for experience. In fact, there is nothing on top of the summit. Nothing. God is an illusion. So we may choose to go elsewhere, apart from ascending to the summit.
From the Alice Miller article quoted in the section linked to above:
As far as I know, not a single ideology has "appropriated" the truth of the overriding importance of our early conditioning to be obedient and dependent and to suppress our feelings, along with the consequences of this conditioning.The issue being addressed is authoritarianism and how this is instilled in a child from an early age.
Actually though, one is an authoritarian by virtue of one's human nature, and one's parents can either exacerbate this, or channel it through beneficial paths. The issue of human authoritarianism can also be tackled via intellectual shamanizing. We are all naturally driven to climb a summit in order to prove ourselves to both ourselves and others. Bataille says, the summit is not the only path for experience. In fact, there is nothing on top of the summit. Nothing. God is an illusion. So we may choose to go elsewhere, apart from ascending to the summit.
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