I, like the rest of the planet, have been absorbing the news of the latest strike against terrorism. My personal feelings probably would appear to be contradictory to the peace-loving, pinko-liberal, I'm generally known to be.
One phenomena that I am finding interesting is the factions of people who on one hand are taking to the streets and chanting and acting as if they personally have been freed of some invisible bondage. . . but won't give the elected leaders who directed the operation a bit of credit.
I'm also finding interesting the number of college students who are acting as if they are all "team USA" . . .
I am a big believer in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Research into rescuers in a genocide find that those people have reached the highest level of the hierarchy. I also suspect that if you experience a threat to one of the basic levels, it threatens everything above it.
I also suspect that a lot of folks get stuck in the "belonging" level. And, I wonder if social media has created artificial belonging for a whole generation. I can't imagine that one can truly attain self actualization if one's sense of belonging is false.
OOOH . . . lint . . .
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