The truth - presented with a sensible budget of clarifying terms, and also - something I really needed to read today. My favorite kind of piece. Saved it. Thank you 🌸
Wrote about this: “[T] he True Believer is someone who becomes deeply committed to a movement’s ideals because it offers the potential for escape from the dissatisfaction in his/her life. He writes, “Mass movements can rise and spread without God, but never without a belief in a devil.” Hatred of another group, he argued, is the most successful and comprehensive of all unifying agents.”
Love it. Love you. You're killing it!
glad to hear it resonated—tysm! 🥰
I wrote so much of this down very quotable :p love it thank you 💖
I have to say that since I've discover your substack, I've become immediately in love with your writing and pov about things. Relate so much.
Thank you, that means so much, wow. 🥰
The truth - presented with a sensible budget of clarifying terms, and also - something I really needed to read today. My favorite kind of piece. Saved it. Thank you 🌸
Tysm, I'm glad to hear it resonated with you, Amy 😊
This is absolutely exceptional writing. This is next level understanding. I'm so grateful.
Such an incredible practice … so important to be reminded of again and again and again. Thank you!
It's a bummer how often we need to hear it 🙈
That’s so true … but we do! And I’m glad there are folks like you reminding us :)
Leerte es como leerme a mi misma, gracias 🌻
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum, Stepfanie. Write on!
Wrote about this: “[T] he True Believer is someone who becomes deeply committed to a movement’s ideals because it offers the potential for escape from the dissatisfaction in his/her life. He writes, “Mass movements can rise and spread without God, but never without a belief in a devil.” Hatred of another group, he argued, is the most successful and comprehensive of all unifying agents.”
https://www.whitenoise.email/p/the-true-believers-and-useful-idiots
Thank you. I am dealing with severe psychological harassment at work now and this helped me a lot. ❤️
That's awful, I hope it gets better for you. Sounds like you work with some miserable humans, I'm sorry to hear that. 💔
Thank you so much.
This is so beautiful. I can relate very much and I feel gratefully seen. Thank you for this.