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authoritarianism happens at many scales, it’s about the hubris of thinking that X knows best, imposing and institutionalizing rigid frames introspection is about investigating your own frames, boundaries, learning to be experimental, flexible, deliberate, thoughtful, free
sometimes we bullshit ourselves to create a comforting fog-of-war so that we don’t have to face painful truths. it is cruel to force someone else to strip away the BS before they are ready. there’s a lot of intimacy in exploring the boundaries here, with other people, & yourself
pedestalizing and demonizing other people are two variants of the same problem, creating a false image of someone to conveniently idolize or despise, ie dehumanize people also do this to themselves introspection is about undoing self-dehumanization https://t.co/7hlRqbCYEs
quite a few people are averse to doing frivolous things, but being frivolous, playful, silly, etc are some of the best defenses you have against the tyranny of your ego. There’s a reason authoritarians hate comedians. Once people laugh, they are harder to control with fear