"Where do we go from here?
The planet is a gunboat
In a sea of fear
And where are you?"
In a sea of fear
And where are you?"
A lot of the time we hear that people are scared, angry, and distraught during perilous times so they blame others: authority figures for example. I think this is saying the opposite, that in perilous times people will get upset, and when that happens just as often as they blame others, they blame themselves. I have seen this very idea many times recently in my life. For example, earlier, and I do not remember why, but I found myself discussing the topic of divorce with my mom. (fyi: my parents are not getting divorced) She told me that often the child feels at fault for his/her parent's divorce even if they know they have done nothing. That is a very interesting human reaction to a perilous time because in that we see the child, who knows they have done nothing wrong, feeling responsible for the situation. Why? I believe it is because a family, similar to a country, is something that functions as a whole where each individual has the power to change, so for that very reason when a perilous time presents itself that was out of the control of that individual, they automatically feel at fault. It is like a soccer game for example, if one defender loses the ball and lets the other team score to win the game that is that defenders fault, but at the same time they are not the only one on the team.
1 comment:
Wow, great post, totally deep, and it really is true at times. We primarily discussed in class how people blame the authority figure during a time of peril, but this offers a new perspective.
I especially like the part where you compared a family to a country, as they both function as a unit.
For some reason though, I feel like in the U.S. today, people are so confident all the time that they are always right, so they do not blame themselves as much as they do others.
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