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To: MtnClimber

The social pressure is not something they can withstand. It’ takes tremendous courage, individuality and a pretty thick skin to think for yourself and resist mob mentality.

I have family, friends and co workers that I am no longer comfortable with and who I avoid.


3 posted on 10/01/2020 4:53:52 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Barbarism is the absence of standards to which an appeal can be made" Y Gasset)
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To: SMARTY

The social pressure is not something they can withstand. It’ takes tremendous courage, individuality and a pretty thick skin to think for yourself and resist mob mentality.

I have family, friends and co workers that I am no longer comfortable with and who I avoid.

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Another reason is that they were never really principled to begin with. They were out for their own ambition and advancement. It’s really not that hard to buy off (or manipulate) people like that.


35 posted on 10/01/2020 6:15:22 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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