Quote:
Originally Posted by mongidig
Why are there so many white people supporting Hamas? Why would a gay person support Hamas? I think the answer is these people are stupid.
They are being manipulated by the social self. Three aspects of self: social self, conscious self, individuating self.
During the socialization stage, the social self is in the position of power and oppresses the individuating self. This is necessary for the child’s development.
In the next stage of development, the conscious self is supposed to advocate for the (oppressed) individuating self to take the wheel. The social self attempts to sabotage this process, and maintain its power position, by manipulating the conscious self to advocate for an oppressed political group instead. The social self is successful with this strategy because, unlike with the individuating self, the conscious self can actually see how these political groups are mistreated.
It’s better to realize these young people are captured by a distortion of a deeper truth rather than simply writing them off as stupid. We have to outcompete the social self by providing these kids with a better story involving the individuating self. Fortunately, we already have plenty to work with via Hero’s Journey movies and stories.