It's official - We've parted ways over politics

[bucolic_frolic]

62. insanity has taken over the day

yes i have had days like that, a few of them. not about politics. i assure you i see conflict as inevitable when specific different personality types intermingle. the narcissist bent in our culture, perhaps born of the media age, or Hollywood, or righteous religion - it is intolerant. Rigid minds do not flex anymore. They prepare to clash. They like displays of drama. They would rather be right than compromise, and prefer 'I win - you lose' to win-win. It's competition over cooperation, the triumph of the mighty over the weak, the rich over the poor. Survival of the fittest, social Darwinism, cutthroat competition, capitalism over socialism. See it how you choose, there's a vein for everyone to mine.

You must be strong for yourself. It is not your fault. It was inevitable. I feel sibling conflict is rooted in the personality roles we each occupied in the family. Often those roles are repeated later in life, or most often with others in society that occupied similar roles. We attract the same type of people we had in our nuclear family.

Peace. Be kind to yourself.