A friend recommended a book that has opened my eyes a little about accountability.
Mostly, in today's world, no one takes the blame for anything ever.
Or they apologize but give excuses. The janitor at my work for example. Another was this guy I work with who is convinced he is right about this one thing, but he is painfully wrong. You want to shake the shit out of people like this. But it really does no good. A person like this will justify his dumb behavior. As will people with will "never get it."
There is a guy at work who, always perceives what you are saying wrong. In other words, he can't interpret for shit. Perhaps it's a sting to my own ego as maybe I'm not explaining my position well, but he is a passive aggressive person. Those are the worst, by the way. Say what you mean, asshat.
Though he is insincerely nice (Mom fucked him up), he has a deep anger that rages on the peripheral, and quite frankly, the first person I'd expect to rage on society. Though his only saving grace is that he is boisterous. Loud people don't murder. Quiet ones do, which there are a lot of at my work as well. And they frighten me more.
The book also explains how little by little we are guided into (manipulated) into our own mindset. I started out as a bleeding heart Leftists. And a classic Liberal. The more I listened to a Leftist city like Los Angeles, the more I realized I was bamboozled into false reality. The, supposed, good willed people of the Left thought they are the "good guys." In reality, they are enablers and they can justify their behavior by hiding behind this shield. This is a Trojan Horse theory. When I started seeing the corruption from the entertainment industry and the hypocrisy, I checked out. Conversely, the Right is no better. Bible conservatives are the most despicable. Guilt pushing people to donate to save their souls while living in the lap of luxury Jesus himself would be ashamed of. These people have zero shame. Vote Trump and want to hide their ill gotten money. Yet, blame entertainment on the breakdown of society. If anything, these two should (and do) work together.
The issue is that you may not think you cannot be manipulated. But the smartest and the ones with the most street smarts have been. Look at the thing in your hand right now. Cell phone, smart phone, whatever. This is a device used to keep you tethered. Whether that information is useful to whomever isn't relevant, what is is that they listen to every conversation. Yes, folks...we have bugged ourselves...voluntarily. For others to use this info to extract behavior.
Many people assume there is nothing they can get that is of value from you. Information is power. The power to regulate your life. For instance, health care. Or insurance. Or anything that keeps the ones at top living comfortably while we just exist. Fine, if you have no ambition any further in life but to work and die.
My point being, if you want to enrich your life, be honest with yourself in how you perceive things. And how things honestly went down. When I got into my accident, I knew for certain the other guy had run a red light (since he likely thought at that hour no one would be out). It took a while for him to admit wrong doing. And luckily he was honest. There are too many people who think being dishonest saves their hide. Self preservation is a strong motivator. However, if you have to live with yourself, then you are living with a person you will learn to hate. That U.S. Ambassador's wife in the U.K. who murdered a kid on a bike needs to go back there and face the music.
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