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Politics : President Barack Obama
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (104344)11/17/2011 4:26:10 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) of 149317
 
Yes, laughter and pacing oneself. I have seen so many people go nuts and it always seemed to be related to stress or overwork.

Then there is the other type of collective insanity Eric Fromm talks about when we accept insane behavior as normal.

And there is a lesson here for those who feel liberal arts is a waste of time. It is only in the liberal arts one will learn what insanity is and how to deal with it.

And if one looks back through history they will see mass insanity is the norm, not the exception. And where does it come from? Lack of modern thought based on the best new and improved ideas, IMO.

Eric Fromm:

The social unconscious

But our families mostly just reflect our society and culture. Fromm emphasizes that we soak up our society with our mother's milk. It is so close to us that we usually forget that our society is just one of an infinite number of ways of dealing with the issues of life. We often think that our way of doing things is the only way, the natural way. We have learned so well that it has all become unconscious -- the social unconscious, to be precise. So, many times we believe that we are acting according to our own free will, but we are only following orders we are so used to we no longer notice them.
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