#yes it sucks that it falls on the self-aware and self-disciplined to break cycles of escalation. it's not fair.
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yall have got to stop conflating catharsis with praxis and/or progress.
#sometimes. often even. the most effective and productive thing to do. does not provide you#with anything as immediately gratifying as losing your temper or receiving reassurance.#catharsis and soothing have their own important place.#but yall. anger-associated behavioral urges escalate conflict literally by nature. i really don't know what to tell you.#yes it sucks that it falls on the self-aware and self-disciplined to break cycles of escalation. it's not fair.#but sincerely and genuinely who the fuck else are you expecting to do it.#and to be clear. sometimes escalation IS what you want if a higher-intensity conflict is the only way to get the other side to engage#but 9 out of 10 times that rationale doesnt actually apply to individual-level conflict situations if your goal sincerely is progress#it's advice for like. the government and megacorporations who are genuinely intentionally being evil.#or sometimes people who are slacking on their own morals and/or understanding of the social contract and need some pressure to get in gear.#it doesnt work on people who genuinely think they're doing the moral thing. it just doesnt.#bah. rage has its place but change necessitates both tearing down the ills of our society AND replacing them with something compassionate.#you guys are not actually being the cool mean radical lefties you think you are#when you belittle people who will never stop reaching out across the political aisle.
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