Good read on the attainment of perfection and accepting our flaws.

  • Storksforlegs@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Exactly right. What are the factors causing people to embrace this stuff?

    I think its not a matter of stupid, its a matter of loneliness and lack of social support. If a group offers a lonely person a chance to feel accepted and validated, offers sine kind of security (real or imaginary) thats enough for a lot of people smart or no.

    I mean, look at cults. Cults often recruit pretty intelligent, open minded people, but they’re people who are vulnerable for whatever reason.