Well said. Evidence shows that labelling our children condemn them to identify as that label- lazy, clumsy, unreliable, perfect etc. Labelling based on reductionist pathologies,traumas and what they don’t have have created a population of sacred victims ready to be exploited by the next leader who can make them feel seen and heard for votes of support. Thank you for this piece!
Well said. Evidence shows that labelling our children condemn them to identify as that label- lazy, clumsy, unreliable, perfect etc. Labelling based on reductionist pathologies,traumas and what they don’t have have created a population of sacred victims ready to be exploited by the next leader who can make them feel seen and heard for votes of support. Thank you for this piece!
Absolutely. authoritarians exploit victims. See, too, my recent essay: https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/we-no-longer-live-in-modern-times