Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
  • Mood: frustrated

Ubiquitous Damage

I found a couple of good posts about ubiquitous damage.  These are cases where abuse is so widespread that it is treated as normal, it's difficult or impossible to avoid, and is presented as the price of having a life at all.  You either "willingly" submit to the abuse or you don't get to be a part of most of society.  Objecting to it, trying to change it -- you can do those things, and sometimes make a little progress, but it also makes you a target and means there are many things you can't or won't do.

These include user abuse and employee abuse.

I have a tendency to look at abusive situations and say, "I am not that fucking hungry."  I've passed a lot of opportunities because they were more toxic than I would tolerate.  True, I'm not a very good fit for this culture.  But I maintain that "It is no great sign of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
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siliconshaman

siliconshaman

May 3 2014, 10:29:22 UTC 7 years ago Edited:  May 3 2014, 10:30:35 UTC

At this point in time, society itself is rather toxic.

One characteristic both those situations, and the more general sociological one, have in common is that the people in charge, i.e defining the cultural rules and standards of behaviour, are essentially sociopathic or modelling sociopath behaviour traits. But then if you look at it more closely, that's because they're the same people. I.e Business leaders, CEO's and so on...