30/12/2024
The social psychologist Erich Fromm talked about the social character, which is different from the individual character of people.
And the social character is basically what we take on how society wants us to be for its own maintenance.
And so in order for society to maintain itself, it has to create individuals that go and internalize fundamental values and fundamental intentions.
So if you look at the fundamental intentions or values in a capitalist system, it’s that people should consume, it’s that people should be passive, and it’s that people should be essentially disconnected from themselves. Nobody sits down and plans this. I’m saying this is just how the system works.
So, in terms of disconnecting from ourselves the way we bring up children is that we don’t honor their emotions. We pick and choose which emotions the child is able to express and still be acceptable to us. And many of the more important emotions, like grief or fear or anger... You know, a kid who’s got fears, they’re sissy. A kid who’s angry, they’re bad, they’re made to sit by themselves.
So this is the social character. And the main trait of it that we identify is that there should be a separation from the self.
When a kid can’t express all their emotions, they’re gonna have to disconnect from themselves. In order to fit in, they have to disconnect from themselves.
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