The malice they spread is contagious, viral. And if you are not careful with your biases, it’ll be easy for you to take sides.
However, just like every division, not taking a side is also interpreted as taking a side. But do you really grasp how complex human relationships are?
As difficult as it is to implement, keeping yourself humble in the face of the rabble-rousers might be the only thing that could keep you at peace. And humility is about seeing others as more significant than yourself.
“If you really understand how an action causes unnecessary suffering to yourself or to others, you will naturally abstain from it. People nevertheless murder, rape and steal because they have only a superficial appreciation of the misery this causes. They are fixated on satisfying their immediate lust or greed, without concern for the impact on others — or even for the long-term impact on themselves.”
– from the book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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