Putting Others First

If you want to understand how Sanders and Cortez are gaining popularity, consider this:

"Imagine for a moment, the mind of the individual who holds as his fundamental premise that others are better than he is. This person awakens each morning with these fundamental thoughts: “What do others think I should do? What do others think of my actions? How will they judge me? Who should guide me to my duties and requirements? Whose judgment should I accept in order to have my own judgment?” Such a person can get no first-hand understanding of existence because existence, for him, is not as important as the opinions of others. Others are his existence. Neither can this person learn to develop concepts, how to think and how to determine proper action; he has cut off the activity of deciding such issues by looking at others first.

"If you want to know the cause of neurosis, paranoia and schizophrenia, it is the practice of putting others above the self. Even worse, this form of thinking becomes subconscious; this person can only float between his fears of the opinions of others and his lack of understanding. He is constantly afraid of displeasing someone, somewhere, somehow. This is how many people destroy their ability to know and be certain. They are limited to only a few moral choices such as to do what will make other people happy, to make them like him and to help others as his highest goal. These are the second handers who only know how to live through other people.

Don’t be surprised that so many people, then, vote for politicians who foster collectivism (group thinking) and altruism (self-sacrifice)." - Robert Villegas, from a forthcoming book. Copyright 2019 Robert Villegas

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