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“A society that fails to value communality—our need to belong, to care for one another, and to feel caring energy flowing toward us—is a society facing away from the essence of what it means to be human. Pathology cannot but ensue.” p. 171

If only this book had been written 30 years ago, and I had read it then… oh, the trouble and darkness I could have avoided… 🫤

This is a book that anyone, anywhere can benefit from. This is nothing less than mind-blowing insight into human nature and our society.

“…[W]hat is considered normal and natural are established not by what is good for people, but what is expected of them, which traits and attitudes serve the maintenance of the culture. These are then enshrined as “human nature,” while deviations from them are seen as abnormal.” p. 120