Why Mediocrity? Being Afraid of Greatness

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   gmwilliamsposted 2 months ago

   
   Many people are inculcated in the premise that greatness is only designated for the very few or very lucky.   People are told to be successful but not too successful.   There are unwritten rules dictating not to reach too high.   Children are indoctrinated to be obedient i.e. to be followers because it is comfortable to be so.   Critical thinking & becoming extraordinary is oftentimes discouraged as it isn't in one's sphere.  It is believed that greatness is for the very few & totally out of reach.  What is your assessment of this?

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      Kyler J Falkposted 2 months agoin reply to this

      I believe that the traits it takes to become great are regularly conditioned out of most children in favor of them becoming drones to what the times require of them. Keep your head down, speak only when spoken to, be diligent in what we tell you to study, excel in the fields we have chosen for you, uplift only those we deem worthy to uplift, destroy only those we set forth before you to be destroyed... and face our disproportionate wrath should you step outside of that box.
      
      It is on parents to teach their children how little power the wrath of others has over them, that the opinion of others is worth no more than a fart on the breeze, to show them that being great and going against the status quo is also synonymous with being hated, and often even punished unjustly by many. You don't need to relish the hate like many pretend to, but only realize that it has no true power over you if your reputation precedes you.
      
      I believe it is less so that people find it to be a comfortable position in mediocrity, but more so that the lessons of the path to greatness are only maintained by scholars and aristocracy. This seems to be the case since time immemorial. The lower echelons believe it is sheer luck because they were failed by their leaders in scholarly pursuits, their parents did not learn the patterns to successful behavior to instill passion for greatness within their children, and the social paradigm of society regularly beats down those reaching adulthood not having learned of their potential for greatness early on.
      
      It's a universal issue that no one component of society nor culture is responsible for, but, "greatness," is also a highly subjective state of being in and of itself. We can't all reach the moon, but there's a place in the stars for everyone to land if only we'd reach for them.

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         Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this

         What are the traits of greatness? Isn't it subjective?  Can your concept of mediocrity mirror my concept of greatness?

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            Kyler J Falkposted 2 months agoin reply to this

            "What are the traits of greatness? Isn't it subjective?"
            
            Tell me you didn't read everything I said without telling me.
            Lol, lmao even.
            
            "Can your concept of mediocrity mirror my concept of greatness?"
            
            Depends on whether or not we can come to a middle ground on our individual subjectivity to reach a majority conclusion on what greatness means objectively. Much like the majority can agree on what objectively constitutes an attractive person despite being so subjective, I think we could easily come to a mutual conclusion on what constitutes objective greatness.

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         Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this

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            Kyler J Falkposted 2 months agoin reply to this

            What the heck does this have to do with the thread? Is your LLM messed up? Did something I said make you mistake me for a MAGA supporter?
            
            You become more and more sus with every post.

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