Thursday, November 9, 2023

Pseudocommunity or true community

An unconscious, gentle process
whereby people who want to be loving
attempt to be so by telling little white lies,
by withholding some of the truth about themselves
and their feelings in order to avoid conflict.
Pseudocommunity is conflict-avoiding;
true community is conflict-resolving.

    M. Scott Peck, The Different Drum: Community-making and Peace

 

 

 

 

 

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