Wordles Thought for the Day

[GregB0Participant]

Wordles Thought for the Day:

There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives to his life by the unfolding of his powers.
– Erich Fromm

————————– Obtained from Wikipedia ————-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Fromm

Beginning with his first seminal work of 1941, Escape from Freedom (known in Britain as Fear of Freedom), Fromm’s writings were notable as much for their social and political commentary as for their philosophical and psychological underpinnings. Indeed, Escape from Freedom is viewed as one of the founding works of political psychology. His second important work, Man for Himself: An Inquiry into the Psychology of Ethics, first published in 1947, continued and enriched the ideas of Escape from Freedom. Taken together, these books outlined Fromm’s theory of human character, which was a natural outgrowth of Fromm’s theory of human nature. Fromm’s most popular book was The Art of Loving, an international bestseller first published in 1956, which recapitulated and complemented the theoretical principles of human nature found in Escape from Freedom and Man for Himself—principles which were revisited in many of Fromm’s other major works.

Fromm believed that freedom was an aspect of human nature that we either embrace or escape. He observed that embracing our freedom of will was healthy, whereas escaping freedom through the use of escape mechanisms was the root of psychological conflicts. Fromm outlined three of the most common escape mechanisms: automaton conformity, authoritarianism, and destructiveness. Automaton conformity is changing one’s ideal self to conform to a perception of society’s preferred type of personality, losing one’s true self in the process. Automaton conformity displaces the burden of choice from self to society. Authoritarianism is giving control of oneself to another. By submitting one’s freedom to someone else, this act removes the freedom of choice almost entirely. Lastly, destructiveness is any process which attempts to eliminate others or the world as a whole, all to escape freedom. Fromm said that “the destruction of the world is the last, almost desperate attempt to save myself from being crushed by it”.[5]

​"​My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.​" - Clarence Buddinton Kelland

[MarketWatcherParticipant]

GregB0 wrote:

escaping freedom through the use of escape mechanisms was the root of psychological conflicts

Substance abuse come to mind here.

GregB0 wrote:

the unfolding of his powers.

Exactly! Dig deep and you will surprise yourself.

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

Great post GregBo but why did you change your avatar back again? The other one was OK, or do you just like Elvis or rather “the King”.

[MarketWatcherParticipant]

PistolPete wrote:

why did you change your avatar back again?

Good question. I liked the military one. Very fitting.

[GregB0Participant]

MarketWatcher wrote:

Substance abuse come to mind here.

Exactly my thought as well!

MarketWatcher wrote:

Exactly! Dig deep and you will surprise yourself.

I agree again, this speaks towards MGTOW in a big way.

​"​My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.​" - Clarence Buddinton Kelland

[GregB0Participant]

PistolPete wrote:

why did you change your avatar back again?

While this was relevant to 33 years of my past life, it is still in the past. Relevant but no longer an active part. Channeling Elvis is something that every male should do! Bill Mauldin will return on special occasions, but Elvis has to be my day to day avatar. Thanks for asking

​"​My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.​" - Clarence Buddinton Kelland

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