Such a powerful and rarely voiced perspective. Thank you - perhaps you could approach Psycology magazine with a proposal to publish this ?
Decades of advertising and CENTURIES of extreme exploitation of people and planet...
Being stubborn helps us to stand our ground and defend our self-wroth against those who would diminish us.
Interesting read... maybe one useful solution is ... we give as an expression of our love, but also, we do not not accept being used, so have some boundaries... easier said than done!
Fablous summary of all that's wrong with the 'advanced ' societies. What. conceit, that they regard themselves as better than ancient civilisations that lived within ecological limits.
