culture
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It all tells the story of an arrogant cocky young upstart who’s just so hungry, and so confident in his hunger, that one can’t help but see him as a star in the making.
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An insecure man practices dominance in his home and at his workplace. His colleagues feel demeaned, and they practise dominance towards their subordinates and in their households. Their children feel demeaned, and they practise dominance towards other children. Violence all the way down.
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“Any set of ideas that are not examined in its entirety, no matter how noble the initial intention, devolve into the undoing of those who hold those ideas.”
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“Other people need patience. Other people need therapy. Other people need empathy. They might even need medication. There’s nothing inherently weak or misguided about this. In fact, it requires strength upon strength to overcome debilitating fears and anxieties.”
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“Radical individualism” is a term used to describe-in layman’s terms-the freedom from perceived restrictions such as religious and cultural hegemonies. Basically, the “ideology of non-ideology”. In a personal sense, I was in awe of this phenomenon when I first encountered it, but as I was well too aware, the labels used to define me won’t…
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Our world is in disarray. We have so many people lost, and living lives that they are strangers to. Material things are glorified more than other people respected, the stink of fear is rampant all around our communities, and collective consciousness. The world can be changed, but only if we change first. This is how…
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I absolutely detest having to mask the way I feel. It’s just not in my nature. But, in the African culture which I am fully entrenched in, there are certain things that must not be done, said, or even thought. The patriarch of the family must act masculine, without a single speck of weakness or…
Wiseman Zondi 