Anyone watching the scenes that are public and published can state it that way: “More of the same.” It’s interesting to see that people behave the same way everywhere, just as Paul Watzlawick in his famous book called it:
“More of the same.”
He is a leading figure in communication science and has written standard works for the field.
The well-known, bestselling “The Situation is Hopeless but not Serious – The Pursuit of Unhappiness” was written with tongue in cheek, so it is the reverse of what you would expect. A tutorial how to do it right…to be happier. It’s revealing the patterns people repeat making themselves unhappy that way.
The patterns are there, not just in the book but in life – and in politics. Especially surprising it might seem as regards the war in Ukraine and the situation in Gaza.
Hellooo?
We do not need to repeat the ideas, statements and threats of the past 2 and 7 decades, respectively.
It is about dropping the ‘attitude’:
“Me (us) – always right.” and getting down to brass tacks. To the real thing. To negotiating instead of making a lot of noise. Or expecting the other, the person across from us to change just as by magic – because we suddenly decided that it would be the best way:
Just ‘let’ them give in…
It’s indeed almost as if people had taken some of the bad movies and fairy stories too seriously – and forgotten to consider the other person.
When you meet people in life they don’t behave according to your wishes – just because you tell them so.
No king will get that – and no dictator.
What you can do is: Learn!
Learn about humans, about the universal truths and the actual real things that make life fine – not bragging and boasting and ‘making it an act’.
But about community and the bigger picture, peace and – eventually kindness of hearts.
Because: That’s what real happiness is about. Sense of community – and kindness.
The great kings of the past still considered to be great were not the ones to make a lot of noise and war.
They were the ones to understand about people, that is, their subjects – and about life’s essentials.