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As a European, one of the most annoying tropes in US media is the "orientalism" laissez-faire European parenting; one day we will harness it into a source of pe
by kmfrk 9y ago
As a European, one of the most annoying tropes in US media is the "orientalism" laissez-faire European parenting; one day we will harness it into a source of perpetual energy.
- dang 9y agoThat's quite interesting. What we repeatedly see in others is an image of ourselves, usually inverted or passed through some transform, but still an image of us. The other doesn't feel seen by this, because they aren't. Sometimes the other accepts this mirror role because it fits with an image they have of themselves and the other (i.e. you). Then you get an agreement. But it is an agreement of two distortions that happen to be compatible.