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Is society healthy, that an individual should return to it? Has not society itself helped to make the individual unhealthy? Of course, the unhealthy must be made healthy, that goes without saying; but why should the individual adjust himself to an unhealthy society? If he is healthy, he will not be a part of it. Without first questioning the health of society, what is the good of helping misfits to conform to society?
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Ist die Gesellschaft so gesund, dass der Einzelne zu ihr zurückkehren sollte? Hat die Gesellschaft nicht selbst dazu beigetragen, den Einzelnen ungesund zu machen? Natürlich muss das Ungesunde gesund gemacht werden, das versteht sich von selbst; aber warum sollte sich der Einzelne an eine ungesunde Gesellschaft anpassen? Wenn er gesund ist, wird er nicht Teil dieser Gesellschaft sein. Was nützt es, Außenseitern zu helfen, sich der Gesellschaft anzupassen, ohne zuerst die Gesundheit der Gesellschaft zu hinterfragen?
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Ava
Is society healthy, that an individual should return to it? Has not society itself helped to make the individual unhealthy? Of course, the unhealthy must be made healthy, that goes without saying; but why should the individual adjust himself to an unhealthy society? If he is healthy, he will not be a part of it. Without first questioning the health of society, what is the good of helping misfits to conform to society?
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
#IKITAO
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the question then becomes;
should one exit society to become healthy?
or accept societies level of unhealthiness and try to raise it from within?
i personally value intentional periods of self imposed isolation for this very reason, but struggle with the balance of not becoming too separate from the rest of the world.
