It's Good When Idols Get Knocked Off Pedestals
Channel: Caitlin Johnstone
Date: 2023-05-02

I think it's probably a good thing when our idols get knocked off the pedestals we put them on. Chomsky. Bernie. The Dalai Lama. It's not healthy to elevate others to a lofty status above ourselves instead of seeing them as normal human beings who are as capable of error as anyone else.

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