Animal Farm

[LightAngel]

Humanity requires rules and sets of laws to be in place, else survival of the fittest becomes the colour of our day and anarchy prevails.

Yes, but at the same time, too many rules can crush creativity.

So, I think the best we can do is to find a healthy balance.

Enough structure to prevent chaos, but enough freedom to allow growth.

[andy06shake]

Yes, but at the same time, too many rules can crush creativity.

So, I think the best we can do is to find a healthy balance.

Enough structure to prevent chaos, but enough freedom to allow growth.

Balance and kilter are always the desired outcome LightAngel.

Equilibrium being the magic ticket.

[LightAngel]

Balance and kilter are always the desired outcome LightAngel.

Equilibrium being the magic ticket.

Nah, not always.

But, I get your point. 

[andy06shake]

Nah, not always.

But, I get your point. 

Bad things tend to happen when our world becomes unbalanced. 

And that goes for physics and biology, as well as personal life and society, as far as i can establish. 

Not always....but more often than not.

[LightAngel]

Bad things tend to happen when things become unbalanced. 

And that goes for physics and biology, as well as personal life and society, as far as i can establish. 

Not always....but more often than not.

Yes, I agree.

I think it's important to keep a positive mind even if everything looks dark. Staying positive when things are bright is easy, but staying positive when everything feels heavy is a skill, and it works.

But sometimes you need to get angry first, or cry, just so you are not bottling everything up. You should let yourself feel what you feel, because that's a sign of someone who's actually processing life instead of getting stuck in it.

And people will feel lighter afterward.

[andy06shake]

Yes, I agree.

I think it's important to keep a positive mind even if everything looks dark. Staying positive when things are bright is easy, but staying positive when everything feels heavy is a skill, and it works.

But sometimes you need to get angry first, or cry, just so you are not bottling everything up. You should let yourself feel what you feel, because that's a sign of someone who's actually processing life instead of getting stuck in it.

And people will feel lighter afterward.

I get where you are coming from.

But feel the need to point out.

That most of the really foolish things i have done in life.

Tend to have come from a place of anger.

[LightAngel]

I get where you are coming from.

But feel the need to point out.

That most of the really foolish things i have done in life.

Tend to have come from a place of anger.

That's because when anger happens, then the brain is already in a kind of tunnel vision, but anger isn't always destructive, and sometimes it can protect people.

But most of the time it is good to wait a little and calm down so you can find healthy ways to release anger without hurting yourself or anyone else.

[andy06shake]

That's because when anger happens, then the brain is already in a kind of tunnel vision, but anger isn't always destructive, and sometimes it can protect people.

But most of the time it is good to wait a little and calm down so you can find healthy ways to release anger without hurting yourself or anyone else.

Oh i understand the psychology and the fight or flight mechanisms involved.

But that comes with age, education, and wisdom.

Youthhood tends to be wired in the other direction.

They don't wait, they act, before considering consequences.

[quintessentone]

Animal Farm still matters because it shows how power can change people. It reminds us to stay alert, question our leaders, and protect what we believe in.

If we don't, even our best dreams can slowly disappear.

The animals didn't fail because they were stupid. They failed because they trusted the wrong leaders.

Their hope was taken advantage of.

We need honest, responsible leaders who truly care about others, or the same problems will keep happening.

I see many leaders of other countries that appear to me to care about people, but they are also being bombarded by one group wanting this and another group not wanting what that other group wants, so they are torn in many directions. What can that leader do in that case? Do they give in to one group that more closely aligns with their ideals or do nothing to be fair to both groups? If they align with the one group and not the other doesn't that make them corrupt leaders by following their ideologies/biases? Hopes of one group are realized while the hopes of the other group are dashed on the rocks.

Perhaps no specific type of leader can govern for all the people if the people are divided into factions, like in Venezuela and other countries. 

""You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time" is often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, though its origins are debated."