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How we Hurt Others
In his poem Cocktail Party, T. S. Eliot captures a fundamental truth about human nature and the source of much hurt in the world. People’s actions are rarely driven by outright malice—intended to harm others—but rather by their own inner struggles, particularly self-importance, which can lead to deep and unintended wounds. Where Eliot may fall short is in suggesting that people simply don’t care. More often, I would argue, they are simply unaware.
Half the harm that is done in this world
Is due to people who want to feel important.
They don’t mean to do harm—but the harm does not interest them.
Or they do not see it, or they justify it
Because they are absorbed in the endless struggle
To think well of themselves.
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