Inadequacy and methods of dealing with it

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

First, consider what we mean by inadequacy. We will understand by this the exit of human behavior and his claims, intentions and plans beyond the generally accepted norms, elementary common sense, beyond the behavior that is natural to achieve an optimal result, mutually beneficial for people involved in the interaction

At the same time, the exit is conscious, explicit and conditioned by one's own motives. Inadequacy differs from unreasonableness in that an unreasonable person makes mistakes and acts wrong due to delusions, misunderstanding of things, distortion of ideas by some irrational, but quite definite motives, that is, his actions are wrong, but explainable, the inadequate commits unacceptable and abnormal actions on purpose, realizing it. Inappropriate behavior violates agreements, or intuitively implied mutually beneficial methods of interaction, interferes with the normal functioning of society and leads to tensions and conflicts. Acting inadequately, a person deliberately tries to break or deform the norms of society in his favor in order to get this or that benefit from this, material or psychological.

For example, when several people stand in line, and someone, pushing them away, tries to buy the product first, this is inadequacy, since it contradicts the implied rules of behavior. Also, inadequacy is, for example, when a teacher begins to extort a bribe from a student in order to set a test, when someone on the street trick or forcibly takes your mobile phone from you, when the police department tries to force you to confess to a crime that you knowingly did not commit, etc.. P.

Inadequacy in modern society and features of its manifestation

Despite the fact that most people are still accustomed to living in a relatively stable society, among relatively normal people, there are many, many inadequacies in modern society. Of course, society usually does not welcome inadequacy and tries to condemn, suppress and correct it. But in certain places and at certain times, the inadequacy becomes so widespread that it completely replaces or suppresses the generally accepted norms of a healthy society. This happens, for example, during periods of war, natural disasters, unrest, when the control over the situation is seized by criminals, or regimes guided by criminal ideas, such as the fascist. Sometimes inadequate principles and manifestations dominate in society for a very long time, for example, for more than 500 years, the principles of Christianity, distorted by the Catholic and Protestant Church in Western Europe, served as a justification for genocide and enslavement of other peoples, and within Europe itself - for a witch hunt, when almost anyone could be accused of witchcraft or heresy and burned at the stake on delusional charges. Unfortunately, until now, too often inadequacy takes precedence over generally accepted norms, morality and elementary common sense.

What is the reason for the inadequacy? Inappropriate behavior can appear in people for various reasons. These may include the following.

"Teaching" inadequacy occurs when certain unnatural ideas, traditions, patterns of behavior appear that have persistent followers who, by their example, and often by direct propaganda and coercion, induce others to accept the same unnatural, inadequate attitudes. This is how radical fascist, religious etc.organizations, youth gangs, clans and sects. In addition, inadequacy can be forcibly implanted in the family, in any state or commercial organization, where unscrupulous employees have taken over, and, in principle, in any community and collective where inadequacies were able to set the tone. When "learning", as a rule, social norms are not denied at all, but are only partially or partially deformed. At the same time, a significant stimulus for inappropriate behavior is the herd instinct, an example of other inadequate ones and the absence of sufficiently pronounced and strong opposition and counterexamples.

"Revenge" is such a motive of inadequacy, when a person who has been subjected to various injustices, humiliation, violation of his rights by others, comes to the denial of social norms and morality, or to their specific understanding and decides that if others can behave as they like it, then he can (right). People who have grown up or have lived for a long time in an unfavorable environment, participants in various armed conflicts and confrontations (especially those that have been going on for a long time and have a chronic nature) often come to inadequacy for such reasons. In general, the escalation of any conflicts, if there is no force capable of decisively stopping them and putting things in order, while making fair decisions, and different warring parties set the tone, leads to a gradual degradation and the abolition of moral restrictions by all of their parties.

The "connivance effect" is a motive caused by the fact that people who, by duty or according to tradition, must be responsible for maintaining order and generally accepted norms in society, show weak character and do not demonstrate a worthy example. Most people are such that even if they are determined to behave appropriately, they need constant reinforcement in this mood. If there is no such reinforcement, psychologically it is perceived as "permission" to behave inappropriately. The extent to which this motive manifests itself depends on various reasons, primarily on how much society encourages people to be responsible and entrusts them with the task of independently assessing the correctness of actions (both their own and others'), their admissibility, compliance with moral norms, the interests of society, common sense. If this task is largely entrusted not to individuals, but to "controllers" - the state, party, church, etc., then a sharp removal or weakening of such control can lead to the most disastrous consequences.

"Ambition" is a motive associated with the fact that a person deliberately puts himself above others and experiences a disdainful attitude towards society. Such a motive can be justified by views such as "life is a struggle for existence" and "who is stronger is right," or it is not justified at all. Such a motive is often formed among those who notice that the weak can be suppressed for their own benefit, without meeting adequate opposition (neither from their side, nor from society). A lot of such people appear in the environment of organized crime or among those who are vested with significant powers, status (very rich, famous, etc.). Most people prefer not to get involved with too arrogant, aggressive, "tough", which only encourages inadequate.

"Forced reaction" - a motive associated with the situational manifestation of an inadequate reaction, when a person does not see the correct, "lawful" from the point of view of morality and generally accepted norms of exit in order to suppress evil, injustice, etc. This is the most difficult case when the person himself in an ordinary situation may possess high rationality, moral principles, etc., however, at a certain moment, instead of the optimal way of counteracting evil and other inadequacies, he may choose a cardinal one, sharply "going too far". A typical example is Marvin Hemeyer, who bulldozed part of a city after being cornered by a corporation and local authorities. Despite the fact that such inadequacy is situational, it can be guided by the belief that the end justifies the means, and that in an imperfect society it is impossible to act differently, otherwise it will not work to resist evil. Unfortunately, society is such that decisive and tough opposition to the multitude of inadequacies is necessary, and even if it is weak and insufficient, there will be those who will not blame the evil itself, but those who fight it, finding in their actions a formal violation of moral norms. Nevertheless, almost all the forces that had a positive, progressive influence on the development of society, often acted too radically, too cruelly, too much too much (however, there are no fewer examples of when it was "undermined", and this also led to disastrous consequences) … One way or another, reasonable people, stepping on the inadequate, should nevertheless try to act correctly and proportionately, not to allow "excesses" in their actions.

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As I noted, most people still condemn inadequacy and strive to resist it. Why is there so much inadequacy, so much? The main reason is that due to the unreasonableness of the majority and its tendency to emotional thinking, inadequate people manage to easily manipulate public opinion. Inadequate people are able to use a lot of tricks that can denigrate honest people and present themselves in the best light in order to induce a large part of society to either help themselves, or at least stand on the sidelines, while they crack down on the few who still try to them. resist. For example, the ringleader of the Chicago mafia Al Capone, who was called "enemy number one" by the American police, committed murders for many years with impunity, including personally in the presence of many witnesses, but he created himself the image of a respectable, influential businessman helping the poor, and everything went to him with hands. In the end, he was only convicted of tax evasion. Emotionally thinking is not able to isolate inadequacy in the world around it in its purest form and evaluate it in order to then oppose it. As a rule, some manifestation of inadequacy, some inadequate strength in their perception appears as a combination of positive and negative traits, while they cannot correctly compare, distinguish the main and secondary essence, and often, attracted by secondary positive traits, they support inadequate manifestation or strength, or they do not act when it is necessary to resist, which leads to disastrous consequences.

Hypertrophying positive traits in their actions, intentions and plans, while those of their opponents - negative (real or imaginary), inadequate people often present the forced advancement of evil as a struggle for evil. Very indicative and illustrative in this regard, for example, is the story of the Nazis coming to power in Germany, and then the outbreak of the Second World War by Hitler. Many saw the Nazis as allies for solving some problems, not considering them too dangerous and not wanting to see their true essence and intentions. Thus, they opened the way for them to power and easy conquest, when this party, which was initially a very insignificant force, step by step eliminated its opponents and realized its ambitions. In the same way, today many blind people do not want to see the danger in the actions of the United States, which cover up its predatory plans with the struggle for freedom and democracy, and their true goals - the desire for world domination.

Reaction to inadequacy and methods of struggle

In modern society, where many inadequacies are organized, are under the patronage of the authorities, and the majority is blind and unreasonable, it is often very difficult to deal with inadequacy. Let us consider, nevertheless, the basic principles of combating inadequacy and the problems that arise in this case.

Problems can be, for example, the following:

1) You are weak and inadequate are strong.

2) Society is not ready to support you and generally misunderstands the situation.

3) You find it difficult to determine the border between unreasonableness and inadequacy in the behavior of inadequate people - either they consciously and consistently go to inadequacy, which means they need to strongly oppose, or their actions are the result of stupidity and misunderstanding and they can be reasoned, explained, agreed with them.

4) You do not see an acceptable, "legal", but, at the same time, effective way of countering inadequacies, only extreme radical measures come to mind.

Principles.

1) Inadequacy must be fought. Of course, this is obvious, but nuances arise that lead to the fact that many, if not most, seeing inadequacy, do not even try to fight it. This arises, moreover, most often not because of fear, indecision, etc., but because of the illusion that inadequacy is not dangerous and too shallow, that it will pass by itself over time, or for the reason that the rest will do good deeds, set a positive example, improve society, and inadequacies, seeing this, will also correct themselves. And this illusion is very common in society. However, not fighting inadequacy is a very bad idea.

Of course, it happens that someone who behaves inadequately repents after a while, corrects himself, realizes the incorrectness of his previous behavior. But this happens when the rudiments of rationality and common sense in a person already exist and potentially they prevail over defects. The correct reaction to inadequacy will only help such a person to improve faster, maybe even a single correct reaction will be enough to cure him. The main thing is that such a reaction should be accompanied by the correct message that helps a person to realize the inappropriateness, incorrectness, inadequacy of his behavior, to question those ideas on the basis of which he behaves inadequately. In addition, it is easy to make the mistake of mistaking inadequacy for just stupidity, ostentatious tomfoolery that will pass by itself. It is more correct to proceed from the principle "if a person behaves like inadequate, then he is in fact inadequate."

But very often the opposite is true. Not receiving the proper response, a person is confident in the effectiveness of inappropriate behavior. Without suppressing inadequacy in the embryo, in the future we get inadequacy in a more explicit, neglected, hard-to-eradicate form, which will require much more effort to suppress. In addition, without giving one inadequate one hat, we can thereby induce other unstable personalities to take an example from him.

In addition, it very often happens that inadequacy, which was not corrected in time, begins to grope for the limits of admissibility of its inadequacy. At the same time, as long as he sees the threat of an open clash with society, he does not cross this border, but as soon as there is an opportunity to "show" himself, due to the fall of some restrictions, he is inadequately broken off the chain. Thus, a total and irreconcilable struggle against inadequacy is also necessary to prevent the accumulation of a latent threat in society.

2) Inadequacy must be fought decisively and to the end. Worse than a lack of response to inappropriate behavior can only be a weak, ineffective and clearly indecisive response. It can induce inadequacy only to increase the degree of inadequacy, to increase the pressure to break your resistance. Episodic and uncertain opposition from society will rather lead to inadequacy not to the idea that it is necessary to stop crap on society, but to the idea that it is necessary to achieve one's own more decisively and effectively.

So, what should be the ideal reaction. First, it is unambiguous, precise and hitting the right point. Of course, it is not always easy to understand well enough the motives behind inappropriate manifestations. But it is advisable to try to at least roughly define them and deliver a psychologically and logically accurate blow, that is, to accurately formulate the essence of the inadequate manifestation that you demand to stop. For example, someone unmotivatedly insults you in a rude manner. An answer like "the fool himself" is not a very good option. It is better to ask why he behaves this way and dares to offend you. An inaccurate requirement will give an inadequate reason to continue his inappropriate behavior, dodging your claims. Second, the reaction must be proportionately harsh. You must make it clear to the inadequate that you are determined and principled, and you are definitely not going to leave his antics just like that. Of course, in most cases, your goal is to psychologically defeat the inadequate, make him back down and admit the fallacy of his inappropriate behavior. But against the most aggressive and dangerous inadequacies, it is better to immediately prepare and apply measures to physically neutralize them. Thirdly, the fight against inadequacy must be brought to an end, that is, to ensure that the inadequate realizes his mistakes and voluntarily abandons inappropriate behavior, without repeating it anymore, or was neutralized (if he is especially stubborn and dangerous) and physically deprived the ability to implement it.

At the same time, it is clear that you will hardly be able to substitute for law enforcement agencies and chase every inadequate you accidentally find in order to correct it, systematically and consistently fight against inadequacy and successfully eradicate it only by a society that purposefully pursues an appropriate policy.

3) You need to competently attract society to your side. As already written above, there are reasons why society does not oppose inadequacy and even supports it. You should, taking into account these features, competently attract society to your side, and deprive inadequate support. You must isolate inadequacy from some more general manifestations, separate it and focus on it, focusing the attention of society on this. If the inadequate has significant support, it is necessary to offer solutions that preserve the positive aspects in the behavior of the inadequate and their plans, but remove the negative ones. If inadequate people insist on their own, this will show everyone that positive traits are secondary, and all their activity is aimed at realizing the negative part of the program. Patiently and consistently demand the condemnation of the inadequacy you have isolated and the consent of the entire normal part of society with the need to suppress it.

Another method that can be used is the escalation and escalation of a situation in which there is a manifestation of inadequacy in order to attract the attention of society, as well as to ensure that inadequate manifestations and the negative consequences to which they lead, the fact that they are contrary to the interests of society and their the unacceptability has become more obvious to society. This, of course, is worth doing if you are sure that a healthy part of society will organize and rise to suppress inadequacy, or, for example, the authorities intervene, which will not be able to ignore public opinion and not take action.

In many ways, precedents influence how at ease the inadequate will feel. If a case (and even more so several cases) of inappropriate behavior, which became widely known, was not suppressed, this actually gives a signal that such behavior is acceptable. It stimulates those who are inadequate to such manifestations, and demoralizes normal people and raises doubts about the need to counteract inadequacies. On the contrary, if a case has become known where inappropriate behavior has been resolutely suppressed, this instills uncertainty in inadequate and decisiveness in normal people. To create such precedents of the second type, suitable cases can be used, and it is advisable not to ignore the precedents of the first type and not allow them to play into the hands of inadequate ones. In general, whenever possible, especially in the case of mass inadequate manifestations, it is necessary to achieve delegitimization of inadequacy and the introduction into public consciousness of the idea of the decisive inadmissibility of such inadequate manifestations.

4) We need to wage war on inadequacy in general. Inadequacy will always be a threat to society, so it is always necessary to prepare for a war against inadequacy in general and to wage this war. If inadequacy does not threaten you today, it does not mean that you will not face them tomorrow. Therefore, it is necessary to consistently identify those who are inadequate, create mechanisms to combat them, unite the healthy part of society and take measures against its split. It is necessary to accumulate strength both for the physical struggle against inadequacies, and for the informational-psychological struggle, so that the inadequate cannot corrupt and demoralize society and use false ideas for their own purposes. At the moment, it is the inadequate, unfortunately, who have mastered the methods of struggle against the healthy part of society and we can see examples of their impressive victories - for example, the successful US operation against the USSR, when the USSR and the socialist camp were destroyed, or the recent coup d'etat on Ukraine. There is no doubt that a significant part of the inadequate will not give up their ambitions and stop at nothing, and a fierce struggle with them in the process of building a reasonable society is inevitable.