Inferior Superiority

“Far & wide, Canadians often seem to have some iteration of an inferiority complex.
It can be seen in our Artists, in our Leaders, our parents and children, in our politics, our business, our schools and our mental health crisis.
We do not recognize greats who think they are so great. We don’t trust smart people who think they are smart. We don’t rely upon strong people who know they are strong. And so, we have been conditioned to collectively condition each other into knee capping ourselves so that somebody else might tell us we are good. This is part of what I refer to when I say that Canada has Stockholm Syndrome.
Anyone who deviates will variably be attacked and torn down to lower levels, like a compromised immune system misfiring at white blood cells. We demand credentials, yelp reviews and two bent knees beneath a lowered head to consider you for the position.
We say “Don’t be so full of yourself” when that is exactly what we are and ought to be.

But, what if we got it backwards? What if we are all great? What if people profit off of this fact being witheld from our awareness and the infighting it creates?

We think it more realistic to degrade ourselves and assume failure and it has, does, and threatens to continue to create that reality. It is only realistic in the reality it functions to make. We degrade ourselves and each other and so, we are degrading.

So it is with dire importance that I tell you, you are great, we are. Simply. Fkn. Awesome. I love us. I believe in us. I believe we will do great things in our lifetime. I need us to smarten up and know that and cool it with all that other stuff. We’re just, we’re great. We’re getting better. Our potential for improved states and outcomes is all but boundless if we turn this around like I know that we can.
I love you.
I think you are great.
<3”

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