{"id":54872,"date":"2024-02-07T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T13:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/lets-change-harmful-ways-of-thinking\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:23:55","slug":"change-harmful-ways-of-thinking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/change-harmful-ways-of-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Change harmful ways of thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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If we want a better world to live in, with less suffering and abuse, it is necessary to change the 10 ways of thinking that cause many forms cruelty:<\/p>

1. Racism\/ethnicism\/xenophobia\/ultranationalism<\/u><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>

2. Speciesism<\/u><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>

3. <\/span>Imperialism, militarism<\/u><\/a><\/span>, warmongering and the cult of violence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

4. Sexism<\/u><\/a><\/span> (and to a much lesser extent, <\/span>pseudo-feminist matriarchalism<\/a><\/span><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>

5. Illiberal traditionalism<\/u><\/a> <\/span>stubbornly maintaining injustices, particularlly conservative Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Judaism, and especially if they are fundamentalist, as opposed to benign, tolerant and modern versions of these religions. Of all these currents, the most dangerous is integrist Islamism<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>

6. Authoritarian ideologies of the extreme right<\/a><\/span>, from Nazism, Fascism or National Catholicism to illiberal democratic parties, often being the political embodiment of the aforementioned scourges.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

7. Liberticidal and exploitative communism<\/u><\/a><\/span> and other harmful variants of the extreme left.<\/p>

8. Slavery<\/u><\/a><\/span> (there are still tens of millions of slaves in the world).<\/p>

9. Other types of authoritarianism and totalitarianism.<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>

10. Other kinds of abusivism<\/u><\/a><\/span>, in other words, beliefs according to which it is acceptable to harm others even if it is not in self-defense.<\/span><\/p>

All these plagues, although some may seem to be of a different nature, have a common denominator: inflicting suffering on innocent beings, whether human or other sentient beings, sometimes on a large scale. They are different branches of the same tree: human malignity.<\/p>

They can have a certain appeal, especially to young people, as they connect with instincts and tendencies strongly rooted in the nature of Homo sapiens. <\/span>In fact, the Decalogue of Evil is a consequence of our hyper-predatory and abusive genetics. <\/span><\/p>

It has been the<\/span> generator<\/span><\/span> of a large part of suffering and massive violations of human and animal rights<\/span> throughout history; in the past, present, and, if we do not take action, future.<\/span> It is the cause of the world having been a semi-dumpster for millennia (when not a true hell, as in certain wars and genocides) with billions of people and TRILLIONS of other sentient beings victimized, sometimes to levels of maximum cruelty. <\/span><\/p>

Read LIVE WITHOUT HARMING: Acknowledge your evil and fight against it<\/a><\/span><\/p>

The 10 mental plagues constitute a true circle of evil that oppresses what it envelops and harms what it touches. We all have such beliefs, so it is advisable for all of us to take up the mop and do some mental cleansing to achieve a happier world. <\/span><\/p>

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Some say that one must be respectful of all ways of thinking, but then should we also be respectful of Nazism? Everything deserves tolerance and consideration, but with one exception: the abuse of innocents. Because the apology of injustice, the preaching of cruelty and the propaganda of evil are never worthy of respect.<\/p>

A benign attitude towards malignant ideologies is very dangerous<\/strong>. This is what happened with Nazism and Fascism before World War II. In the West, from the 1920s onwards, there were quite a few, starting with the President of the United States himself, who initially viewed Mussolini favorably for having stopped communism and achieved economic growth, despite the evils he was committing.<\/span><\/p>

Read HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT HARMING? Do not be do-gooders, but truly good <\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Somewhat later, in the 1930s, some in democratic countries adopted a similar attitude towards Nazism for creating a modern and prosperous Germany, despite the abuses it was already committing against social democrats and Jews. For example, in the United Kingdom, there was a current of respect and empathy towards Nazi Germany and of seeing it as a victim of the treatment suffered by the victors of World War I. Even Kennedy himself, who traveled through that country as a young man, found that ideology suitable for it.<\/p>

An attitude of indulgence and lukewarmness towards Nazism prevailed. There were some exceptions, such as Churchill, who was one of the few who saw the writing on the wall and spoke clearly about the issue. But he was an outlier until, after the invasion of Poland, he was proven right and appointed Prime Minister.<\/p>

It is not advisable to be relativistic, understanding, and good-natured with evil<\/strong>: just as there is healthy food and junk food, there are also healthy mindsets and toxic ones, nourishing cultures but also harmful ones, some advanced and others backward or even sometimes very uncivilized and barbaric.<\/p>

Since Nazism and Fascism were the losers of World War II, they were stigmatized thereafter. But the rest of the plagues of evil also deserve a cordon sanitaire.<\/p>

Let’s learn from Germany, which prohibits Nazism, or from the United States, which does the same with communism. All of this is part of a good immune system that protects liberal democracy respectful of everyone’s rights.<\/p>

Another antidote is to avoid toxic indoctrination and instead foster the ability to reason and think for oneself, as well as educating children and adults about the damage caused by these 10 very toxic mindsets.<\/p>

FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HARM: Think for yourself and say no to toxic indoctrination<\/span><\/a><\/p>

THE ART OF LIVING WITHOUT HARMING: Be rational<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>

And, of course, it is advisable to reform, among other things, the harmful part of:<\/span><\/p>