I enjoyed this, thanks for writing. I definitely think the wrong people read Ayn Rand and Nietzsche.
For those (like me) that had the opposite inclination towards domination and shame (rather than sacrifice and guilt), I’d recommend the Tao Te Jing.
It’s a lot about accepting your fundamental lack of control over the world while balancing it with your individual agency.
(The Stephen Mitchell version is my favourite out of the translations I’ve read but apparently is not the most accurate translation: https://​​terebess.hu/​​english/​​tao/​​mitchell.html)
I enjoyed this, thanks for writing. I definitely think the wrong people read Ayn Rand and Nietzsche.
For those (like me) that had the opposite inclination towards domination and shame (rather than sacrifice and guilt), I’d recommend the Tao Te Jing.
It’s a lot about accepting your fundamental lack of control over the world while balancing it with your individual agency.
(The Stephen Mitchell version is my favourite out of the translations I’ve read but apparently is not the most accurate translation: https://​​terebess.hu/​​english/​​tao/​​mitchell.html)