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Whatever you can’t say “No” to makes you a slave.
Whether it’s your boss, company, the government, your spouse, the temptation to seek instant gratification or irrational fear, you could become a slave to it.
Say, you’re dating someone. If you’d never walk away from the table, you’ll never have a bargaining position. If you’d never draw a bottom line, a red line where you’d put down an ultimatum the moment she crosses it, you’re never going to be truly respected.
On a much larger scale, circumstances like that can even become hotbeds for totalitarianism, where the majority of the population doesn’t even think themselves and ultimately blindly stands by authority till it’s too late. Sometimes even by staying silent.
Qualities such as perseverance and generosity are indeed virtuous. However, being tolerant of anything is nothing but naivety and the easiest target for those with malicious intentions. Therefore, generosity without the strength to reject is just inane and weak.
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