Ethical Intelligence and Conservative Politics

When aging comes to the body and mind, the view of the world can be blackened (negative and darkened). Those who perceive it themselves try to grow old brightly through exercise, reading, and labor. In particular, altruistic or utilitarian ideas can give you an opportunity to organize yourself.

 

I've met many generations of people for a long time. The younger people are, the better. Young people are always busy because they have a lot to do in the future without seeing the world due to profit and loss. But when people are older than middle-aged, they feel betrayed by themselves and the world. They are angry at themselves for having achieved nothing, and the world and the years that have made them so.

 

Most violent criminals in the news are middle-aged and elderly. It is also middle-aged and elderly people who act rude to bus drivers on the bus. It is also true that middle-aged and elderly people are strongly engaged in political battles in the political arena. In societies with vertical relationships such as Japan and Korea, middle-aged and elderly people always try to "take an authoritarian attitude with age." The result is conservative politics.

 

China and Russia have middle-aged and elderly leaders in power for a long time. It is inevitable that the policy direction is very conservative and national. They have more ideas about power and vertical relations than about a peaceful future. It is inevitable that there is a tight heart that cannot be conceded in domestic political relations and cannot be conceded in relations between countries. Moreover, if the middle-aged people support political power, a world of overall blackness will open. That's why we need a young politician.

 

Now, let's briefly summarize, when we talk about politics at work, we tend to violate the first principle of ethical intelligence and the third principle of "respecting others." Such conversations should be made at the right time and place outside of the workplace. It's not easy to suppress the temptation to talk political at work, but ethically smart people don't fall for it.

 

- [ Ethical Intelligence ] by Bruce Weinstein -

 

I resist the temptation to say that the world today will be ruined by middle-aged people and conservative politics. I am also a middle-aged person, so it is logically reasonable for me to reflect on what I am saying.