Loyalty in today’s politics is the criteria for government appointments and involvement. Loyalty as a core value signifies strong, dedicated, unwavering commitment to a person, cause or idea. Loyalty to a person is different than loyalty to ethical principles.
Loyalty, in its present public usage, is a form of cult miasma, an aggressive atmosphere which permeates our environment. In this sense, it is a form of dependency which gives a false sense of control and safety.
Those who adhere to the cult become codependent practitioners. Codependency is an unhealthy dynamic in which a person surrenders self-appraisal for emotional validation.
Once enlisted in cult codependency, a person loses the ability of critical awareness to speak truth to their own experience.
Uncritical loyalty, as demanded by the present administration, is a form of mind control that replaces moral reasoning with mindless obedience.
Dick Walenta
Kailua
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