It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Being well adjusted to society does not mean you are healthy if the society itself is fundamentally sick or corrupt.
- In plain terms
- Fit in with a sick society does not make you healthy.
- What can you take from it?
- Do not confuse adjustment with health in a sick system.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is the society you are part of healthy?
- Is fitting in truly healthy?
Another view
It assumes a society is sick, which is subjective.
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