I’m what I’d consider past my younger days…and these truisms you speak of, I’ve climbed the mountain, a few times, and know them to be a foundation of facts.

But

Being made to grind (like my job, like the work; but) in this societal coral with the same folks you reference, some of which seem to have made it through life and come to the conclusion that causing and spreading discontent and just generally being cruel all while refusing to embody human decency is an acceptable trajectory….

It breaks through the shield from time to time.

Willing to accept that maybe I’m not/wasn’t as far along in my journey as I thought but it’s the reality I’m in.