power trip

i seem to do this so often now... i seem to chance upon the oddest human characteristcs, at the most unusual places.

is the ability to exclude a power to behold? not ever being the power hungry sort myself (much to my father's regret, he had me pinned as the next hillary clinton) its never occured to me to look at it that way. but the realities of being able to exclude someone is that its empowering. the simplest of words, tones and gestures collects a crowd and deliberately leaves one out.

its a power thing.

but whats also a power thing is surviving that exclusion. its also powerful to walk away and refuses to be left out, by simply belonging elsewhere. or better still, not needing to belong at all.

i dont know why some people see an innate need to exert their perceived sense of upmanship over others. although it draws its own need from a insecurity of some kind, its also is the core of cruelty - pure and simple. the inability to accept others on their own terms is already an inadequacy, but the need to alienate them completely is something else altogether