How To Avoid Betrayals

Summary

The article suggests that most people are inherently insincere and that recognizing this universal falsehood is crucial to avoiding betrayal and manipulation.

Abstract

The article "How To Avoid Betrayals" emphasizes the importance of acknowledging the prevalent insincerity in human interactions. The author recounts a conversation with a famous doctor who was skeptical about the genuineness of the attention he received, suspecting it was due to his fame rather than his personality. The author argues that people are predominantly false, driven by primitive and malevolent impulses to gain advantages or social acceptance. The text advises constant vigilance against flattery and apparent admiration, even from close relatives and friends, to prevent being victimized by those with ulterior motives. It posits that everyone has the potential to be completely false, akin to actors playing a role, and that maintaining a healthy level of suspicion is key to protecting oneself from betrayal.

Opinions

The author believes that people's intentions are often self-serving, and they use flattery and pretense to gain benefits.
Famous or successful individuals may be targeted for their status, not necessarily for their personal qualities.
The article suggests that no one is entirely sincere, and even those who seem trustworthy may have hidden agendas.
It is implied that being naive and trusting can lead to being exploited or betrayed by others.
The author emphasizes that falsehood in people is not partial but complete, likening insincere individuals to actors fully immersed in their roles.
The text encourages readers to be smart and maintain a level of skepticism about the sincerity of those around them to avoid being deceived.

It’s better for you to open your eyes and see the bitter truth than to be a victim of other people’s evil.

An uncle of mine is a world-famous doctor. One day while we were talking he told me that he had been asked by several people to go out with them. He said he didn’t know if so many people were interested in his company because he was a famous doctor or because they liked what he said.

In the end, he concluded that certainly many enjoyed his company because he was intelligent and had a great sense of humor, although he also understood that many invited him because he was famous.

I told him he was mistaken. If he were not so famous, no one would invite him. He didn’t want to believe it.

Many people don’t like to see the truth, but if you want to avoid betrayals and other evils you need to take into account the fact that most people are 100% false.

Don’t think that people are a little false sometimes, but that not everything they think or say is false.

Unfortunately, everyone is influenced by the primitive and malignant part that occupies most of the human brain. Therefore, everyone tries to please others so that they have advantages, to be socially accepted, or for various other reasons.

Even if you are not famous or rich, you should always be suspicious of those who praise you and want to please you in some way. Be suspicious of their intentions and always keep in mind that no one is really sincere, no matter how admirable they may seem to everyone.

In fact, many are betrayed by people they trusted, close relatives, or close friends. So, be smart and don’t refuse to face the sad truth because you prefer to believe in illusions.

If you are naive, you can be betrayed and massacred by people who pretend to like you and respect you. Therefore, never trust anyone completely and never believe that those who seem to look up to you are sincere or that they are sincere to some extent.

When a person is false for some reason they are totally false; as false as an actor or actress playing a role in a movie. They are not partially false as many think.

So, be smart and always keep in mind the falsehood of everyone around you without exceptions, no matter how much this truth saddens you.

It’s better to be suspicious and prevent an evil than to be naive and be betrayed by someone you didn’t expect.

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