''The part where you discuss how the abusive family system manifests across society is so poignant and important. It reminds me of the concept, paraphrased from Hermetic texts: 'As above, so below.' As an adult survivor of Complex PTSD, it’s jarring to see how the abusive family system replicates itself in all areas of relational human systems.

You mention workplaces, and the abusive family system is most evident here. Think of how the abused child who depends on their family for survival, is forced to endure in silence out of necessity - disembodied from the somatic cognitive dissonance of being told they are loved by their bullies. Society positions the family as a child's protector, yet it often becomes their first source of harm. In the workplace, a similar pattern unfolds: Employers claim to care about workers and value their contributions, yet many workers are exploited, underpaid, and subjected to bullying or mobbing for failing to conform. Like the abused child, workers feel trapped, compelled to stay for survival-gaslit and left feeling disembodied once again. As you mention, this is evident in facets of life - religious institutions, schools, politics and even interpersonal relationships. In all this, there is a deeper societal reality: we are born into a world where we are expected to silence our authentic selves, dissociate from our humanity/nature/our animal friends, and pay to exist. If we truly want to heal the world, we must start by prioritizing the liberation and well-being of children. I often say, if one wants to understand society, one should look inward at one's family system much is revealed there about how we relate to each other and power dynamics".

''Evil always comes in sheep's clothing, otherwise who would not cringe and flee''.