When you are working out and lifting weights you never know if you might be sidelined soon. For men like myself lifting weightlifting was a nice way to get out aggression. It is probably wise to learn other techniques as well for removing aggression and blowing off steam.
In my younger life I spoke very freely without realizing some of the pain it could cause. As life went on I learned how hurtful some words could be and how unforgiving society can be. This made me more silent. Silence can lead to people not speaking up when it counts. It had became clear that I was under heavy surveillance which led me to not trust anyone. If people talk too freely without regard for the pain they can cause people can get hurt.
Not everyone has each other’s best interest at heart so letting the wrong people know all you know is not wise. On the flip side too much surveillance, people you don’t know if you can trust around you, and what seems like oppressive changes in the system make you not want to speak at all. Silence can let good people suffer or people to be blamed for things they did not do.
Alternating people between these kind of environments one where people don’t have to be afraid to speak and one where the wrong word gets you killed is likely to cause problems. Some people have to interact in both these types of environments just to survive.
The idea that the law and the system doesn’t have evil in it is a mistake. When we allow excessive surveillance we could solve a lot of problems if we could trust those with that information to not misuse it. Part of the problem with Governments and technologies is that information can stick around and then be used to hurt parts of the population when the wrong leader gets in charge later in life. We should probably have laws that delete records of surveillance after a short time. What was popular 5 years ago might get people hurt today. Surveillance can prevent monsters and if used irresponsibly can create them.
Back to the original idea here. I was moved from having the ability to vent in speech, lifting weights, and talking with friends slowly to a place where I had the ability to do none. Mechanisms that I had to channel aggression were removed from my life and I did not initially have other tools in my tool belt to blow off steam. So learning more tools to combat aggression and vent steam is wise. I have also had a ton more provocations to anger, so extra tools to vent can go from a nice to have to a necessity in certain environments.
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