Mervosh: Hierarchical authority is a fallacy masking buried personal inadequacies
Michael Mervosh · Michael Mervosh – Invest in Yourself (Capital Allocators, EP.68) · Sep 10, 2018 · at 1:00:24
Michael Mervosh, psychotherapist and founder of the Hero's Journey Foundation, critiques traditional power structures in conversation with Ted Seides.
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“There is no, I on high level. You know, this hierarchical patriarchal fallacy. And I know it's a fallacy because I know some of these eyes on high in this world pretty well to know who's really the wizard over here. And what's a massive projection of some talking head shouting voices. And I know who's behind the curtain to fate, you know, with all those buried inadequacies.”
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