Following your passion off the plank

Some people can’t help but tell you what you want to hear, feeding your worldview.

It is not until you have confidently walked out onto the plank that you turn to find they have retreated to their safety.

You wanted the world to be a certain way, and in your passion (with your supposed allies), you forgot how the world works.

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