A society's flight to the past is not a simple orientation.
\nOver time, it turns into a language, that language establishes identity, and identity begins to write destiny.
\nAnd one day, unnoticed, the most dangerous sentence is born:
\n\u201cThis is how we are.\u201d<\/p>\n
Innocent at first glance.
\nIt looks like an acceptance.
\nSometimes it is even presented as an expression of sincerity, of sincerity.
\nBut in reality, this sentence is the harshest boundary a society draws for itself.
\nBecause this sentence is a euphemism for something else:
\n\u201cWe cannot change.\u201d<\/p>\n
HOW IDENTITY IS CONSTRUCTED AND HOW IT IS FROZEN?<\/strong><\/p>\n Identity is not a destiny given at birth. At that moment, identity ceases to be a definition; THE DARK SIDE OF BELONGING<\/strong><\/p>\n Man cannot live alone. As belonging grows, criticism shrinks. \u201cTHIS IS HOW WE ARE\u201d: EVADING RESPONSIBILITY<\/strong><\/p>\n This sentence is often used as an explanation. No one will ask anymore: TRANSFORMING THE PAST INTO IDENTITY<\/strong><\/p>\n At this stage the past reappears on the scene. People do not defend the past; THE DEEPEST FRACTURE: THE SURRENDER OF THE MIND<\/strong><\/p>\n It is not always external pressure that unravels a society. NARRATIVE OF DESTINY THE LAST STOP<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThis is how we are\u201d gets heavier over time. At that moment, identity becomes destiny. FACING REALITY IDENTITY CHANGES<\/strong><\/p>\n The most disturbing but most liberating truth is this: BELONGING OR PRISON?<\/strong><\/p>\n Belonging can make you grow. In short: Man exists with his past. To Be Continued<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u0130nsan, ge\u00e7mi\u015fiyle var olur.
\nIt is molded by history, shaped by experience, transformed by time.
\nBut every identity is tested at a threshold.
\nEspecially in times of crisis...
\nBecause change requires risk.
\nRisk is courage.
\nWhere courage fails, identity stops moving.
\nAnd it freezes.<\/p>\n
\nbecomes a trench, a line of defense.
\nAnd the following sentence is written on that line:
\n\u201cThis is how we are.\u201d
\nIt is no longer an observation,
\nis a refuge.<\/p>\n
\nIt needs an \u201cus\u201d.
\nThis need is natural.
\nBut not all that is natural is innocent.<\/p>\n
\nAfter a while, people start defending the side, not the truth:
\nHe defends the wrong, because he is \u201cone of us\u201d...
\nIt does not see injustice, because \u201cour people\u201d...
\nHe stops questioning, because \u201cunity must not be broken\u201d...
\nAnd so belonging ceases to be a bond;
\nit becomes a blindness.<\/p>\n
\nBut it is actually a closure.
\nBecause as soon as this sentence is uttered, these doors are closed:
\nThe possibility of change,
\nGrounds for criticism,
\nAnd most importantly responsibility.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWhy are we like this?\u201d
\nBecause this question is dangerous.
\nIt shakes habits.
\nIt disturbs comfort.
\nIt opens up identity itself to discussion.
\nThat is why no questions are asked.
\nInstead, memorization is repeated:
\n\u201cThis is how we are.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBut no longer as a souvenir,
\nas an element of identity.
\nThe past is the past:
\nIt is not a reference,
\na badge of belonging.<\/p>\n
\nThey defend themselves on the basis of the past.
\nSo when the past is criticized,
\nit is not history that is hurt,
\nit's the identity that gets hurt.<\/p>\n
\nThe biggest fracture is inside.
\nIf a society:
\nIf he stops questioning,
\nIf he sees change as impossible,
\nAnd if he has made it part of his identity...
\nThere is no longer a need for an external power.
\nBecause the mind has already surrendered.<\/p>\n
\nIt takes on a more rooted, harsher form:
\n\u201cWe've always been like this.\u201d
\nAnd finally:
\n\u201cWe have to be like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nEverything seems inevitable.
\nEverything is told naturally.
\nEverything is presented as it should be.
\nBut this is not a reality,
\nis a constructed helplessness.<\/p>\n
\nNo society is \u201clike this\u201d.
\nThis is how societies become.
\nAnd they can be otherwise if they want.
\nBut first a sentence must be broken:
\n\u201cThis is how we are.\u201d
\nAnd it should be replaced by the question:
\n\u201cWhy are we like this and how do we change?\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBut when he is not questioned, he imprisons him.
\nThe past can feed you.
\nBut when he is blessed, he stops him.
\nIdentity can lead the way.
\nBut when it freezes, it locks you in.
\nAnd what emerged at the end of this whole process is this:
\nA self-limiting society.<\/p>\n
\nBut if he lives only with his past, he will perish.
\nThe greatest courage of a society is not to defend its past, but to transcend itself.
\nAnd every change starts with a single sentence:
\n\u201cIt's not \u201dthis is how we are\"...
\n\u201cWe don't have to be like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBut if he lives only with his past, he will perish.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":284538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-284537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-yazarlar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284539,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284537\/revisions\/284539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}