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>Nobody succeeds alone. Everybody around you deserves respect because they are the co-authors of your life.

While "nobody succeeds alone" is true, the conclusion you draw is not.

Some of those "co-authors of your life" write the _bad_ chapters.

Also, that nobody succeeds alone, does not mean that you succeed BECAUSE OF everyone of the other people. Some people you succeed DESPITE OF (and even despite their best efforts to bring you down).



You can argue with the reasoning here, but you can't argue with the conclusion unless you're advocating not respecting somebody. It's a nasty position to take.

Even if somebody writes a bad chapter in your life, it doesn't mean you should be out to write bad chapters in theirs.

Everybody deserves at least a basic level of respect. It's a fundamental component to being moral.


>Even if somebody writes a bad chapter in your life, it doesn't mean you should be out to write bad chapters in theirs.

You'd be surprised. Live by the sword, die by the sword, I say. And eye for an eyelid. I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee...

/s




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