Essay

I have been part of organizations where I was fully immersed in the culture. Fraternities. Military units. Educational institutions. And because I was inside, I understood how the system worked and why people defended it. But knowing how a system works from inside does not mean it is worth staying in. The vantage point gained from stepping outside reveals things that drowning in it never allows you to see.

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