The repression of legitimate aggressive and ambitious impulses in modern education and parenting does not eliminate those drives; instead, it forces them underground where they emerge as passive aggression, resentment, and destructive psychological symptoms.

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Speaker

Robert Greene

Evidence Quote

The feeling that I cannot have any power or influence... is deeply, deeply unsettling for the human animal and causes all kinds of attempts at what I call negative power, passive aggression, etc.

Source

Your Dark Side and Control Over Your Life | Robert Greene | EP 237Jordan B Peterson
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:50:54 AM

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