Roland Kim

The Perils of Forced Woke Culture: Balancing Social Pressure, Free Communication, and Voluntary Inclusivity in the Five-Stage Model

Communication, Compassion and Empathy, political/social/legal Justice, Socio-cultural Theory, Socio-culture /

In recent years, “woke culture” has become a prevalent, often polarizing force. Initially intended to promote awareness and inclusion around issues of race, gender, and equality, it has sometimes evolved into a system critics argue resembles authoritarian practices when rigidly enforced. When legal or social mandates enforce woke culture, the effect can echo authoritarianism’s rigid […]

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Healing from Polarization: Understanding the Roots of Extremism in Our Personal and Socio-Political Lives

Domestic Political Leadership, Gender Roles/ prejudice/bias toward minorities, International Political Leadership, political/social/legal Justice, Racism, Group Bias, Prejudice, Scapegoating, Trauma and Hostility /

In our increasingly divided world, it’s easy to see how polarized views dominate socio-political discourse. Whether in politics, religion, or social issues, people seem more entrenched in their beliefs than ever before. But what drives this polarization? Why do some individuals and groups cling so fiercely to black-and-white thinking, unable to see the nuance in

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Critical Evaluation of the Two Opposing Positions on Open Border Migration According to the Five-Stage Model of Civilization

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Migration is a complex and often divisive topic, with passionate arguments on both sides. To navigate this issue, it’s helpful to understand it through a broader lens. Roland Kim’s Five-Stage Model of Civilization offers a framework for evaluating how societies evolve in their attitudes toward migration. Roland Kim’s Five-Stage Model of Civilization Overview: Anti-Migration Perspective:

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Comparison of Karl Popper ‘s open Society in Relatio to Roland Kim’s Stage 5 Society

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An “open society” is a concept popularized by philosopher Karl Popper, referring to a society characterized by a high degree of political and personal freedom, transparency, and tolerance of different opinions and lifestyles. In an open society, the government is responsive and accountable to the people, and institutions are transparent and open to scrutiny. Citizens

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How do survivors with untreated/un-neutralized hostility from traumas deny/numb it through addiction, implode at themselves, or explode at others?

Trauma and Hostility, Uncategorized /

How important is it to process the trauma experienced? Well-intentioned people as trauma survivors often reenact similar traumas on themselves or others, including their own siblings or children, due to the improper processing of their own traumas; therefore, the survivors’ ability to break the cycle of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intergenerational transmission of trauma may depend

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Empathy is love!

Compassion and Empathy /

Empathy is the most effective form of love for all nurturing and healing relationships that must precede any boundary enforcement. We humans lack effective empathy skills essential for maintaining or repairing damaged/disconnected relationships.Therefore, empathy must be trained as the most advanced communication/parenting skill. What is the highest level of compassion?  It is empathy at Stage

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A1. An Integrated Theory of Personality Development

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The theory of an individual’s emotional/ personality development, proposed here, results from integrating various developmental psychology and psychoanalytic theories. The outlined integration of theories of human emotional development has revealed relative consistency between them. This chapter will review various theories from classical and contemporary psychoanalysis and humanistic psychology before integrating them to derive a theory of

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Mental health services have not been available for many AAPI and other minorities even before the pandemic: Korean immigrant family perspective

political/social/legal Justice, Psychotherapy, Racism, Group Bias, Prejudice, Scapegoating /

  Mental health services have not been available for many AAPI and other minorities even before the pandemic: Viewed from Korean immigrants and their families’ perspective. Since the pandemic, there has been an increase in depression, anxiety, substance use, and suicidality (CDC, 2020 June). With various mental issues on the rise during the pandemic, there are

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What can be an empathic (Stage 5) solution to the problem of homelessness?

Compassion and Empathy, Domestic Political Leadership, Racism, Group Bias, Prejudice, Scapegoating /

Homelessness has been an issue for many cities in the world’s most socio-culturally advanced countries. Officials in these countries have had no clue how to solve the problem except to clear the street by driving the homeless out, after which they would return. The irony is that people seem more generous toward stray cats and

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What happened to the empathic ability of the Uvalde police officers? Test your own empathy by observing your response to this video here!

Compassion and Empathy, Domestic Political Leadership, political/social/legal Justice /

You may wonder what happened to the empathic ability of the police officers at the Uvalde shooting. We can use the 5 stage empathy model to understand their action at the time. Every human being has the survival need to meet in a dangerous situation. When the police officers were reluctant to break into the

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