A mistaken idea of getting to know people

[Plenum]

And thus the discussions end indefinitely. Everybody thinks that everybody should think like them and thus the possibility of reconciling differences is considered moot. And our youth are indoctrinated into this same manner of thinking generation after generation.

it definitely seems true that those older and more experienced sometimes take on a divine right to 'guide' those who are younger and less (ostensibly) experienced.

but as always, a teacher-student relationship is entered into by both sides voluntarily, and it can't work if one side decides to 'preach'.