66. People who are the most deeply committed to an ideaor policy are also the most critical of it.
On certain conditions, people might befastidious about something they value; while sometimes people can be veryresigned. Controversy surrounds the question of whether people who are the mostdeeply committed to an idea or policy are also the most critical of it. In myperspective, from within, this seemingly paradoxical question is reasonable dueto some people’s traits of perfectionism; whilst from without people mightotherwise defend what they insist.
When people are committed to an idea orpolicy, this statement seems paradoxical, in that people’s devotion is morelikely to lead to their confidence in it. An atheist ought to maintainconsistent faiths that there is no God at all. Despite people’s protest, atotalitarian might never subvert his or her belief in the effectiveness of regalities,even till the day the power vanishes. Their devotion makes them intransigent inthe idea or policy. What’s more, for the deeply rooted commitment andconfidence, people are more inclined to defend themselves when questioned. Duringdefending, people actually are convincing others as well as themselves, whichin fact carves the idea into a deeper position in their mind. Chances are thatarguing with others for defending would help people unearth the advantages andpotentials of their devotion, and sometimes this argumentation might involve amatter of esteem. Therefore, people are predictable to defend their commitmentrather than unfailingly critical of it.
However, the discussion above is virtuallyscrutinizing this question from without: how people would react as theirbeliefs are questioned. From within people, the results are not alike. Morefrequently, people are critical of the ideas while facing themselves due totheir targets set.
If people are committed to an idea orpolicy, people are bound to set up some targets for it. To themselves, thesetargets are visible, and more pressing than to others. In order to chase theirobjectives, people might become yearning, anxious, assiduous, and if theycannot triumph, a sense of loss and failure in terms of their endeavor andagony permeates every corner of their bodies. Rather than their commitmentitself, the demanding requirements people set for achieving the targets aremore explanatory. The most adaptive or resigned people would not be thatcritical of things they want. Thus deduction can be made that it is not thecommitment, but the ambition of people that truly makes people critical, nomatter this ambition renders satisfaction of people themselves or higheraccolades others give.
On balance, people who are committed to anidea or policy can be indeed critical of it, but it is more understandable toexplain it as people’s demands for themselves; nevertheless, facing the peoplewho question their beliefs, people can be much aggressive to defend their idea.
