<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Human beings often preserve harmful ties because... > Human beings often preserve harmful ties because ancient belonging systems treat separation as danger. Modern survival sometimes requires the opposite move: leave the coalition whose familiarity is consuming the capacities needed to build a safer one. **Source:** [[livestreams/Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 2 - Workbook|Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 2]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Human beings often preserve harmful ties because ancient belonging systems treat separation as danger. Modern survival sometimes requires the opposite move: leave the coalition whose familiarity is consuming the capacities needed to build a safer one.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-human-beings-often-needed-build-safer ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->