Quote:
"You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it."
This is what jumped out at me from the thread - the word 'inured'. That word has kept coming into my thoughts all week. I keep wondering why; is there something I am supposed to be 'getting' from it?
I learned that word a few years ago, I think from a dream I had or something, where I was given five letters and I had to make a word out of them. The only thing I could come up with was the word INURE. I did not know the word or even if it was one. I had to look up the definition, and it had such a negative connotation to it.
inure
(Accustom), verb acclimate, acclimatize, acquaint, adjust, adsuefacere, condition, domesticate, familiarize, get used to, habituate,
harden, make routine, naturalize, sanctify by custom,
season,
toughenSo I immediately thought that's what abusers do - gradually get you used to a miserable life. Of course, I thought of the watchtower, and some other, more personal relationships of the past.
But today, I looked this up again and found an additional definition:
inure
(Benefit), verb accumulate, advance, advantage, aid, assist, avail, be of use, be profitable, bolster, contribute, enhance, enrich, forward, furnish aid, further, gain, help, improve, pay, profit, promote, render useful, serve, supply aid, turn to account, upgrade, yield gain, yield profit
Now this seems to be a very positive look at the same word. So now I don't quite know what to make of this or what I am supposed to glean from this word.
Anyway, I had never watched the movie until I read this thread; I tried to before, but it was not interesting to me. But I did kind of sit all the way through it this time, although I'm sure I missed most of the important points, because I could not quite keep my mind on it. But I did it only because of the word 'inure'; maybe I will rewatch it at a future time.
I also just noticed the word "season" up there in the definition. Makes me think of salt - salt of the earth. (Yes I'm still thinking on that topic).