I think I may have Dunning-Kruger anxiety syndrome.
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Huh. You hit a nerve. Big reason why I have a problem with Vajrayana & Mahayana in particular.
"Collectively coerced humility" is a cultural feature in Norway (see: Janteloven). It's highly corrosive in many ways, and I never had a churchy reason to aggrandize it.
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It's one thing if it's someone's personal affectation, mind, but many practitioners hold it more as universal law.
This prompts abusive behaviour.
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It seems to be a prerequisite for abusive behaviour in cultish situations - but the catalysts for that kind of bad behaviour are multiple. “Collective coercion” is a problem. Healthy humility would not allow abuse because it doesn’t lack strength and confidence.
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Bingo.
The problem is not humility. It's an excessive attachment to the behavioral trappings of humility (that are not always genuine expressions thereof!)
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I doubt those things are Actually Good.
Spiritual types are just receptive to it. Religious expression is typically done while vulnerable, so this allows predators a niche.
It's the same with child abuse in churches, abuse perpetrated by leaders of social movements...
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