#naivete

"Quel avait donc été le tort de Louis XVI ? Quand on lit les mémoires de Saint-Priest, on s’aperçoit que l’erreur du gouvernement de 1789 n’a pas été d’être tyrannique (il n’était même pas autoritaire), ni d’être hésitant, ni d’être fermé aux aspirations du siècle. Son erreur, énorme et funeste, a été de ne pas croire au mal. Elle a été de ne pas croire qu’il y eût de mauvaises gens, des criminels capables de tout le jour où ils ne rencontrent plus d’obstacle. Saint-Priest montre Louis XVI dans toutes les circonstances, et jusqu’au 10 août ou peut s’en faut, convaincu que tout cela s’arrangerait et que ni les émeutiers de la Bastille ni les révolutionnaires n’était si méchants qu’on le disait, et d’ailleurs, au moins au début, bien peu de personnes le lui disaient. A la Convention, pendant son procès, Louis XVI répondait encore poliment, comme à des juges impartiaux et intègres."

Joke posts are joke posts. And reposting doesn't necessarily mean I agree with the author. I don't agree in this case because, realistically, I don't think this is something that can be ranked by type.

Generally speaking, there are a lot of factors that can contribute to naivete. I would say "wisdom" that comes from life experience is probably the biggest factor, which is separate from personality type. E.g. Comparing a 15-year-old INFP and a 45-year-old INFJ is going to be very different than comparing a 15-year-old INFJ and a 45-year-old INFP.

As for "believing in possibility", there is indeed a difference between Ni and Ne that might influence naivete to some extent. Ni envisions what "will" be, i.e., wants to know which (future) reality is certain to come into being. By contrast, Ne envisions what "could" be, i.e., wants to change (current) reality into a potentiality or a state that doesn't yet exist. From this perspective, one could argue that Ni is better situated to perceive reality accurately than Ne.

Are you brave enough to face a rifle?

Are you courageous enough to know that Rita didn't have the best interest; and she just likes the way she pours molten honey on your tongue?

Life is not a dandelion, waiting for a breeze to make a thousand wishes come true. It's a rope, fraying at the edges, challenging the owner to either drag a ship or their bloated corpse?

Are you brave enough to face a rifle?

And that means I will discuss topics that help you see your reality in a new light.

That is going question your status quo or break your perception. That is the POINT. The truth can't be hidden.

And sometimes, be it in asks or comments or DMs, I see messages that amount to the following:

"But my father is not like this"

"My husband/boyfriend is different, he's not like this"

"My brother is not like this"

My dear girl, do you want to give the men in your life an award for not commiting crimes against you?

Just because it doesn't happen in your immediate vicinity or in your brainwashed awareness does not mean it does not happen.

I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.