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About Meanness

I hate mean people. I hate them so much to the extend that I will definitely become one (thus contradicting myself) when I happen to meet them.  One reason is that I was being treated meanly quite often during my teen days. AIESEC That is also the reason why I was so into AIESEC when I was in undergraduate study. It was one of the rare place [1] where majority of the people were trying hard not to be mean, and you can shun someone if he/she happens to be one.  There was this infectious organisational culture which everyone loves to say "Let's ensure everyone has a fair share", or "Make sure that no one is being left out". In fact, the culture was so ingrained that it became a mantra to say so and an obligation to act so. [2]   In local social groups, the minority stopped attempting to voice out as most of their past attempts have been overshadowed by the majority. Here, the minority have an unusually high probability getting heard. In fact, it wo