“I use the phrase 'sibling society' to suggest a culture fundamentally without fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, or ancestors. The thinking is horizontal.” ThinkingUseMotherCultureFatherPhrasesGrandmotherAncestorGrandfatherSiblingHorizontalFather Mother Author:Robert Bly
“The sibling society is the flattening out of the previously democratic society.” DemocraticSiblingDemocratic Society Author:Robert Bly
“All of those on the left, as I am, have always vastly preferred the democratic society over the hierarchical society and still do, but the democratic culture doesn't exist without highly informed citizens capable of thinking well, and if you have schools in which 40 percent of the people coming out of them cannot make change for a dollar, you don't have a democracy. You have a sibling society.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsStillsSchoolCultureLeftDemocracyCitizensCapablePercentDollarsDemocraticComing OutSiblingDemocratic SocietyInformed Citizens Author:Robert Bly
“If we call the young ones, say 10 to 30 years old, 'siblings,' we can see they tend to be naturally ecological. They regard whales and owls as siblings too. That's a great advance.” IfsYearsYoungRegardSiblingWhalesEcologicalOwlYoung Ones Author:Robert Bly
“Siblings tend not to care much about boundaries and borders. Having worn each others' T-shirts, it's unlikely that they'd go to war over a border.” WarCareBoundariesBordersShirtsWornT ShirtUnlikelySibling Author:Robert Bly
“I think more and more people are recognizing how much adults and elders are actually needed. That's a gift of the sibling society.” PeopleThinkingNeededAdultsRecognizingEldersSibling Author:Robert Bly
“In the sibling society, both the adult and the elder get lost, and no one knows where they are.” KnowsLostAdultsEldersSibling Author:Robert Bly
