How to encourage this kind of deep-loyal friendship in a land of widespread, narcissistic, social poverty? One possible help, even if small, could be finding and recommending art that gives examples of this uncommon kind of bond. Stories -- written or filmed, old or new -- might make the concept viscerally experience-able and raise its value in the minds of more people.
Trying to think back to things I've read or seen that incorporate examples of such deep solidarity:
This is an eye opener.
How to encourage this kind of deep-loyal friendship in a land of widespread, narcissistic, social poverty? One possible help, even if small, could be finding and recommending art that gives examples of this uncommon kind of bond. Stories -- written or filmed, old or new -- might make the concept viscerally experience-able and raise its value in the minds of more people.
Trying to think back to things I've read or seen that incorporate examples of such deep solidarity:
Highly relevant: Cyrano DeBergerac (1950 only)
https://theunexpectedworld.substack.com/p/cyrano-de-bergerac-1950
Pretty damned good too: Captains Courageous (1937 only)
https://theunexpectedworld.substack.com/p/captains-courageous-1937
Also, Gladiator? (the original with Russell Crowe) ...