The societal affluence of Wooden-headedness has the same effect as a moving vehicle with a locked steering wheel; the course of action and end result will never waver from its set ideals. Wooden-headedness is the stubborn characteristic in which a person has a fixed mindset, and completely objectifies any other notion. In The March of the Folly, Barbara Tuchman accurately addresses the role of wooden-headedness as an effective aspect in our society and government. Our government is set in its tracks and works out of its own perceived motives. For instance, the Civil Rights Movement solely would have been significantly less brutal if the government had accepted racial justice and made reforms regarding african american rights. However, because our society was stuck in the systems of decades prior, our government objected to any sort of improvement, even if it did seem more ethical. Many of our leaders at the time were headstrong to what they had been taught: non-whites are inferior. Even if the ethics they had been raised on were false and inhumane, many leaders remained firm in their belief and intolerant to any idea of civil rights. Tuchman’s claim is relevant in instances like the civil rights movement as the governmental leaders were persistent in their own, intolerant beliefs.
Many governmental and military officials are stubborn
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Here we are taught to listen to others’ advise, take in criticism, and transform our fixed mindset into growth. With this skill we have been taught we are able to do the opposite of the definition, and act according to wish, but we do allow ourselves to be deflected or change our opinions based on facts. The students here have an advantage, but it does not make a large counterpart to the wooden-headedness prevalent in our nation and around the world to make a difference in human