Every relationship has its own language. It takes a long time to evolve and read one another. Just as it's true for people it's also true on a national or cultural level.
As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards then...
I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me....
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.