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Reached for: Shark Meat (II)

Everyone's working an angle. I'm just better at mine.

People are handled as positions to be worked, each relationship assessed for what it will yield and managed to that end. The method was not invented alone; it was absorbed in a family where everybody was quietly in on the arrangement, so manipulation registered as ordinary conduct rather than betrayal. What it asks for is one exchange conducted with nothing to gain from it.

The Archetypal Form

Jacob, taking the blessing in his brother's clothing with his mother's hand in the plan. The form implies a task of standing in front of someone under one's own name.

The Algorithm
Essence
The Fortified
Rule
Straight dealing was never once demonstrated to me
Classification
Substance / Activity
Advantage, leverage, other people's usefulness
Archetype
Jacob
Emotional theme
Self-interest as the only law
Behavioural pattern
Systematic manipulation and exploitation carried out as normal practice
Family dynamic
A dysfunctional family running on collusion, with everyone party to the arrangement
Core wound
Straight dealing was never once demonstrated to me
Exit
One transaction with nothing extracted from it
Frequently asked
What is the "Reached for: Shark Meat (II)" pattern?

People are handled as positions to be worked, each relationship assessed for what it will yield and managed to that end. The method was not invented alone; it was absorbed in a family where everybody was quietly in on the arrangement, so manipulation registered as ordinary conduct rather than betrayal. What it asks for is one exchange conducted with nothing to gain from it.

What does "Reached for: Shark Meat (II)" sound like when it shows up?

Everyone's working an angle. I'm just better at mine.

What is the archetypal form of "Reached for: Shark Meat (II)"?

Jacob, taking the blessing in his brother's clothing with his mother's hand in the plan. The form implies a task of standing in front of someone under one's own name.

This is a pattern. Not a verdict.
It appears in many lives.