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[Alexandr Korol]

That is, even if he is wrong and accuses me of something, I would still, so
that there wouldn’t be a conflict, I would agree. That is, I am simply showing
you now what I am like inside. And now if we draw an analogy with my
employee, my former employee, then the former employee wouldn’t even...
even if I were mistaken and accusing him of something that didn’t actually
happen, it’s not that he would turn a blind eye to it for the sake of the job or
something else. He, even with the truth, when he actually did something —
figuratively speaking, stole the diaries — he cannot even admit to that
and is ready even to lose his job, so much does he protect himself and so
much is he vain, proud, cowardly, and so on. So, you see, it turns out that
a pure person, even if they are suspected or accused of something, will not
lash out in response. And even, perhaps, so that the conflict dies down,
they will even come to terms with it. But a person who is precisely possessed
by the beast, who is dark — even when they are already caught red-handed
for what they did — they don’t even want to fully admit it because it would
strike their ego, their self-esteem, their egocentrism too hard. And what
I saw is that the person I fired so much does not want to feel this unpleasant
feeling of the truth, of the essence, that he still maximizes an illusion on
autopilot that nothing bad happened at all, that he is actually a great guy,
he worked hard, he tried, and everyone just didn’t respect his opinion or
value his labor. That is, he decided to live on with such an illusion now.
Imagine that? That is, he has no sense of guilt, no sense of conscience, no
repentance; he doesn’t regret how foolishly he acted or that he lost something.
None of that is there at all for now. For now.
But as for what I was just discussing with Big Alexander, I called him again
and said:
— Alexandr, could it be that I failed the exam again and fired the employee
in vain? Although, I confess honestly, there wasn’t even one percent of
anger, nor that feeling of who is more important or who is more righteous —
there was none of that. On the contrary, it was even with a bit of concern
for this person, that he is hopeless and still needs to learn a lesson,
and I simply must let him go. Otherwise, he will just keep playing the
fool, so to speak, but a person needs to continue to grow, develop,
and get their own lumps in life, because with me, he won’t get any.