Betrayal vs Alliance (Why is it hard to trust each other?)

We drink beer, hike, bowl, barbecue together, we have fun. But if we were to join forces for common causes, if a real, long-term commitment was needed for some goal or community, well, that rarely works out. Conflicts, tempers explode, friendships, collaborations break up, the common path most often fails. We have a remarkable difficulty with these.

This is caused by many things. We are dealing with the imprints of betrayal, abandonment, competition. All of these require attention, awareness, individual and collective work. We believe there is a way, but it is undoubtedly difficult and most of it still has to be done in the dark. We are trying to light a torch and find fellow travelers for this.

This is what the 7 founding members of the Men's Association are talking about on the Everness main stage.