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> [“All abusive systems are facilitated by bystanders, whose awareness of what is disavowed is always partial, resulting in a state of knowing and not-knowing. As dynamics shift, bystanders may behave like victims—passive, helpless, frightened and frozen, or like perpetrators—taking vicarious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-solinski/all-abusive-systems-are-facilitated-by-bystanders-whose-awareness-of/)

Sylvia Solinski

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## Other authors on Bystanders

- [Ralph Waldo Emerson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bystanders/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

## More by Sylvia Solinski

> [“All abusive systems are facilitated by bystanders, whose awareness of what is disavowed is always partial, resulting in a state of knowing and not-knowing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-solinski/all-abusive-systems-are-facilitated-by-bystanders-whose-awareness-of/)

Sylvia Solinski

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