very difficult and complicated. Positioning my family to endure and outlast so that we can stay whole longer than the honor lasts among the thieves while others around me get consumed by the machine instills a very gilded sense of accomplishment peppered with guilt.
we’ve been a disgustingly individualistic country since the end of WWII best I can tell. Every adult born after 1948 that I’ve met has been selfish to the core.
the complicated part is I know they’ve been programmed to remain in a childlike mindset through radio, TV and internet… arguing with the retarded (clinical term, don’t flame me) is uncouthe to say the least.
Nope - I wish that were a generalization. There’s a reason sayings like “don’t mix family and business” are so ubiquitous. We deserve the late-stage capitalism we’ve earned and it’s getting exhausting pretending enough humans can be selfless enough to actually have nice things.
Case and point: You still wear your N95 mask in public because Covid is still a thing, right? RIGHT!? Didn’t think so. That’s one off-the-cuff example of how all-enompassing everyone’s individualism is when it comes to trying to have an actual humble, altruistic culture.
If I’m wrong, every fucking thing about the last 5 years would be different. Boycotted any oligarchs lately? Should I continue? The evidence is ample.
No, I’m not enlightened - I’m selfish, too (I’m just honest about it).
I have an older sibling with special needs so I’m a reluctant expert on ‘casual cruelty’ and other self-centered hedonistic BS that’s surrounded me for 40+ years. I usually keep this part to myself because people need to cling to whatever life raft they can find right now, but the lack of general strike or other selfless acts to turn these rats against eachother is deafening in it’s silence.
very difficult and complicated. Positioning my family to endure and outlast so that we can stay whole longer than the honor lasts among the thieves while others around me get consumed by the machine instills a very gilded sense of accomplishment peppered with guilt.
we’ve been a disgustingly individualistic country since the end of WWII best I can tell. Every adult born after 1948 that I’ve met has been selfish to the core.
the complicated part is I know they’ve been programmed to remain in a childlike mindset through radio, TV and internet… arguing with the retarded (clinical term, don’t flame me) is uncouthe to say the least.
… What…? Are you a bot?
Everything you don’t agree with is fake and/or AI, yes. See how dumb that sounds?
Honestly not as dumb as thinking everyone born in the last 78 years is selfish.
Generalize much?
Nope - I wish that were a generalization. There’s a reason sayings like “don’t mix family and business” are so ubiquitous. We deserve the late-stage capitalism we’ve earned and it’s getting exhausting pretending enough humans can be selfless enough to actually have nice things.
Case and point: You still wear your N95 mask in public because Covid is still a thing, right? RIGHT!? Didn’t think so. That’s one off-the-cuff example of how all-enompassing everyone’s individualism is when it comes to trying to have an actual humble, altruistic culture.
If I’m wrong, every fucking thing about the last 5 years would be different. Boycotted any oligarchs lately? Should I continue? The evidence is ample.
I do wear an N95 in public. I had COVID twice and still have long COVID symptoms. I’ve refused to be cavalier with my health since the pandemic.
I also research who companies are owned by and take every step to obtain what I need from oligarchs either second hand or through extralegal means.
Generalizations only hurt you, my anti-capitalist friend.
Edit- correct me if I’m wrong, but how you’re coming across gives really heavy “everyone in the last 78 years is selfish to the core except me” vibes.
Are you the one enlightened soul in the entire benighted race of man?
Lots of I statements in that first sentence.
No, I’m not enlightened - I’m selfish, too (I’m just honest about it).
I have an older sibling with special needs so I’m a reluctant expert on ‘casual cruelty’ and other self-centered hedonistic BS that’s surrounded me for 40+ years. I usually keep this part to myself because people need to cling to whatever life raft they can find right now, but the lack of general strike or other selfless acts to turn these rats against eachother is deafening in it’s silence.
Good luck out there.