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How is it selfish though? I think a lot of people just feel there is not much hope for society. I don't see how that is selfish. But maybe you mean that there should be a sense of community and it's selfish to not care about that?
Because many people are living in conditions significantly worse than OP describes ,with widespread poverty oppression and crime β¦. Today. And they are getting in with life, and having families, and supporting one another - not writing embittered murder fantasies on the internet.
Try telling your tale of woe to any one from Sudan, Haiti, Kurdistan, Afghanistan, Somali, Yemen, Palestine of course, and countless other war torn places, theyβd just laugh.
Yes because when someone else's suffering is worse it means your suffering is invalid. By that nature no one should ever bring up their trials and tribulations because someone always has it worse.
I love how OP has mass shooting fantasies and Iβm getting shit.
Yep I know. I was in Peru for three weeks and I was amazed. People have nothing and live on dirt floors, yet are much happier then we are in the west.
I don't know what's wrong with us. Why can't we just enjoy what we have? But I honestly look at my own life, I'm tired of working, and I want to just relax and not work anymore. And it does seem like a big problem to me, I can't just quit and live on savings. And yet, in comparison, im being spoiled rotten to even have a job with a good income.
Why are we tired of working in the west? A lot of us are. Is it worse than our parents had it? I think so, to a degree. Some of our parents had ability to support families on a single slavery and buy houses. That's a luxary today.
I think a lot of it is feelings of helplessness. You're on a freight train that appears to be running straight at a cliff, you can't stop it, you can't even make it change course, and even with that looming in the distance, it feels increasingly hard to make the situation any better before you hit that wall. Even having proof that you can improve your circumstances can remove that feeling of helplessness, and that seems to be very much unavailable for people living their relatively comfortable, if stagnant, lives in much of the developed world. If your life isn't where you want it to be and you don't see a path to achieve that, it's very hard to feel happy.
Yes, you said it very well. And we shouldnt be happy in that situation either.