DeathFlowerKing wrote:
That we live in a world where narcissists are actually in the greater majority? I often feel that I could probably count the people I know personally who seem to experience actual empathy and compassion for others on two hands only. Most people i know are so beyond goddamn selfish and cruel and don't even seem to have love for their own mothers or children.
And it feels to me like the internet actualy lifts the veil off of these people exposing humans for what they really are behind their masks of civility. The fact that so many people online say and do nasty and cruel things when they know they can get away with it I think proves the point i am trying to make.
I agree with you that narcissists (e.g. many world leaders today) seem to be either increasing or getting louder and the internet lifts the veil off them.
I think it is due to:
The internet: which gives everyone a platform to spout whatever nonsense they want and gather like-minded people around them into gangs/tribes.
Capitalism: we are encouraged to get as much money as we possibly can; compete against everyone to be the best at getting money; view everyone else as a competitor; capitalism encourages everyone to be an individual 'brand' or company and therefore discourages working together with others, community values and helping others, because everyone else has to be our competition.
The ability to exist as an individual: due to the internet and capitalism, we actually don't need anyone else now. In the past we relied on our neighbours to help us, but now we can get anything we want at the click of a mouse, and it will arrive instantly. So because we don't rely on others, they don't rely on us, community networks wither away, we are all just living on our own tracks, ignoring other people, in the rat race.
Humans badly need a common goal again. Something to bring us all together to fight for our own survival together, or at least exist together.
I though covid might do that but it just divided us.
At this point, I think the only thing that would bring us together would be an actual alien invasion!
And I try to never forget. Homo sapiens are the deadliest, most efficient predators which has ever lived in modern times. Many cannot suppress this instinct and prey on other humans.
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That alien woman. On Earth to observe and wonder about homo sapiens.