This is a really fucking grim view of humanity! Is it not possible for someone to just want to find common positive interests hobbies and goals with a stranger

This is a really fucking grim view of humanity! Is it not possible for someone to just want to find common positive interests hobbies and goals with a stranger so they can make a connection and be friends? Does it have to be back-stabby position jockeying and dick-measuring? We don't live in an Aaron Sorkin universe. Sometimes smalltalk is just small talk.