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> Short-sighted escapists, who think that to not have their current set of problems means not having problems This is such a universal thing it should have a
by klysm 4y ago
> Short-sighted escapists, who think that to not have their current set of problems means not having problems
This is such a universal thing it should have a name, is escapism that in general?
- bart_spoon 4y agoNarcissism?
- klysm 4y agoMore about the belief that solving the current problem set won’t introduce new ones.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoWell... let's say that as a child, my family struggled with hunger. There often wasn't enough money for food. I grow up, I get a good job, now I don't have a problem with hunger. So I eat a lot. But obesity, arterioschlerosis, heart disease, and diabetes don't mean much to me. They don't have the emotional punch that hunger does, because I lived hunger, whereas obesity is more of an abstraction, at least until my first heart attack. I think there's a heavy emotional component. Escaping from the problem that I've carried the emotional weight of, for years, is a big deal. It feels worth it, even if I trade it for another problem that is objectively just as bad. But in context, "just as bad" doesn't apply. Collapse is objectively worse than sitting in an office at a meaningless job, or poverty from student loans, or inadequate health insurance. People cheering for it are short-sighted, no matter how bad and how emotionally scarring their current experience is.