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> Many of the people here are becoming sociopathic Tons of people here are well monied professionals who struggle to put themselves into another person's shoes
by peterangular 4y ago
> Many of the people here are becoming sociopathic
Tons of people here are well monied professionals who struggle to put themselves into another person's shoes. They grew up privileged, got to go to school/college, and ended up on a good career path. They're people who will unironically say people should "pull themselves up by the bootstraps," and claim that we're in a meritocracy where hard work guarantees financial stability + success.
They have no idea what it's like for a person struggling to get by, and they've been sold a lifetime of "poor person = bad," or "poor person = lazy" propaganda.
There are lots of people here that struggle with basic empathy.
- newfriend 4y agoAnd lots of people use "empathy" as an excuse to forcibly extract money from productive people in order to give it away to leeches. Suckers who believe that every poor person is just a hard-working, well-intentioned person who wasn't given enough opportunities. There are, of course, many poor people who are not lazy. But there are likely more who are lazy, dull, and sucking up resources that could better be used to improve society.
- peterangular 4y agoI understand where you're coming from. We likely have very different views on welfare and the compassion of society. > But there are likely more who are lazy, dull, and sucking up resources that could better be used to improve society. So should we should allocate resources away from the undesirables and let them and their children starve off? I think that sorta thinking is inhumane, and not becoming of a civil society.
- tsunamifury 4y agoHumans are the rarest resource in the universe. They are never worthless just under utilized or motivated.
- tsunamifury 4y agoYou aren’t on the side of this line you think you are.