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> Kafka’s Metamorphosis describes the situation quite well, with Gregor Samsa tirelessly supporting his family until the day he turns into an insect and discove
by antisthenes 3y ago
> Kafka’s Metamorphosis describes the situation quite well, with Gregor Samsa tirelessly supporting his family until the day he turns into an insect and discovers that with his usefulness gone his family no longer cares for him.
Friendship and family are different. It is a man's primary purpose to provide for his family, and the love they have for him is conditional on his usefulness. This is a primary biological imperative and works this way across 99% of species.
A man in a friendship is not required to provide for other friends, but it is encouraged to raise his intergroup status.
- carlosjobim 3y ago> A man in a friendship is not required to provide for other friends, but it is encouraged to raise his intergroup status. That's an upside-down perspective on friendship. "Friendship" and "intergroup status" have nothing to do with each other. Somebody who wouldn't help you is not a friend, and any group that has "intergroup status" is a mob and not a group of friends.