While there is that, there's also some truth in the article.
Look back in time, image living through WW2, Japan bombing northern Australia. Image being a young bloke and dreading being drafted into the Vietnam War, or a young woman and being told to leave your job if you get married, or your husband being able to legally rape you, or not be able to walk or breath becase you caught polio or the Cokd War and practising hiding under your desk due to a perceived likely nuclear holocaust.
With all we know, the weird shit is persisting with the same politcans who got us here. We've faced decades of warning, so I cant even imagine what gordion knot of logic people must have twisted to justify voting LNP or ALP.
We live in interesting times. That said I'm speaking as a privileged white Gen X dude, who has lived a very frugal life, lives debt free and retired decades ago. The few houses for sale in my tiny village here in Tassie start with a $3 and the "flash" ones with a $4, which seems incredibly reasonable when similar looking houses in say Bright in Vic start with a $9.
My suggestion? more stocism (as in the philosophy) becase this will only get worse.
I don't know what the problem is. Is it a lack of empathy? Is it willingness to swallow the bait surrounding conspiracy theories? I
I think it's education, so many of us are now "educated ", this makes us confident idiots, a superb pinnacle of that example might be Linus Pauling and vitamin C for example.
If my hypothesis is correct, more education wont help.
Empathy is always lacking, just have to look at the refugee debate, its not new. Jews were turned away when Hitler sent them overseas, telling other countries to take then or he'd start killing them,
Japense interment camps in the US in WW2, slavery, endless wars prosecuted on other countries and participants lionised, it's part of our makeup that's difficult for most people to overcome,. I'd posit they don't want to overcome it. . Then there's the whole treatment of native peoples all over the world. US, Australia, Sweden, New Zealand, Russia and on and on.
The one thing that unites Demorcats and Republicans ? disdain for the homeless, again a lack of empathy.
Truth is, most people want money. As much as possible in a
It's not unreasonable to aspire to not having money worries, the stess of it is literally a medical issue eg not having to worry about meeting mortgae or rent payments, a mechanical breakdown on a car, or paying for a dental emergency, a broken limb, or buying a new pair of shoes, replacing your laptop etc.
Much past that is based on envy and that's where it becomes toxic with wealth inequality. It's human nature to feel envy, you can fight it but its inate in all humans, the ONLY solution is to recognise that and to remove it by removal of inequality. The inevitable end result of not doing that is the guillotine, social instability, or in this case a bullet.
However... :) theres a whole other issue of the people in the first paragraph, who see themselves as the "everyday volk", being incredibly unequal to the other 90% of the world. So there's an irony there that they need to use force to preserve thier own status quo, much like the C-suite rely on force to protect their status quo (police, army etc) . You see this play out in anti immigrant and refugee hostility, build a wall etc
Sure but some people get passionate about their children and partners separating can be toxic. Not the time when most peoole are going to make sane choices, so i have some empathy.
I don't have kids, had a vasectomy decades ago as the world is full but i have some empathy. Seems a weird choice to make though, as a sovcit, as there is no upside ? The police and courts have all the power and yiu can try and use them to your best advantage but saying they hold no sway over you seems bizzare.
sovcitz get one thing right: our laws are kinda meaningless and a stupid game played by the powerful.
Oh, i completely agree, that's not really the point though. They have guns, jails and lots of people to taser and beat you for non compliance. Your thumbprint and belief in your convictions isn't going to cut it
You'd think that, i did but then when I retired at 35 one of the things I realised quickly was I had no free time as I had so many interests i wanted to persue, I was busier then when I "worked". I'm 58 now.
But maybe it's just the perception of time changes ? Like when you're a kid and time seems interminable and this is the opposite but there never seems to be enough hours in the day.
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It's the same with CBT, I always see Cock and Ball Torture.