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I’m coming to the sad conclusion that there really isn’t much going on inside of 90% of people. While they have the capacity and capability to self-reflect and creatively engage in the world, they don’t. They desire ease, comfort, and conformity above all else.

Not only that, but they fill themselves with so much garbage, propaganda, and ideals from others around them who are similar; they mute any real voice or agency that does come from within. They are not interested in the dynamic creative possibilities of the world, but the ease of obedience towards those who know what’s best for them. Their motto is ‘don’t rock the boat’.

These people are fucking dangerous, not because they want to hurt you, but because they lack the capacity to truly self-reflect in a meaningful way. They don’t care about what is true, just that the rules are followed. They don’t want to feel uncomfortable within self-reflection, but to flee into the values of others they have been told are theirs as well and is the only right way to be.

It is a valorization of callousness, a celebration of conformity, and a religious respect for authority to such an extent that their own personal responsibility vanishes.

These are NPCs. They are agents of the system and an integral part of how it functions and projects power. They are little more that drones at the subservience of the state, and only a radical awakening that forces them into the existential angst of what their only life is and means is the only thing that can truly awaken beings that are so asleep that they have forgotten their own being.

You’re describing human nature itself. We are social, herd animals. It’s how we evolved.

The question is what you do with this information and how it impacts your opinion of others. You can view everyone as a brainless moron just going about their life, or as a fellow human who is just doing what humans do, and have some empathy.

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I didn’t say everyone, but 90%.

It the 10% that makes accepting and trying with the 90% worth it. I have sympathy for the 90%, but not empathy. At some point we all should take on the responsibility of what it really means to be who we are, and who we want to be, rather than what has been given to us. The former demands the courage to think for yourself, while the latter demands simple obedience.

Good catch on the language!

Sympathy > Empathy

Sex > Gender

The 90% you refer to don’t think about life in terms of “courage to think for yourself”, they already think they think for themselves and courage has no role in that. People have different perspectives on life and come from different experiences and backgrounds. They are not “NPCs”. Frankly this kind of disregard for human experiences that are not our own is sad.

I want to say a lot more but I got shit to do 😆

That is why the minority end up saving the 90% from themselves.

it also seems more easily exploited now than historically as a symptom of a generally comfortable life for most & stong in-group bias of internet.

My dad always said if you want to be a good and alert driver. You have to drive as if all the vehicles around you is driven by chimpanzees.

Only then are you in the mental state to predictably avoid accidents.

He used to be a biker.

I don't see why you can't apply this to people in general.

Trust is gained through time and consistency of character not granted on impulse.