• InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    No, not really. I’m more overwhelmed by the fact I knew very little about the past. I deep dived into couple of things and now wonder the sanity of humanity.

    Also the fact that people just do not learn from the past. People rather ignore all the things and repeat it again, again and again.

    I have even become more pessimistic about humanity than, I already was. Because of this, I tend to avoid the news a bit more to at least keep my mental health in check.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 month ago

      It seems like most humans honestly are not that interested at all in things like history, the value of community, involvement with others, social and emotional support, and are generally just selfish living-perpetually-in-the-moment idiots that willfully ignore the implications of anything they do and endlessly play the victim.

      It’s honestly a drag to realize how many of our species continue to be backwards knuckle dragging slack-jawed yokels who get positively furious when anyone calls them out on how absolutely fucking stupid they are. How dare you call them stupid and hurt their feelings! It’s their right to be a an absolute fucking idiot and you’re the one out of line for calling attention to it! They couldn’t possibly try to not be a mendacious fucking moron! You’re the person who is wrong for noticing!

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        Well… Yeah, that’s just how empires collapse. Anti intellectualism isn’t normal, but it comes up historically