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Tell me you don't understand what is being protested without telling me you don't understand what is being protested.
He knows but part of the major economic benefits for the city are already in his pockets
Well yeah, most likely that. I want to believe that there are some politicians and city officials and such who are just too stupid to realize the problems with capitalism. I just don't wanna think bad of all my fellow humans, you know. That style of useless universal misanthropy is so 2008-2011 thinking for me personally.
It's not stupidity. It's willful blindness.
tomato potato. and how do you know, hmm? do you divine the exact information on a case-by-case basis from animal bones and cryptic symbolism in your dreams for every non-socialist on whether they are stupid or willfully blind? i often find myself making such grand generalizations, while being myself willfully blind to the stupidity of such endevours.
Because they wouldn't get to that position if they were just plain stupid. But it's amazing what someone can fail to understand when their livelihood depends on it.
Counterpoint: Trump
The influence of money outweighs intelligence every time, which is precisely why your second statement holds true.
You both seem to be right. Needless levels of empathy should also be avoided in some sense. i want to believe in aliens though
Could you elaborate on "needless levels of empathy"?
irl i like to believe the best of people, can't really help it, and that has lead me to problems in relationships. so like that, one shouldn't forgive a person their infractions just because they cry.
There's a difference between feeling empathy and providing grace or forgiveness. It is absolutely acceptable and healthy to set boundaries on what you are capable of forgiving, but giving up empathy is a different story. Empathy is what makes us human, makes us care about each other. You absolutely can (and, IMO, should) keep caring about these people who have hurt you. If someone shares a true human connection with you, that matters. Thats what you should empathize with.
That said, people are products of their circumstances, environments, and the systems they grew up within. Depending on those factors, people may develop incredibly maladaptive behaviors, or be subject to untreated mental health issues; this can lead to unhealthy behaviors that harm those around them.
It is not your responsibility to fix them, nor guide them. Even if they recognize themselves as the source of their problems and wish to change and grow, it is still not your job to drag them through that process. Actively caring for someone isn't the only option. Caring for someone can be remote, can be passive or entirely uninvolved in their life. You are absolutely allowed to set those boundaries, or to set more open boundaries and do what you can to help them if you wish.
To stop caring for them altogether, however, is a mistake. If you genuinely connect with and care about someone, hang onto that. Hang onto your love for fellow humans because that empathy, that love is what keeps humans growing and moving forward. It is okay to separate yourself from those who harm you, okay to leave someone to their journey, but to stop caring for them dehumanizes yourself just as much as it dehumanizes them.
yeah i hear you, and think you're right. still ain't gonna forgive her, just forget. and when she will inevitably appear in my spaces again (might be because this city is in actuality a fucking backwoods village) i'll remember, and will choose not to forgive again! you only get about a thousand chances with me, 'cause i don't tolerate shit. but once those are done you can consider your ass forfeit. and this person i am constantly referring to used up those thousand chances with me, and then some; i drew boundaries and she crossed them when it suited her. her type of help for a person lying on the ground was to kick them. the years i wasted dealing with that fuckwit kinda really fucked me up, but thankfully i now know not to forgive her.
You cannot fathom the damages brought about by 20 years of Berlusconism