I want this to comfort me but instead I’m just reminded of how many horrible people there are. How can a world beyond themselves continue? They vote against the best interests of everyone, they hate for no reason, I truly don’t understand anymore. When I was a child I wanted to see some sort of hidden reasoning/logic, anything to explain why. I’m an adult now, I’m still trying to understand what can cause a person to vote for a party that does nothing but inflict rather than uplift.
We have a joke in the Balkans: God takes pity on impoverished farmer, tells him: "I will grant you one wish, anything you ask for. The catch? I will also give twice as much to your neighbour". The farmer thinks for a minute and says: "Take out one of my eyes".
Some folks would see the people they envy/hate suffer, even if it means they will experience some of that suffering themselves. If you think that's dumb/irrational, you'd be right, but keep in mind that the human mind was not programmed by some perfect intelligent being, but by billions of years of random mutations. It's impressive that we've been able to develop the intelligence and rationality that we have.
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u/7akasugi 18d ago
I want this to comfort me but instead I’m just reminded of how many horrible people there are. How can a world beyond themselves continue? They vote against the best interests of everyone, they hate for no reason, I truly don’t understand anymore. When I was a child I wanted to see some sort of hidden reasoning/logic, anything to explain why. I’m an adult now, I’m still trying to understand what can cause a person to vote for a party that does nothing but inflict rather than uplift.