I just decided that next time one of my subscribed charities calls me asking for more money, I’ll tell them that a recent discussion with my psychologist yielded some profound self-revalation. Actually, just one self-revalation. That I hate everyone. Yes, everyone. No, unfortunately, there are no exceptions. And I want everyone to suffer. And I’m terribly sorry, but my current donations are not conducive to the success of my new life’s work, so I’d like to cancel my current donations. Oh, you’re disappointed you won’t be able to end world hunger or free political prisoners? Well, you were wasting your time to begin with under the false assumption you had to care about other people. Yeah, you have a great day too. Try not to die, or anything.
I think when I decide I own enough equity to retire, I’ll probably start my own charity devoted purely to undermining the efforts of other charities. It’ll be called “Fuck the World” or something catchy like that. Because, let’s face it, why should we interfere with the predestiny of mankind’s self-annihilation. All of your problems, first-world or otherwise, are materially insignificant in light of the fact that were the earth obliterated, the difference in entropy within the cosmos would be negligible.
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So your plan is world domination through global organized trolling?
The funny thing about “come at me bro” is that there are entire subcultures who thrive on doing exactly that: coming at you, bro.
If you aim to antagonize and provoke, you are setting yourself up for lots of unnecessary strife and difficulty.
Still, i like that you’ve realized that no one is obligated to care about anyone else.
Being “a good person” is a choice, not a requirement.
To counter your comparison of individual struggles versus the insignificance of all that is earth, i will say: everything is less significant than the experience of the individual, and the good reason to “interfere with the pre-destiny of mankind’s self-annihilation,” is that experiencing inevitable but unnecessary suffering, sucks ass, and that is almost always a product of the choices other people make. So, we should try not to suffer, or to cause suffering to others, any more than we absolutely must, and since one person versus the world is an impossible fight, we should all work to help ourselves, and each other, to suffer less, even if it slightly inconveniences us.
There are people in this world who have more money than a century of heritage would ever need. Let those people fund charities. If they won’t spend their surplus on decreasing unnecessary suffering of the unfortunate, why should you? Those with the means to change the world for the better, should be using them. If they won’t, it’s not our fault. It’s not like no one ever asked them or suggested it. Plus, if there weren’t any elitist resource hoarders, there would likely be far less people in need of charity in the first place. The system is designed in such a way that it creates a surplus of humans, but doesn’t allow those humans to acquire even the minimum resources necessary for a reasonably minimum level of personal comfort. It exploits human nature by funneling the energy of the many, into gains for the lucky few. And that is the opposite of “greater good.”
Every time i hear “the needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few,” it makes me cringe, because i know that’s just more fantastically idealistic propaganda, doublespeak, often used to distract the needy many, from the truth created by the wants of the few. It’s something that should be true, but isn’t; clearly, the world runs on using the efforts of the many, to achieve the wants and needs of the few who have the power to direct them.
And i can’t honestly say that i have any objection to opposing that. I think it should definitely be opposed, even deposed, dismantled, so we can build something better in its place. But accomplishing that is just implausible. So best to try to do what’s right for you, when it’s available, and try to get what you want out of the options you can access, so that you don’t have to suffer more than necessary; maybe you can even find enjoyment along the way.
In all fairness, I was being only half serious. Satirical, even. I suppose the fact that half of me was serious should be concerning.