Only logged in members can reply and interact with the post.
Join SimilarWorlds for FREE »

I Hate the World We Live In

But the problem is that darkness spreads and multiplies just as readily as light does. And there's a hell of a lot more of it than there are matches to light in the darkness. There are a lot more bad people spreading darkness than there are good people lighting matches, and the middle-ground decent masses are so blind to the darkness and apathetic to the light that they end up helping and serving it more often than they help the people trying to do the right thing.

This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »

dark548 · M

It could be because throughout history more people in power have had darkness in them and therefore shaped the landscape. Power breeds corruption or so they say.

BlueDiver · 36-40, M

Yeah, it's rare for someone to rise above a certain level of power without being a scumbag with a good image. It wouldn't be so bad, except that most people are sheep who are ready, willing and eager to follow whatever path is laid out for them from above, without ever questioning it.

dark548 · M

@BlueDiver: most or many people?

BlueDiver · 36-40, M

Most, in my experience - though half of the sheep lie to themselves and tell themselves that their opinions are their own. But whether it's the republican party, the democrat party, the will of their religion or spirituality, the norms of their culture/subculture/counterculture, or just blindly following whatever path their parents laid out for them - most people don't truly decide all that many things for themselves.

dark548 · M

@BlueDiver: I could I agree with that. So long as we live in this world we have and can always be influenced by it. It's a matter of how much we allow ourselves to be.

BlueDiver · 36-40, M

Very true - we all have that choice, even if most people choose to be sheep.

dark548 · M

@BlueDiver: I get that sheep is a very bad thing but it sounds so condescending coming from you. Sorry I don't mean to offend I just thought I point it out.

BlueDiver · 36-40, M

Hell, I won't lie to you or to myself - I do feel condensation toward people who don't think for themselves. I think that it's a low and ugly way to be, and I'm grateful that, for better or for worse, my natural instinct is to think for myself. I think that sheep are usually happier, and I honestly envy them too. I'd love to be happier, even if I hurt the world by doing it. But whether I like it or not, my eyes are too open for that to ever be my path again.

Large groups are by their very nature self serving and narcissistic, with responsibility so widely spread around that almost no one really feels any sense of responsibility for their own actions, because they can always pass the buck up, down, or sideways along the chain of command. And it's from these inevitably unethical, narcissistic, self-serving large groups that sheep get their marching orders. And then they just mindlessly follow along and add to all the problems in the world.