This was interesting. I worry about a kind of general misanthropy which seems to be afflicting the Western world (which could also be understood as pessimism or anti-capitalism or misandry or historical revisionism). Our history is evil, colonialism was an unmitigated disaster, capitalism is rotten and oppressive... people are bad and civilization is rotten.
It seems to be a kind of default setting for many young Leftists and I don't think it's a balanced or psychologically healthy perspective.
This was interesting. I worry about a kind of general misanthropy which seems to be afflicting the Western world (which could also be understood as pessimism or anti-capitalism or misandry or historical revisionism). Our history is evil, colonialism was an unmitigated disaster, capitalism is rotten and oppressive... people are bad and civilization is rotten.
It seems to be a kind of default setting for many young Leftists and I don't think it's a balanced or psychologically healthy perspective.
https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-philosophy-of-bitterness
Gazans in Israel (e.g., "a beggar people"). I did NOT make this one up. OR say/think it. Said AS bombs were falling on them.
Or you could do it in one word...
Asshole.