When we're gone, no other species on earth is going to miss us, what is the point of our very existence then?
Why are we so hypocritical? We condemn Nazis for genocide, yet they learned from our "cleansing" of Native Americans and Mexicans. We hold to memory pearl harbor, but it was commodore perry that forced japan out of isolation and made her become an imperial power like any other European nation. If it weren't for the allied victory in WWII, the nuclear detonations in Japan would be considered an atrocity.
https://www.history.com/news/california ... n-genocide
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/29/8934848/g ... rk-history
http://japanbnl.com/forced-opening-japa ... ore-perry/
Is the Holocaust an example of white privilege, because people like Leopold II and the Gruesome Japanese imperialists are basically ignored in western society?
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/hitle ... go-erased/
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/histor ... -wwii.html
I wonder why there is few media condemning America and telling American atrocities throughout the ages. It must be the protagonist syndrome, which happens when one believes that he is the central role of the story, willing to do the right thing no matter what, and therefore is always biased towards himself, and blind to his transgressions.
The problem with America is that he is arrogant and complacent over his natural advantage, it would take a reckoning, like the ones he smit to the axis powers, in order to wake him up and own up to his injustices.
Even though there may be another Obama or Lee Kuan Yew coming within the next generation, their voices of reason would be far outnumbered by the mindless drivel chanted by the majority of mediocrity and degeneracy infatuated with the next big cesspool of narcissism. In order to prevent further destruction of humanity, cohesive and drastic action must be taken by the masses, unfortunately, politicians and media outlets have been hijacked by corporate interests who wish to continue their selfish status quo. We are capable of doing great things together if given the chance and the skills. But at this point in time, I am afraid that we have long passed the redemption event horizon as a race.
We have favored quantity over quality and prioritized short-term over long-term. That is why there hasn't been a large effort recently to preserve interactive art other than Microsoft's incomplete backward compatibility library, why people are all over social media posting highlights of their day flaunting their luxury goods instead of preparing financially and building a positive reputation for themselves. That it is more profitable to act like a lunatic on TikTok rather than contribute creativity of the highest caliber. Jealousy and mockery are rampant on the internet, Near had to take their own life because they couldn't stand the toxicity of Kiwifarms, just because they thought differently from the mainstream, in spite of their awe-inspiring contributions to reverse engineering and preservation.
That is why I believe that the whole world would be a better place if everyone were introverted by default, because a lot of unnecessary conflict and red tape happens when people tamper with other people's affairs with no good reason.
