Comment on Having to work during the apocalypse sucks
tyler@programming.dev 5 days agoMy only problem with your comment, and this is what has been eating at me for some time, is that you say this
Here’s the thing - this is a reasonable description of the vast majority of human existance.
Which is only from the human perspective. I honestly could zero fucks about what happens to the human race after all this is over. But the destruction of earth as a whole will be horrendous. You mentioned “remaining few animals” and that’s really where the problem is. We are destroying Earth, not humanity. And Earth doesn’t deserve that.
Onyxonblack@piefed.social 5 days ago
A fellow Misanthropic Anti-natalist? I view humans as monsters. We are a truly evil species, bad for the planet.
Schmoo@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
Most people are good, it’s a wealthy few who exploit the planet and people for profit who are destroying the planet. The “humans are inherently selfish/evil” line only serves to protect those responsible from accountability by distributing the blame.
FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 4 days ago
“He hates me, yet he caught me. Man is good.”
Schmoo@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
I used to think this way when I was miserable and disillusioned with society in general. When you approach life with the assumption that people are evil by default you tend to only notice things which affirm that belief. I’ve since made a lot of changes in my life and gained a new perspective, and I’ve found that I more frequently notice people doing small acts of kindness when they think no one’s looking. Most people want to do good, it’s just that they don’t often succeed.