I’m not sure if this is what you’re asking but I met a Chinese tourist about 20 years ago. He was also traveling on his own. He seemed like a relatively nice guy, even when drunk. Not like “wow this guy is such a nice person” bu you know. Someone you could grab a beer with. His table manners were umm… different, but I attribute that to cultural differences. Oh and he liked smashing his fist on the table for emphasis and dramatic effect when talking about something that was important to him. He was obsessed with respect. Who respected him, who didn’t respect him, etc. He also had a deep and great love for his country, something he seemed to derive meaning and sense of purpose from.

Dolphins and killer whales are capable of all the things you describe. So are all great apes. Chimpanzees are capable of genocide. It’s not even human nature. It’s just nature.

Are you familiar with Dunbar’s number? The problem isn’t how people organize, it’s how many people organize. You get groups too big, the human empathy module short circuits and starts ignoring other humans as such…

You know what other animals can organize in large collaborative groups and not fight each other? Ants, bees and mole rats. Eusocial animals.

The problem with eusocial animals is they divide into genetically determined castes… So nature has shown us it’s either small packs or become a drone for the hive, and the problem with small pack is that larger packs destroy them.

I hope you’re right.

haha why not?

Technically, you’d be right though.

But yes, I ignored nuance. Would you like to talk about nuance?

I’m not sure if you’re being sarcastic or not, but that is what I actually think. Like, that’s just what empires do imo. Sharks can be pretty brutal to smaller fish. Empires are brutal to smaller nations. It’s just how it works. Nothing personal, the way I see it. vOv

Yes, I am.

Your democracy is falling apart because of it is an empire in late decadence. Its systems of checks and balances are collapsing.

The world is getting more war friendly because as dominant empires fall apart internally, nations want to do stuff they weren’t allowed to when the big bad empire had more control.

This is all part of the natural life cycle of empires. Best case scenario is they fizzle out with protection from another empire, like Great Britain did. Worst case scenario is really bad.

Expect to see more of this kind of thing in the future. Might be a good time to consider going somewhere else, cause things could get really ugly. These problems are terminal and at this point it doesn’t really matter who gets elected. It’ll keep falling apart. I say this with sadness. My country also got screwed by the USA, but if it hadn’t it would have been some other empire. Such is the life of the small poor nation.

I’m sorry, but I think it’s important to see this for what it is and to adapt.

You too friend, and sorry for being mean.

I’m sorry I upset you, but yes, you were coming off a little emotional.

I didn’t mean to be rude.

What I shared was a personal story about my life which is painful for me to remember. I don’t go around sharing shit stuff with people who want to harm me. I share it with people who i think could benefit from it.

I really hope you have an awesome day cause to me, regardless of anything that’s been said, you seem like an awesome person. <3

No, you misunderstood. I do care, but not about the issue. About you.

I could be wrong about the issue.

I’m sorry if I made you upset. Honestly.

Ofc I have no work regarding that because I was shitposting. I was hoping you’d take things a bit more lightly.

Personally, I’m a bit within the autism spectrum. When I was a kid I had a lot of trouble with some social hints that other people seemed to pick up really fast. With time some of those things I’ve learnt to pick up better, and others not so much. Also got bullied and that wasn’t fun.

My impression of this situation is that you misread a social hint, which is fine, and then got a little bit defensive about it, which is also fine. I can understand that. Has happened to me a billion times and I’m not as graceful as you are.

It’s just like… For me it was better to, at some point, stop resisting the pain of accepting I didn’t read these things as well as others did and just admitting “sorry, sometimes i don’t get when ppl are joking” because it reminded me of being in the spectrum and therefore different… For me, this was unthinkable… So I kept insisting on points when many others were telling me, with relative compassion, that I may have made a mistake.

I don’t care about the issue we were talking about anymore. Just want you to understand that even if I do believe you made a mistake in reading the situation, It’s not what I now consider relevant of this conversation, don’t think you were wrong in your perspective regarding security and I’m not laughing at you. I’m not doing anything at your expense. Just sharing a personal difficulty with you for your own possible benefit.

Idk if you can relate, but if you can maybe it could help.

Peace, friend, and have a great week. <3

No, in this case it’s true independent of my opinion or perspective.

Kinda was. Sry.

How about 0.001 security?

They’re usually traced through the fly swatter.

You’re not rambling about nothing, and yes, you got dealt shit cards by the croupier of life. Lots of people have it easier in many regards. I can understand your frustration and resistance. You got robbed of your childhood and that sucks.

However, life is unfair and life is relentless and that ain’t changing anytime soon. If you don’t find a job/income source within a reasonable time frame, you’ll be back in a different kind of hell.

I understand you are grieving for your childhood, but sometimes your material situation becomes more urgent than your feelings. How urgent finding a job is depends on your personal finances and security nets available.

I suggest getting a job for your own good. Life is unfair but all we can do is adapt and look out for ourselves and those we care about.

If you play your cards right career-wise, you might be able to dedicate some time to self discovery now or more later on, when you have financial stability.

Good luck to you, friend.

Those poor advertising service providers!

Also…

this one saves me a lot of time when addressing complex issues.