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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

at first sight, hilarious. at second sight - dang we are being had big time...

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Katherine's avatar

WHAT A BRILLIANT AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING POST! Please keep sharing your epiphanies.

Your insights make me think of some of Hugh Prather's books, though his insights/short quotes address more of one's internal life, rather than the world at large.

Your sentiments, in short-form like ones in this post, compiled, would make a fantastic, short book. Just sayin'.

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DefCon-Dan's avatar

Yes, I also have a collection of epiphanies like these that will go into my short book that I may never write.

Here are a couple of them.

If you are not a predator, then you are probably one of the prey.

If you are not a parasite, then you are probably one of the hosts.

Too often it is both of these together.

Decades ago I realized that the human species was probably doomed to eliminate itself.

Until 2020 I wasn't sure if that was correct, but the past 5 years have convinced me that was correct.

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AussieManDust's avatar

I am a Misanthrope.

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The Underdog's avatar

Misanthropy: where one human hates another because they hate how humans hate each other.

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DefCon-Dan's avatar

It is not limited to only hatred, but also mainly distrust of human nature.

So our Founding Fathers who distrusted human nature so much, could be considered misanthropes too?

Most of us distrust most of us, so most of us are also misanthropes?

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Katherine's avatar

W-O-W.

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BRK7_2's avatar

A perfect demonstration of how pervasive and successful the psychologic dulling has been applied onto society over time. It has literally extinguished constructive thought. “Go to the end of A and no further.””Yes, Sir!”

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Metta Zetty's avatar

🎯 Nothing like hitting the nail on the head! 💯

Nothing like simply telling the truth . . . . .

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Katherine's avatar

I see a great T-shirt I'd like to wear:

"Gambling is illegal in the US, unless you happen to work for Pfizer."

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