Always when I watch the news and I see how the Ukrainians fight I am astonished. It is quite heroic what these people do. (Okay not everyone is fighting.) But if there was a war between Germany and Russia 95% of the German civilians would surrender without fighting. We live in post-heroic societies. In many western societies the individualism is widespread. We only know heroes when we watch Netflix. Barely anyone wants to sacrifice his/ her life for a higher good. Maybe you could say the people become smarter. Some would say in our secular countries there are less treacherous ideologies. But this indiviudualism is also part of capitalism which clearly is an ideology.
I am not sure whether the people become more softer concerning suffering and life quality. One could also argue the people become smarter. For example in dictatorships many people know thankfully to the internet that their government is spreading propaganda. I think even in North Korea many people learn that their government just spreads fake news. But obviously it is still very hard to escape this place.
I think poverty and life quality is often relative. I give you an example if you live in my country from welfare and you see every of your friend with a Mercedes and their wifes it is obvious you feel bad in comparison to them. But if you had the life quality of a German unemployed person in South Sudan you probably would feel way way better. For me welfare is a real reason why I need to ctb. It does not really comfort me that in Third World countries they have it worse.
Though I still try to think about my priviliges. My life is really hard and I struggle a lot. But I compare my current way of living with my horrible past and probably my even worse future. So I try to make the best of it with my remaining time.
Damn the life centuries ago must have been so extremely cruel. I think the smell in cities must have been horrible because proper toilet systems were not invented. And there was stuff like public torturing which was like a party for the whole village. If you read about the torture from centuries ago which was a common practice in many many places you feel disgusted. And so many innocent people were tortured for nothing for stuff like witchcraft. I know there are still horrible things happening till today. But the past must have been extremely brutal. No electricity, no internet, all my coping mechanisms would fail.
Maybe in future centuries they will judge our current societies for stigmatizing suicidal people that much. I could really imagine that.
What do you feel about that topic?
I am not sure whether the people become more softer concerning suffering and life quality. One could also argue the people become smarter. For example in dictatorships many people know thankfully to the internet that their government is spreading propaganda. I think even in North Korea many people learn that their government just spreads fake news. But obviously it is still very hard to escape this place.
I think poverty and life quality is often relative. I give you an example if you live in my country from welfare and you see every of your friend with a Mercedes and their wifes it is obvious you feel bad in comparison to them. But if you had the life quality of a German unemployed person in South Sudan you probably would feel way way better. For me welfare is a real reason why I need to ctb. It does not really comfort me that in Third World countries they have it worse.
Though I still try to think about my priviliges. My life is really hard and I struggle a lot. But I compare my current way of living with my horrible past and probably my even worse future. So I try to make the best of it with my remaining time.
Damn the life centuries ago must have been so extremely cruel. I think the smell in cities must have been horrible because proper toilet systems were not invented. And there was stuff like public torturing which was like a party for the whole village. If you read about the torture from centuries ago which was a common practice in many many places you feel disgusted. And so many innocent people were tortured for nothing for stuff like witchcraft. I know there are still horrible things happening till today. But the past must have been extremely brutal. No electricity, no internet, all my coping mechanisms would fail.
Maybe in future centuries they will judge our current societies for stigmatizing suicidal people that much. I could really imagine that.
What do you feel about that topic?
