Karl Rand
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A google search under misanthropy forum bought me here so maybe I’m posting in the wrong place?
I have a decent enough social life yet my view of human kind is very, very dark. Possibly reading Arthur Koestler’s ‘The Ghost in the Machine’ many decades ago as a teenager has a lot to do with it. I find arguments about ideology and politics largely can’t see the elephant in the room, the viscious tribal nature of our species. Often when I make that remark the positive side of human nature is drawn to my attention. My response is if we’re aware of how much beauty we are capable of, from falling in love to writing symphonies, it makes abominations such as our ability to wipe out all life on this planet with nuclear war , global warming - the list could go on.
My view in fact is so dark I’m glad I’m 73 and will soon leave the planet. Problem is things are getting out of hand so fast I may not get out of here in time.
I have a decent enough social life yet my view of human kind is very, very dark. Possibly reading Arthur Koestler’s ‘The Ghost in the Machine’ many decades ago as a teenager has a lot to do with it. I find arguments about ideology and politics largely can’t see the elephant in the room, the viscious tribal nature of our species. Often when I make that remark the positive side of human nature is drawn to my attention. My response is if we’re aware of how much beauty we are capable of, from falling in love to writing symphonies, it makes abominations such as our ability to wipe out all life on this planet with nuclear war , global warming - the list could go on.
My view in fact is so dark I’m glad I’m 73 and will soon leave the planet. Problem is things are getting out of hand so fast I may not get out of here in time.