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I'd argue people who lack critical thinking skills are more likely to be scared and/or angry than they are to be happy.
They're told that people like immigrants, the LGBT community, the poor etc are trying to take valuable resources away and force their culture/agenda. That these groups are dangerous, inferior, and deserve harsher treatment.
They're told that we need to give up personal liberties in the name of security. That sites requiring ID to confirm your age is a good thing to protect the children.
They're told that climate change is a hoax created by liberals to take away their right to use gas cars and funnel money into renewable energy.
I'm sure there are other talking points but I got tired just thinking about it.
It's all equally exhausting if you ask me.
wheezyI think if you lack critical thinking skills but have all your material needs met, have a non alienating job that is satisfying, and aren't constantly seeking answers for why your life sucks (that the media loves to provide in the form of lies), you're probably going to be pretty happy.
I guess my point is that it's not necessarily the lack of critical thinking alone. It's the combination of that with people's material circumstances.
Basically I'm just describing that I see it through a lense of dialectical materialism.
It's why I want racist or homophobic idiots to also have free universal healthcare, education, and a fulfilling job. Because I don't think you can solely "educate" away the conditions that lead people to look for answers to their poor conditions. Answers that Twitter Nazis and media outlets are happy to fill with xenophobia and bigotry.
White working class people definitely still have privileges and advantages. But you can't educate away their feelings of "well, my parents owned a house at 19 and lived off a single salary. I'm driving for Uber and have 3 roommates". And the bigotries are there to offer them reasons for why it's not their own failure and (most importantly) why it's not the failures of capitalism.
all this is true, and i want to add they're also told that there are people that can fix things for them if they just believe in them and give them whatever they need to return to the "good old days"; in the united states; this is always a republican leader.
i think that this gives them hope for a brighter future and this hope makes them seem happier than others. they're fooled into having faith that things will eventually get better, so long as they keep showing up to vote for their "protector" (and they VERY MUCH reliably do) or else someone else with take charge who will then let those evil lgbt, poor, immigrants, etc. destroy the country. in the united states this someone else is always a democratic leader.
liberals have to find their own source of hope and; in the united states; most place it upon a democratic leader, but liberals see their leader less as a protector and more like a stop-gap or as someone who is a lesser evil. it doesn't matter than the democratic leader is virtually the same as the republican leader, it only matters that they're more socially progressive than the republican leader; even if only by a hair.
this means that the regressive policies that both the democratic and republican leaders share invariably bites a person in the ass where it either reinforces a conservative's faith in a protector or it disillusions a liberal. the liberal then, either rebuilds their broken sense of hope and invests it again into a new democratic leader or checks out of the system to become either a doomer and/or a non-voter.
Darkassassin07I would believe when people think about the word ignorant they think about MAGA and those people seem pretty damn miserable.
Sure some would even say they're happy but their actions certainly don't look like someone that is anything close to happy.
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Being a cat would be nice, but I'd be happy just to have half their self-advocacy skills.
Me: "Um, hey, I am sorry to bother you, but could you scootch your chair a teeny bit? I need to get to the table behind you. Okay, a bit more. Just a smiiiidge more." Holds breath and squeezes by. "Okay, thank you! Sorry again for bothering you."
Meanwhile,
Cat: Pounces onto pillow at 5am "Wake up, bitch. It's time for my breakfast. Now I'm going to meow repeatedly into your face until you comply with my demands."
The solution to that is to make it very clear, from the beginning that you do not negotiate with terrorists but you do acknowledge her/him and return kindness with kindness. There's a reason my wife's relationship with our cat involves a lot more being bitten and meowed at until demands are met than mine does.
My cat learned she can wake me up instantly by scratching my face and neck in an unfriendly manner.
Mine used to chomp the tip of my nose.
Skill issue. Nobody's preventing you from doing that.
Yeah, autism does tend to create communication skill issues that can't easily be changed by things others do. Good observation!
You want to me your cat because you treat them well.
Being any random cat could be rough. There are a lot of terrible pet owners out there.
I don't know, man. Those folks sure seem unnecessarily angry about a lot of stupid shit.
But it's never their own fault, they are never to blame. Feels good and righteous to be that kind of angry.
I actively envy the stupid. Every day.
Imagine how life must be when your greatest concern is Disney or some social media drama. These people just float through the day entirely unbothered by the myriad of existential crises that are stalking them like prey.
They're aggressively wrong about so many things. And absolutely iron clad confident in their wrongness.
They are not stupid. They are weak, or overwhelmed, so they gave in to the people that told them that they made no mistake, that they are disadvantaged and that other people are to blame for their problems. Suddenly you go from privileged to underdog. Your struggles feel recognized. It must be a great feeling. That's why it works.
Everybody is wrong, just by different degrees. E.g. you believe they are stupid but maybe they just choose their battles differently.
How clever are the not so stupid people if they cannot use the internet to create a better place for themselves?
It isn't stupid to check out. If you can't handle it then you can't handle it. Make things light on yourself. I won't judge for that. When I say stupid I mean sstupid. Dumb as hell. Wrong about obvious things they were taught young. And proud of their ignorance.
I'm not so sure about that. A lot of people seem to get very angry about things that I don't think matters, or they can't do anything about . . . oh hang on, I get it. You're talking about me aren't you?
Yup. For every real problem that they're blissfully ignorant of, there's a made-up problem that they can't shut up about
Ignorance is bliss as they say.
I heard that sentiment a lot the last couple of days, and people were so serious about it. It was mostly because I thought it was common sense to use sun protection with my 3 year old and not let her play out in the sun in a short bathing suit at noon and without a hat. And that I preferred her to wear socks and tucked in pants when they went to a forest with ticks.
You worry too much
Look at us, we also made it here, and our parents didn't look out for these things
How are people even living nowadays with all their restrictions
Think less you'll sleep better
Ignorance is bliss, we just don't overthink it
Your kids all look like tomatoes turning into raisins y'all
I feel like in a fever dream
True bliss is being able to live the serenity prayer (at least stripped of the religious aspects): the courage to change the things you can, the serenity to accept the things you can't, and the wisdom to know the difference.
People who feel burdened by knowledge tend to be bad at separating the concept of things that are bad and things that you should actually worry about.
Ignorance of danger might be good for happiness if you're powerless to stop it. But it might be bad for happiness if you suffer harm that you didn't have to, just because of your own ignorance. People who live like that sometimes feel like they're just tossed around by the world, powerless against the forces that affect their lives.
That's a cool concept to live by!
Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I've found Serenity
And you can't take the sky from me
Ignorance is bliss.
Cypher was a prophet.
..but satisfaction brought it back
I'd rather be made sad by the truth than to not have it
Why not be happy that you have the truth
Indeed, optimistic nihilism is a movement. Nietsche was not a miserable sod apparently.
Because the truth sucks and I'd love to not be constantly haunted by it.
The truth doesn't suck imho
Whoa... where are you hanging out where people seem happy??
you don't have to go far. just drive until you see the trump signs and flags. ironically, cognitive decline also increases in those areas.
I live in a deep red part of the country, surrounded by those people. Not a single one of them I've met seems happy. They're all angry, paranoid and miserable.
Most are over weight, uninsured, underemployed, and have a whole host of health issues on top of it. Voting for Trump didn't change any of that, they're still all miserable.
you're looking at them from your perspective of "happy".
they look miserable to you because by all logic, they are.
their brains have been reprogrammed to believe they're happy because they are " winning" because you are "losing".
I don't know man... They're all pretty eager to complain about their problems and winge about how 'unjust' the world is, or how persecuted they are.
When people tell you who they are, usually it's safe to believe them. None of these people wanna talk about how they're happy. They look miserable, but they act miserable too.
That's one way to look at it.
Same thing I've observed, but the look of unhinged glee they get when they talk about ICE or police brutality against minorities is telling me they are happy with the current status and are willing to suffer as long as the others they hate suffer more.
these fools have a persecution fetish I've never before, and I've seen some pretty mentally ill people in my time.
You're not more intelligent than happy people
but my ego!
but op sure is less happy than dumb people
Bruh no they are not. Just ask the ppl saying gays cause hurricanes.
They are happy that they feel much freer saying how intolerant and full of hate they are.
Most of them are terrified. It's only their news sources that mislead them about the cause of their misery.
You could always slam your head into a wall until your critical thinking skills are gone. Though I suspect they might already be on the way out if you seriously consider this or go through with it.
That's not going to make you happier
Nearly everyone in this country lacks critical thinking skills.
It's why we still have a two-party system.
Ehhhhh, given the voting and representation systems we have, a two party system is a logical result, especially when all voters are rational.
Exactly. That system would have been changed long ago if people were smarter.
if you believe this, you might be happy
Interesting that the usernames are blurred. These look like public posts,I thought it's good practice to give credit?
It really is true.
What a horrible sentiment. I would rather be the most jaded cynical angry motherfucker in the universe than wish to become weaker and more subservient.
It's a joke
Let me try making one: I wish squirrels were more carnivorous.
When AGI (Artificial Genie Intelligence) is finally realized, I hope this is the first wish they grant.