A message of hope?

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Mr Unknown

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I feel that the world and life are very unjust. I feel everything is an absurd struggle for survival. There are powerful forces pulling the strings. God, the devil, reincarnation, eternal return, hell, new world order. Scary ideas that can be true. We are not safe here. We're not even safe after death. We just have us. Humans. The ones that can figure everything out. The ones that can solve any problem. Nothing is beyond our comprehension. We can defeat any force that tries to manipulate us. We can learn to love each other and to become developed individuals. We can create opportunities for everyone. We can make our dreams come true. Although I'm not sure if all of this is possible to accomplish. But, in a meaningless world the best way to rebell against it is to have a meaning of your own.
 
Harte

Harte

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A great many people are not taking advantage of the opportunities we already offer them.

Some people don't want opportunity. This shows that this belief that "If only we could do (this or that)" doesn't take into account the nature of human beings.

Harte
 
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NaturalPhilosopher

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Harte said:
A great many people are not taking advantage of the opportunities we already offer them.

Some people don't want opportunity. This shows that this belief that "If only we could do (this or that)" doesn't take into account the nature of human beings.

Harte
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'if you work really hard, pay your bills, get good grades, eat your veggies, separate your recyclables, move up the corporate ladder, kiss your grandma you'll get what you want'

people resent it
 
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Yeats

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NaturalPhilosopher said:
'if you work really hard, pay your bills, get good grades, eat your veggies, separate your recyclables, move up the corporate ladder, kiss your grandma you'll get what you want'

people resent it
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Some do indeed resent it, but is that an excuse for being lazy, not paying what you owe, failing in school, starving yourself, living in garbage, collecting welfare, or punching grandma in the face?

True, there are those who cannot achieve their goals in life no matter how much effort they may apply to the task, due to their own limitations or because they may live under an oppressive regime. But there are many more who do not achieve due to lack of effort on their part, or because they are of the opinion that they are owed whatever they desire simply because they desire it, or because they wish for things which are just not attainable.

We can sympathize with, and seek to help, those in the first category. The latter deserve neither our compassion nor our assistance.
 

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