Originally Posted by
crazedrat
that philosophy ultimately results in a dying world, which is happy and unaware it is dying. Pretty much the way the world is now, actually...
Have you ever seen the movie independence day?
It is an interesting film, the alien race is symbolic of the human race in a certain way.
The climactic scene is where the president comes face to face with an alien, and the alien uses some kind of mind-connecting ability to speak with him.
The president asks if there can be peace between the aliens, and the lesser humans.
Alien says peace? No peace.
So he says... what is it you want us to do? The alien says... (music builds up) ..Die!!!
The aliens sole desire is for the human race to die.
Longer story short, they shoot the alien, but not before the president has "seen the aliens thoughts"
The aliens, apparently, move from planet to planet, consuming every natural resource and then moving on.. In an effort to fuel the needs of the social structure they have created for themselves. The death of the human race, the lesser race, becomes an inevitability.
In the same way that is our attitude toward everything lesser than us.
The aliens in the movie are symbolic of the human race, they are to the galaxy what we are to the world; not limited to the earth.. to anything, really. Another nation, a family member, a friend, etc.
The aliens do not feel the suffering of the humans, they are happy to keep it out of their awareness.. they are simply interested in fueling their societies appetite.
As a sheep with an appetite, that is how you remain. And this inevitably exists, and is present in a person, to whatever extent they qualify as a sheep. ESFJ in my mind is the epitome of the word sheep.
Anyway, that is why your attitude and mind is... well, by my standards, not really something awesome.
The only flaw in what I just said is the ... "Okay, so what do you expect us to do about it?"
The answer: Aside from doing exactly what Jesus did; and I say this from an intellectual, and not religious perspective.. reject the social appetite, and walk against the structure.. which will ultimately result in the society killing you in some sense of the word; aside from that, there is nothing you can do. Be aware of it, admit you suck ass... move on.. but don't lie to yourself, don't deny it; you are cancer