RE: In support of the rage of man
April 1, 2019 at 4:02 am
(This post was last modified: April 1, 2019 at 4:17 am by Homeless Nutter.)
(March 31, 2019 at 5:35 pm)Belaqua Wrote: Yeah, I don't think we can call something a mental illness when the whole society supports and rewards it.
"Whole society supports and rewards it"? Lol... Then what on Earth is the OP moaning about?...
Our society often rewards dysfunctional, harmful and pathological behavior - often for the sake of nothing more than entertainment value. We reward rock-stars for abusing drugs and cutting themselves on stage. We reward pathological narcissists both in entertainment and in politics. Some societies support and reward suicidal tendencies.
(March 31, 2019 at 5:35 pm)Belaqua Wrote: It's an evolved trait, and we can see that culture rewards some of those and tries to suppress others (never perfectly).
Yeah, sure. Maybe society rewards those, who can act in an aggressive manner in appropriate situations, as opposed to psychopaths and people with no self-control? It may be beneficial to appear crazy and unpredictable to your enemies under certain circumstances, but being actually crazy is not. And the trouble is - crazy people find it difficult to tell the difference between the two.
(March 31, 2019 at 5:35 pm)Belaqua Wrote: Aggression is one of those that people might condemn in the abstract, but easily find a way to justify when they want.
Yes, people are good at justifying stuff, that's convenient. Case in point: "I can't control my anti-social outbursts of emotions, but I don't need help - everybody else just needs to stop being such infuriating beta-cucks. When the end of civilization comes you're going to need people like me, because back in the days of hunting rabbits and gathering berries, blind, uncontrolled rage was our chief method of survival."
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
