Love is intrinsically selfish

[Violet]

Empathy is selfless. Love is selfish.

You appear to imply that selfishness is a negative value. How does something being selfish reduce its value? Certainly hoarding can be a bad thing... as can greed... but both of these can have profoundly good impacts at times. And I would dispute the nonselfishness of empathy while love is selfish. How is hatred (generally considered an opposite to love) selfish? You tell me, because I don't see it.

Everything you value has been valued individually (by you). We all possess a perspective unique to ourselves. I simply don't care if what I do (and what I want) is right or wrong by others' judgements: I'm doing it anyway.

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(Sociopaths do not help others for no reason. It is kind of part of the definition of sociopath.)

I imagine most people here consider me a sociopath.

And when I do help people for no reason: I don't give a shit what happens after my assistance (or generosity). I'm rather whimsical ^_^ I give people bunnies and lunch and money and help and forget about them until I meet them again. ^_^

Really... I see no reason sociopaths must be all of one stock (hoarding). I can under many less exclusive definitions be a sociopath that shares. I'm apathetic to anything that doesn't affect me... regardless of whether I randomly help people out or not. I certainly don't care about those people I help out, and I usually don't care about the way in which I do help them out. It's a mood thing

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The second is undescribable

I can describe it.

Obsession and intense concern over the well-being, happiness, safety, and mood of something/someone that you value more than yourself.

That isn't to say my description does it enough justice