To not care about others, to care only about yourself, and hurt anyone on your path to satisfy your desires, is what society mostly rewards.
We can observe this kind of behavior everywhere on the world, from the high echelons to the lowest of society. From companies that destroy the environment and people's lives for profit. Governments who abuse their own people for selfish reasons. To the doctor who abuses his position to mistreat you, to the common neighbors who want to see you worse than themselves, and to people close to you who lie to you and manipulate you. And the saddest of all is that, most of this behavior protected by the law.
Throughout my life I have always considered other people to be important, and that one should not stomp people to achieve one's goals.
But now that I am 24 years old, a series of events in my life have made realize that most people do not follow these ideals. To the contrary, people are either stepping stones or nobody.
I always tried to avoid conflict, but if you do so, people will keep abusing of you. You have to fight, hurt other people, and doing this carry consequences, which, contrary to what you may think, a lot of the time yields positive results. It seems people start to fear you and respect you.
I write all of this based on recent experiences as I said. And honestly it frightens me. It scares me what I am becoming. I have started feeling less guilt for doing things which usually made me uncomfortable, or I thought were wrong. But then again, many do this to me and other people without any regard. I feel society is changing me into a monster. And what I used to fight back, is now becoming a part of me.
I believe this kind of behavior and changes depend on the society where you live. If you believe in a more humane society, this kind of thing does not occur. But when everyone is fighting each other, there is no other options but to fight back.
JFYI, I live in a central american country. And this kind of behavior of only caring about yourself is very common in latin america. I am dying to live in a different country (Japan), so that I can carry a life with more peace.
What are your thoughts? Did you experience changes during your early adulthood?
We can observe this kind of behavior everywhere on the world, from the high echelons to the lowest of society. From companies that destroy the environment and people's lives for profit. Governments who abuse their own people for selfish reasons. To the doctor who abuses his position to mistreat you, to the common neighbors who want to see you worse than themselves, and to people close to you who lie to you and manipulate you. And the saddest of all is that, most of this behavior protected by the law.
Throughout my life I have always considered other people to be important, and that one should not stomp people to achieve one's goals.
But now that I am 24 years old, a series of events in my life have made realize that most people do not follow these ideals. To the contrary, people are either stepping stones or nobody.
I always tried to avoid conflict, but if you do so, people will keep abusing of you. You have to fight, hurt other people, and doing this carry consequences, which, contrary to what you may think, a lot of the time yields positive results. It seems people start to fear you and respect you.
I write all of this based on recent experiences as I said. And honestly it frightens me. It scares me what I am becoming. I have started feeling less guilt for doing things which usually made me uncomfortable, or I thought were wrong. But then again, many do this to me and other people without any regard. I feel society is changing me into a monster. And what I used to fight back, is now becoming a part of me.
I believe this kind of behavior and changes depend on the society where you live. If you believe in a more humane society, this kind of thing does not occur. But when everyone is fighting each other, there is no other options but to fight back.
JFYI, I live in a central american country. And this kind of behavior of only caring about yourself is very common in latin america. I am dying to live in a different country (Japan), so that I can carry a life with more peace.
What are your thoughts? Did you experience changes during your early adulthood?
