@IronBeaver said:
The decisions of a few bad people, or the passive failures of the common man?
Like, you could say the common man because he is so distracted and indifferent, but couldn't that be because of all the stuff made by the elite?
A few bad people.
That's not to say that the "common man" doesn't play a role. Some dude kills himself or goes on a rampage because he feels like "the common man" doesn't give a $hit about him. He feels alienated and an outcast, there's no one to turn to, and he goes a little bit more insane. Still, f*** that guy. The VAST majority of people alive today are not the "elite" or anything close to being "the elite". The vast majority of people who are "victims of evil" are not "the elite". And gee, look at that...most of them aren't "being evil". It's just a select few. They're also poor and disadvantaged and downtrodden, but you don't see them committing heinous acts of evil or murdering the $hit out of people. Most people manage to come off as being at least reasonably decent people without needing "the elite" to walk them through life and wipe their asses for them.
And hell...what reason is there to coddle these people? Do you know what often happens when "the elite" try to help out the less-than-privileged? The less-than-privileged often try to royally f*** over "the elite". Example: I'm fairly broke. Not as broke as some people, though. So if I walk through an area with a heavy concentration of bums, it's not uncommon for bums to ask me for money. I've learned not to give them a goddamn thing. Because the second that you give them anything, they get pissed off that you didn't give more. And even if they're happy with your contribution, you had better hope that you never see them again.
DO NOT perform random acts of charity or kindness to a stranger unless you genuinely have reason to believe that you'll never see that person again. Be VERY wary of doing extra stuff just to help oput your fellow man. Because if the recipients of such charity manage to recognize a pattern, they will abuse the ever-loving bejeesus out of you. Do something nice ONCE, and before you know it, it has become YOUR JOB. Now, despite the fact that you had no reason to do it in the first place, you can't stop doing it or else it'll have consequences. That thing you did at work because the person who gets paid to do it wasn't there? Well, $hit. Now you did it, which demonstrates that you can do it. So now you're f***ing expected to do it even though that that's not your f***ing job. That dude who lives near you who you occasionally lend change for burgers? Well, you'd sure as hell better not stop giving him pocket change, because he knows where you live. If you had said no the first time, you would have been fine. But instead, you gave him pocket change five times, so you're f***ed now. Now, in his mind, giving him money is YOUR JOB. The next time you're walking to the mailbox and he asks you for change, you'd better not refuse to pay him. Otherwise, he'll throw a brick at your car's windshield while you're asleep.
And it's like...who is worse in that scenario? Well...HIM. Just because I own a car that he can vandalize doesn't mean I'm not poor. Hell...I'm probably even WORSE off than him. He looks at my $hit as a luxury, but the fact is that my $hit requires money to upkeep. I can't lose my car without losing my f***ing job, while he doesn't have a job or a car, and is doing just fine. I have things that I need to put money toards in order to put food on the table, while that's a nonissue for him because he can't afford $hit that actually requires spending.
So, yeaH...F*** BUMS. They can go kiss my ass. I'm not saying that there aren't some good bums and leeches out there. But if even half of them are dirtbags, then it's in my best interest to not help any of them out one f***ing bit. Especially since I'm pretty f***ing poor too.
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