| >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dying_of_Whiteness > This simply isn't the case. It presupposes that you should know what the other person wants. You don't... and even when you know it (because they've told you), you ignore it because it's not what you would prefer that they want. I'm not ignoring it. I do know it (in certain cases) because they've said so: they want to see certain people(s) suffering: * http://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/... They often don't want to suffer themselves and are indignant when things come back and bite them in the ass: * https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Leopards_Eating_People%27s_Fa... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkeys_voting_for_Christmas Though some don't care how much it costs them as long as it costs someone else more (or perceived as such by them): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality But someone's interests/desires of what they believe to be good, and what is actually good can be two different things. (And even if choosing between things that are actually good, one can choose a good that is not as good as what one could choose.) |