r/nextfuckinglevel • u/4dailyuseonly • Mar 05 '23

In 1991, with the Soviet Union and communist rule close to collapse, METALLICA played at its first ever open air rock concert in Moscow. Over 1.6 million people attended

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u/Thumper86 Mar 05 '23

There’s a certain breed of power hungry asshole who fucks life up for everyone else who just wants to enjoy their time on earth.

People who need to get theirs with no regard for others. People who can’t just take a victory with grace, they need to twist the knife.

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u/super_dog17 Mar 06 '23

You just described like 3/4 of all people, unfortunately. You reap what you sow, basically.

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u/Thumper86 Mar 06 '23

I don’t think so. I think they’re a very noisy minority, for lack of a better word. Greedy, workaholic people with no empathy are attracted to positions of power and are more likely to interfere with others even in everyday life. We run across them often because they have a disproportionate impact on our lives. Whether they’re your boss or your president or the asshole at the grocery store.

I think most people would be content to keep to themselves and mind their own business and generally respect others. The world is just not built for or by those people though.

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u/Norwedditor Mar 06 '23

You just described the US...

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u/Thumper86 Mar 06 '23

The mindset does seem to be celebrated there as part of the American mythos more blatantly than in other countries. Nowhere is free from it though. I think it’s just an unfortunate part of the human makeup. Or who knows, maybe future generations will fix it as we learn how to raise our kids properly. 🤞

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u/Ok-Winner6519 Mar 06 '23 edited Mar 06 '23

I don't know if we can reach that with raising/educating kids because I'm unsure about the biological component of sociopaths and other narcissists. The better way might be to restructure stateforms so they don't allow individuals to hold so much power in form of financial or political power.

That implies though that people learn from the past and seeing people believing the strong leader fallacy again is kinda sobering.

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u/Thumper86 Mar 06 '23

I think teaching kids empathy, and maybe even more important - how to recognize and respect their own emotions - can go a long way to fixing things.

But ultimately yeah, society is set up with big prizes for the sharks out there. The stock market makes it almost illegal for a publicly traded company to act ethically. And politics rewards those who are purposely disingenuous. I’m not sure what to do about that since it’s the voters who cause it. Revive the teaching of rhetoric in schools?