I would also argue that the extreme softness of our (western) lives has increased the sociopathic (don't know much about this as a subject and can't claim any expertise) and/or the aggressive tendencies.
As in, there is an actual level of friction that is needed in life--both physically (think lifting weights to get stronger) or emotio…
I would also argue that the extreme softness of our (western) lives has increased the sociopathic (don't know much about this as a subject and can't claim any expertise) and/or the aggressive tendencies.
As in, there is an actual level of friction that is needed in life--both physically (think lifting weights to get stronger) or emotionally, intellectually, logistically, etc. So much of society has been trying to de-frictionize every corner of life for the last couple decades (or forever, maybe), that I wonder if there isn't a reservoir of untapped OOMPH that, like you say, is coming out against the unvaxxed, in vehement opinions and rash statements (I have acquaintances who say "hey, if they [the unvaxxed] all die, life will just be better for the rest of us"). There is an unmet desire to EXERT that the cushy-living person who just plays on their phone all day--ordering this and that, delegating the daily exertions of mere living to the lesser folk that work in warehouses, on farms, building houses, mopping floors, etc., who thinks sweat is only legit if it is in a fancy gym or in an expensive pair of sneakers or yoga pants--exercises in their casual hate/shunning/shaming/bad-mouthing/virtue-signalling. And they've learned to not only disdain actual, healthy friction, but to fear it.
I would also argue that the extreme softness of our (western) lives has increased the sociopathic (don't know much about this as a subject and can't claim any expertise) and/or the aggressive tendencies.
As in, there is an actual level of friction that is needed in life--both physically (think lifting weights to get stronger) or emotionally, intellectually, logistically, etc. So much of society has been trying to de-frictionize every corner of life for the last couple decades (or forever, maybe), that I wonder if there isn't a reservoir of untapped OOMPH that, like you say, is coming out against the unvaxxed, in vehement opinions and rash statements (I have acquaintances who say "hey, if they [the unvaxxed] all die, life will just be better for the rest of us"). There is an unmet desire to EXERT that the cushy-living person who just plays on their phone all day--ordering this and that, delegating the daily exertions of mere living to the lesser folk that work in warehouses, on farms, building houses, mopping floors, etc., who thinks sweat is only legit if it is in a fancy gym or in an expensive pair of sneakers or yoga pants--exercises in their casual hate/shunning/shaming/bad-mouthing/virtue-signalling. And they've learned to not only disdain actual, healthy friction, but to fear it.
But it's not enough. Which you also said.
Nice post.
I think you are right. Consider pressure on a "system", too - it's going to blow at some point.