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[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

but you cannot expect strangers

Strangers tend to be humans. I expect humans to be machines for making the world worse. I don't expect humans to respect my boundaries, quite often, because a large number of humans gain profit from oppressing each other.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wish it weren't so. Kindness is often just a choice.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

Kindness might feel like or look like a choice, but it truly comes from understanding. Lord Buddha came across some children fishing, and asked them how they would react to a hook piercing their cheek, for example.

The concept of 'me' as exclusive from other living beings is what allows for harmful distinctions to be made, where 'me' can exploit others for profit. In reality, 'me' is just one of many living beings, and we are all born, feel pain, and die.

[–] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

WAAAHHHH!! HUMANS BAD!!! GIVING BIRTH IS EVIL EVERYONE SUCKS WAAHHHHHHH!!!