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the trump tutelage posted:It's also an ego thing, I think. If you're getting worked up by an article or arguing about a topic on the internet, you're involved. You're hip to what's happening. You're potentially part of the solution, even if tangentially. Maybe you'll finally do something concrete. Maybe you'll persuade the person you're arguing with, or at least someone else who's reading the thread. And it feels good to think you have the answer to some problem, whether or not you're repeating someone else's talking points. People might also think breathing is good, or food is good or even exercise. Such people typically have thoughts like 'You're alive, that's good" or "I matter", thoughts that allow them to escape universal truth long enough, so that the things they do also matter. It is egotism that is a blessing so long as they are concerned with happiness, but once the thoughts turn from 'I matter' to "I need to understand X part of the world to improve it" (perhaps because they questioned the thought "I matter' and were wounded) they've taken a fatal turn in the mind that will affect them for the rest of their life. Of coarsh I am speaking of the dramatic egotistical fantasy along the lines of 'Making A Difference' or "Being Part Of The Solution', which leads to being worked up about things one cannot pissibly understand, let alone change. A healthy ego understands there are lines it shouldn't cross in its thoughts, it prizes its contentment over self-ferment, trusts the intelligence that society is built upon and accepts that there are rules, changes and penalties laid out for the person's own benefit. Anyone who struggles against this is feeding an illusion becaush it strokes a wounded ego. Deep Thought fucked around with this message at 13:58 on Oct 13, 2016 |
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