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scare and divide people because they know that will get attention and make lots of money.</p><p id="7157">Once again we see an example where our stupidity and blind greed have caused harm to the world just to make a quick buck.</p><p id="7b21">If we want to survive as a civilization we have to start thinking again and find ways to improve our lives.</p><p id="d815">However, thinking has become weak and evil, people want to be told what to think and who to hate.</p><p id="35ee">Thinking is hard so no one wants to do it, but soon we’ll have no choice.</p><p id="79bc">Our never-ending greed and deep hatred of education will lead to our downfall, just like all the other great empires of the past.</p><p id="7f7a"><b>We have a chance to learn from those mistakes and correct our path or continue to destroy the earth and tear apart the fabric of society, for money.</b></p><p id="1541">What good is all that money when the world is burning?</p><p id="a443">What are we going to do with all our gold and jewels when there is no food to eat?</p><p id="1a93">When will we realize conquering and destroying everything we see while hating and complaining about everyone we see isn’t going to make us happy.</p><p id="87eb">War and hatred will never make us happy or fulfilled, killing everything we don’t like will never make us happy or fulfilled.</p><p id="3ce9">The only way to happiness is to remove the hate from our lives.</p><p id="5e33">Sadly, kindness, compassion, and sympathy are seen as weak and lame.</p><p id="ea1d">Our pride and arrogance will be our downfall.</p><p id="1dfa"><b>We have the time and resources to change our course, but do we have the desire?</b></p><p id="30f6">Thanks for reading, here are some other articles I wrote if you want to read more. Or follow me for updates when I post.</p><div id="5518" class="link-blo

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How Can We Make Progress If People Don’t Want To Change?

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“Man is a mystery… I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.” Fyodor Dostoevsky

How are people so dumb and is there anything we can do about it?

I think about this a lot, I think about life a lot.

I now realize this isn’t common. Most people don’t think for themselves and take in whatever information makes them feel good.

This lack of critical thinking combined with lazy, convenient answers, that may or not be based in reality are causing society to crumble.

People have become so dogmatic in what they believe they are unable or unwilling to think about anything.

We have been sliding down this slope of stupidity for decades at this point.

The lines have been drawn and everyone has chosen a side.

Instead of trying to connect with other people and learn from them we shun and hate them; because they don’t look like us or believe the exact same things as us.

This tribal mindset has been around since the beginning of humans.

At one point we seemed to be growing and advancing as a species.

However, we have become lazy, stupid, and complacent.

The news and every influencer online are telling people either how to think or who they should hate.

Everything we see is meant to scare and divide people because they know that will get attention and make lots of money.

Once again we see an example where our stupidity and blind greed have caused harm to the world just to make a quick buck.

If we want to survive as a civilization we have to start thinking again and find ways to improve our lives.

However, thinking has become weak and evil, people want to be told what to think and who to hate.

Thinking is hard so no one wants to do it, but soon we’ll have no choice.

Our never-ending greed and deep hatred of education will lead to our downfall, just like all the other great empires of the past.

We have a chance to learn from those mistakes and correct our path or continue to destroy the earth and tear apart the fabric of society, for money.

What good is all that money when the world is burning?

What are we going to do with all our gold and jewels when there is no food to eat?

When will we realize conquering and destroying everything we see while hating and complaining about everyone we see isn’t going to make us happy.

War and hatred will never make us happy or fulfilled, killing everything we don’t like will never make us happy or fulfilled.

The only way to happiness is to remove the hate from our lives.

Sadly, kindness, compassion, and sympathy are seen as weak and lame.

Our pride and arrogance will be our downfall.

We have the time and resources to change our course, but do we have the desire?

Thanks for reading, here are some other articles I wrote if you want to read more. Or follow me for updates when I post.

Self
Self-awareness
Self Love
Stupid
Stupidity
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