• @raspberriesareyummy
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    201 month ago

    Most people don’t hate CEOs. They don’t care about CEOs. They have bigger issues to care about [that the CEOs created for them to distract them].

    In this current discussion, people are trying to open each others eyes about that silent part.

    Also: Most people don’t hate CEOs. But we do think CEOs have no right to be making more than a thousand times what an honest working person should make, actually sacrificing lives for their profit. And when that kind of stealing and mass murder is sanctioned by the law, then what are the options?

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      130 days ago

      I think its possible most people hate CEOs. Sort of like hating politicians, surely theres some good ones but on the whole, awful people.

      • @raspberriesareyummy
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        130 days ago

        If most people hated CEOs, that would mean most people were capable of hating, which means we’re even more fucked in this world than I thought we were. I don’t hate. I see that some people are a threat to society and need to be kept from harming the latter - but I recognize that for people to be capable of atrocities, something in their brain development has gone terribly wrong at some point in the past. So I don’t hate them, in the same way I don’t hate a virus that kills people - while still recognizing the need for a cure / vaccine.

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          126 days ago

          Hate is just an emotion. Emotions aren’t permanent, they are tied to moments. Surely theres situations you can think of that would at least cause a fleeting sensation of hate. Everyone has to deal with their emotions and thoughts, and we dont always get to pick which emotions and thoughts present themselves.

          The only expectation we should have is that people at least try to improve their reactions to thoughts and emotions they would rather not have.

          I dont believe for a second you are truly without hate all the time, thats not possible.

          • @raspberriesareyummy
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            125 days ago

            I dont believe for a second you are truly without hate all the time, thats not possible.

            Well luckily I am not bound by what you believe :) I - figuratively - hate financial / economical / political systems - and I might occasionally say “I hate that <person>”, only to correct myself right after with “no, I despise them”. But I don’t feel hate towards anyone. Because hate ruins my own day and our time on this planet is too precious for that. Especially - why would I give any asshole free real estate in my mind by preoccupying myself with them when they clearly do not deserve the attention?

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              124 days ago

              I’m saying that moment before you correct yourself, you do feel hate. You choose to disregard hate, thats not the same as not having it at all. Similar to disregarding pain vs not feeling it at all.

              • @raspberriesareyummy
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                124 days ago

                Not even then. I correct myself because “I hate xy” is a figure of speech that I wrongly use.