I am hating this dystopia

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[–]rubberbiscuit 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

As a child of the 1970s, you're not wrong. Blessed to have been a kid back then, and I hate what is happening to America. While you blame your generation, and certainly there is blame there, I feel like my generation let you down as well. My generation is quick to divorce, settles for cheap, poor products and experiences, and allowed corporations to buy everything up and out and act like demons.

I do think you can escape to some extent. Move to as small a town as possible. Turn off media as much as possible. Hang out with people from church as much as possible. Live in a little bit of a bubble. If that doesn't work, yeah, vengeance seems like plan b.

[–]binaryblob 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Religious people are disgustingly stupid.

[–]fschmidt 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Like Isaac Newton?

[–]HenryGeorgeOfficial 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It is easier to be religious than not. Firstly, to quote Bukowski, those who preach god need god. Which is to say that the people who believe god are those who find it comforting. This is similar to how people who use whores find it comforting. Secondly, it comes with political, business, and social advantages. Which is to say, that saying "I love god and god loves me" on live television, meeting business partners at church, and getting a lot of social credit for putting $5 in the tithe basket every week are easily interpreted as acts of selfishness.

Religion is not a selfless act. I pray on a mountain, in a field, or by a stream, to a non-religious god called nature. I can't say I believe people who pray in front of others are praying at all. I understand the value of the social aspect, but I despise the hypocrisy, dishonesty, and self-righteousness of organized religion.

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Participating in organized religion is an act of aggression.