“The idea that human nature is perfectible, that under which modernity and the technological project is founded, is completely unbelievable now. Everyone in the sciences now agrees that human nature is fundamentally flawed and animalistic. Even all the socialists and the scientists at this point agree that half of human nature is genetic. This is indirect opposition even to what people believed 10 years ago, that all humans are equal, blank slates who are motivated by social engineering.” PsychologySocietyHuman NatureSociologyModernity Author:Whatifalthist
“The more you try to please your emotional whims, the more insane you will get. Emotions are to be understood and tamed, not to rule; if you completely followed all of your emotions all the time, you'd be incapable of functioning. However, we now live in a society based off emotion, which is very clearly self-evident if you just look outside. [...] In our society we have this ideal of fairness, of giving 50/50 to both sides, and the reality though is that being fair is saying the truth, and we don't actually follow this ideal” TruthSocialSocietyEmotionsEqualityModernity Author:Whatifalthist
“Our modern society is terrified of judging anything that's in any way subjective; it's almost like we're scared of human judgment. We create regulations to lower the power of human decision versus society, creating committees, and we encourage group identities while discouraging individual responsibility. The legendary German historian Oswald Spengler said, "Civilization switched into decay when society starts to strangle the individual's sense of judgment and choice and replace it with social collective controls." He feared this process would happen to Western society in the 20th century, which it largely did.” SocietyModernityWestern CivilizationTraditionalism Author:Whatifalthist
“We live in a society of rationalization, not rationality. We just believe random stuff, and there's not really a logical explanation for a lot of it, but we rationalize it somehow. To be blunt, can anyone explain to me how the trans movement makes any sense? Logically, I've never gotten a real answer to that question. Whenever I ask people for an answer, they just say we should accept whatever people believe, but that's not rational. [...] The thing with crazy people is they don't put a sign on themselves saying "I'm crazy." Crazy people are completely assured that they are correct in their ideas and that everyone else is completely wrong. [...] If we had a crazy society, we would never know; if you're worried about being crazy, you are probably not crazy.” SocietyMental IllnessModernity Author:Whatifalthist