People have inclinations. Toward generosity or stinginess and fear of scarcity, toward kindness or evil. That’s just the way it is. These dynamics play out every day all over the world. They sometimes get commented on, get noticed, lamented, or celebrated.
Is it safe to say that most humans possess a mix of these things, and their emergence is dependent on circumstances? Is it also safe to say that there are those rare individuals who manifest a tendency toward spending inordinate amounts of time and energy at the evil end of the spectrum? There are plenty of good people, or at least people who try to be good more than they try to be bad. I guess I’m talking about that distinguished—used ironically—subset that seems hellbent on sowing havoc and hatred, that small group who are in it for themselves at the expense of anyone who gets in their way.
Sadly, it appears there will never be a shortage of these. And their reach, at least for a time, is commensurate with their grasp. They wreak unspeakable hardship, pain and suffering on many who just want a chance to live the one life they’ve been given.
These people give themselves permission to make assumptions, to run roughshod over others’ self-determination. They have no qualms with taking things away—up to and including life itself. And all the while they live in the lap of luxury, grossly out of touch, obscenely and intentionally self-involved in their thinking and interactions.
They have no inherent right to the position they’re in, yet there they are. Making threats, making life miserable. On some cockamamy mission, deluded in thinking that their way is the highway.
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