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in philosophy •  8 years ago 

It's difficult playing to the emotions of people who just don't care.

The way Australians are going after feral cats is similar to how the elite are probably going to go after humans cause of the environment being fucked up.
Except, I think now they probably will be (and have been) doing it in a slow kill way.
IE.. Trying to poison and disease people and reduce fertility and new births.
And.. I think that explains a lot of what we see in the world..
However.. All that plus the wars and impoverishment of various places doesn't seem to be working quick enough for them.

Kinda surprised they haven't used a biological weapon to seriously curb the numbers of our population yet.
Or.. Maybe they have and it's not as quick acting as one might think.

The elite clearly think we have a population problem. Who really thinks they aren't trying to do something about it?
And on some level as horrible as this sounds, can you blame them or just about anyone for being worried about the state of the environment on earth?
I'm sure the elite want to live as much as any of us, and if we destroy our planet.. Then they lose all their power as well.
Plus.. These are the people with enough wealth and power to actually do something more than just talk.

Good luck peoples, whether we extinct ourselves from living out of control and disrespectful to nature or if the elite wipe us out instead..
We sorta had it coming.
I'm not going to exonerate the elite by any means, they are guilty too. They are the ones who are profiting the most from the rape of the planet..
And then THEY have the nerve to exclude themselves somehow from the damage being caused? NO.. They are the main cause, we are the second main cause.
We're both guilty. Yet, they will likely survive in their lil compounds and bunkers.. And.. Who knows if we will. I have a feeling some bad shit is coming in the future.
I have a feeling.. The people in power already have a plan that is being implemented..

They see all this stuff from much more of a top down view than the average person or even the average researcher.
They have access to all kinds of information we don't.
They want the population drastically reduced, they want a new universal language combined with computer/robot language, they want a one world religion..
They want all these things and are working towards it.. How many of you are working towards resisting them and their agenda..?

... crickets

http://tapnewswire.com/2016/03/22-shocking-population-control-quotes-from-the-global-elite-that-will-make-you-want-to-lose-your-lunch/

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As a society, I agree we've lost a lot of our empathy. But I'm hopeful we'll get it back, don't lose hope.

Thanks for your thoughts and encouragement.. I haven't lost hope, but it does look grim sometimes!

verrryy gooood

It's difficult playing to the emotions of people who just don't care.

Yeah it is, and it's also a fallacy to play to the emotions of others, regardless of how receptive they are:

Playing on Emotion (also, the Sob Story; the Pathetic Fallacy; the "Bleeding Heart" fallacy, the Drama Queen / Drama King Fallacy): The classic fallacy of pure argument from pathos, ignoring facts and evoking emotion alone. E.g., “If you don’t agree that witchcraft is a major problem just shut up, close your eyes for a moment and picture in your mind all those poor moms crying bitter tears for their innocent tiny children whose cozy little beds and happy tricycles lie all cold and abandoned, just because of those wicked old witches! Let's string’em all up!” The opposite of this is the Apathetic Fallacy (also, Cynicism; Burnout; Compassion Fatigue), where any and all legitimate arguments from pathos are brushed aside because, as country music artist Jo Dee Messina sang (2005), "My give-a-damn's busted."

This whole post is a grand Scare Tactics Fallacy:

Scare Tactics (also Appeal to Fear; Paranoia; the Bogeyman Fallacy): A variety of Playing on Emotions,. a corrupted argument from pathos. E.g., "If you don't shut up and do what I say we're all gonna die! In this moment of crisis we can't afford the luxury of criticizing or trying to second-guess my decisions when our very lives and freedom are in peril! Instead, we need to be united as one!" Or, in the (2017) words of White House Spokesperson Sean Spicer, "This is about the safety of America!" See also, Dog-Whistle Politics, "We Have to do Something!", and The Worst Case Fallacy.

And to pose a question for you:

Do you think that this counts as "working towards resisting them and their agenda?

Yeah it is, and it's also a fallacy to play to the emotions of others, regardless of how receptive they are:

Why do anything without emotion? Might as well be a robot. To suggest emotion should not enter the equation to me is a fallacy, unless you're a robot.

This whole post is a grand Scare Tactics Fallacy:

K, let's not talk about REALITY, let's just be robots.

Do you think that this counts as "working towards resisting them and their agenda?

What are you referring to? Be more specific please.

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

Why do anything without emotion? Might as well be a robot. To suggest emotion should not enter the equation to me is a fallacy, unless you're a robot.

Who said to do ANYTHING without emotion, that is the fallacy of false narrative, I spoke and explained why Playing On Emotion is WRONG, and a fallacy.

The classic fallacy of pure argument from pathos, ignoring facts and evoking emotion alone.

K, let's not talk about REALITY, let's just be robots.

K, let's not use facts, and logic.

What are you referring to? Be more specific please.

If it's not obvious, I was referring to the "THEM" that pretty much your whole article talks about, hint "their agenda".

Who said to do ANYTHING without emotion, that is the fallacy of false narrative, I spoke and explained why Playing On Emotion is WRONG, and a fallacy.

NO. Playing on emotion is a pretty much unavoidable aspect of life and something that is IMPORTANT. Why do anything if there was no plus or negative in terms about how you feel about whatever given subject? The fallacy is playing on EMOTION ONLY. Which I did not do.

The classic fallacy of pure argument from pathos, ignoring facts and evoking emotion alone.

So you are suggesting I played off of EMOTION ALONE? You're saying I didn't add any other contextual information or facts or..? What? smh

You said "why do anything without emotion" which was a false narrative like I pointed out, because I was pointed out that Playing On Emotion is wrong, and a fallacy, nobody said to do ANYTHING without emotion, I said it's wrong to play on people's emotions. You did just that, you started and ended your statement with that ONLY that:

It's difficult playing to the emotions of people who just don't care.

You now claim that you weren't doing ONLY that? What else is there to this statement than that?

Playing on emotion is a pretty much unavoidable aspect of life and something that is IMPORTANT.

Demonstrate or prove that it's "pretty much unavoidable" and "something that is IMPORTANT", otherwise there is nothing to the claim.

Why do anything if there was no plus or negative in terms about how you feel about whatever given subject?

Are you asking why do anything if there's no emotion in it? There's other purpose besides emotion to do things in life for.

So you are suggesting I played off of EMOTION ALONE? You're saying I didn't add any other contextual information or facts or..? What? smh

Yes, initially, and you didn't add any facts after that period, you relied on the fallacy of "scare tactics" to drive your argument that "what are you doing against them".

I don't feel a need to continue with you much longer, you are not being intellectually honest. You didn't even read my post or else you wouldn't be implying I USED ONLY EMOTION. Go read it again, read the link I included which includes many facts of what people in power have said about population problems.. It seems like you either fundamentally misunderstand the concept of appealing to emotion, or you just want to argue.

You said "why do anything without emotion" which was a false narrative like I pointed out

No it wasn't because you suggested I argued from emotion ALONE. So what would be the point of anything without emotion? Trying to remove it from the equation is pointless unless you wanna be a robot and I feel like I'm just repeating myself now.

You now claim that you weren't doing ONLY that? What else is there to this statement than that?

What are you talking about "NOW"? I've never claimed in my life that I was only appealing to emotion without adding any facts of contextualization or logic.

Demonstrate or prove that it's "pretty much unavoidable" and "something that is IMPORTANT", otherwise there is nothing to the claim.

Try having a relationship with someone and never expressing an interest or disinterest in your life and see how far it goes.

Are you asking why do anything if there's no emotion in it? There's other purpose besides emotion to do things in life for.

Sort of. Virtually everything we do is based off of motivation to either gain pleasure or avoid pain. "Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage"
It's sorta like that.. People are like rats, they look for the cheese and try to avoid the shock, so virtually everything you do in life is an attempt to move closer to the cheese or away from the shock metaphorically speaking.

There may be some neutral grey areas you could find, so I'm hesitant to say 100% of everything, but just about.. Almost everything in regards to human behavior can be traced back to the desire for more pleasure and the avoidance of pain or discomfort.

So tell me, what other purposes are there in life that don't involve a desire to gain something from them, or a desire to avoid pain from them?

Yes, initially, and you didn't add any facts after that period

One again I'm assuming you didn't even read what I said, there was plenty of contextual information, facts, logic, you name it.

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