Once I got interviewed & asked if I was a character in one of the stories I wrote, to describe myself. I said I was a woman hovering on the edge of middle age who was sick of everyone’s shit. This was in 2019. As 2020 draws to a close, I *think* I’m officially middle aged (40), l’m fucking done with everyone’s shit, and I’m mad as hell.
For what it's worth, I feel that SOME humans are "inherently good with the desire to help & protect others." I'd like to think MOST. But I'd say it's probably some. Some (most?) other people are good or bad depending on context. And some (relatively few?) are just bad. (I'm too much of an optimist, I suppose.)
Maybe the key word is "context." Many people who are capable of doing good things are getting their information from pandemic deniers. Why their main context isn't family, friends, neighbors, etc. who know better (because they've had a serious case of covid; because they're doctors, nurses, EMTs, etc.), I couldn't say. Or I just don't feel like saying, because I'm weary of disinformation and related phenomena. Or just weary because it's the end of a long 2020 and beginning of a bad winter.
For what it's worth, I feel that SOME humans are "inherently good with the desire to help & protect others." I'd like to think MOST. But I'd say it's probably some. Some (most?) other people are good or bad depending on context. And some (relatively few?) are just bad. (I'm too much of an optimist, I suppose.)
Maybe the key word is "context." Many people who are capable of doing good things are getting their information from pandemic deniers. Why their main context isn't family, friends, neighbors, etc. who know better (because they've had a serious case of covid; because they're doctors, nurses, EMTs, etc.), I couldn't say. Or I just don't feel like saying, because I'm weary of disinformation and related phenomena. Or just weary because it's the end of a long 2020 and beginning of a bad winter.