How are your past words more proof than your ability to provide words now? Why can't you simply explain further by providing examples of how/when you care? (I already said I wasn't looking for proof... just an explanation beyond what you've previously said.)henry quirk wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 1:59 am And how can I answer Do I care about things that don't affect me? ...and... Do I care for people outside of me and mine? without referencin' my words in-forum? Any anecdote I relay from my life is unconfirmable, by me, for you. I can only use what is readily available to anyone as evidence: my words, here. Like my contributions in this thread, for example.
For example... for me, personally... I care about people whether or not we share the same perspectives (political, religious, social, philosophical, etc.), and whether or not I even know them. When people suddenly need help, I typically help them if I can... even if it's inconvenient or a bit costly for me. At the same time, I don't hate nor take care of people who lean on everyone else to take care of them. I simply don't get swept up in their routine or story. Nor do I bow down to anyone who presents themselves as an authority or superior in any way. I'm more inclined to be rebellious and question claims or rules or position, but I also know how to play a game if it's to my advantage to do so.
I think most people are doing the best they know how. Being brilliant or idiotic or bound up in ego is not isolated to any walk of life. In my opinion, it's more truthful not to jump on bandwagons, because there have shown to be lots of idiots on bandwagons. Such people have limited/dependent views (which easily become distorted or rabid) and they are barreling through everything in their path -- rather than wisely remaining independent and discriminating in challenging THOSE ideas and sources TOO, and avoiding validating the ideas and themselves via each other.