[the lack of response is noted, seems to confirm that she should have kept it to herself. they never seemed to talk about it afterward. maybe that was the proper etiquette regarding stumbling straight into one another's trauma...
luckily there isn't too much time to dwell and overthink on it, listening as he willingly talks about his time in the army and the sense of shared responsibility for the lives of the soldiers around him. it makes sense, given what she's learned about the way his mind functioned, that such a structure would benefit. not based in empathy or feelings, but a collective mission to focus on and accomplish.]
I think it's easier to keep track of who is meant to be good or bad when there's clear cut sides, huh. Don't have to think much harder about who has kids at home, who is good to their family and community, who is a liar or a cheat or... Morality is so relative, clouded by so many competing religions and philosophies and outright hypocrisy. Almost all of human history has functioned this way. On some form of tribalism, where our human instinct is the same as any other animal's. To protect what we see as ours, family and land and resources, against all outsiders. Modern culture likes to pretend our nature is above it, that humans are somehow enlightened beyond that intrinsic need to put our own interests and safety first. By people that have lived comfortably enough to not know what it really means to survive beyond making a paycheck.
I think they take it for granted that there wouldn't be a country, laws to protect them, if it weren't for people like us doing the dirty work. They're selfish, far more so. They're just not willing to admit it.
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luckily there isn't too much time to dwell and overthink on it, listening as he willingly talks about his time in the army and the sense of shared responsibility for the lives of the soldiers around him. it makes sense, given what she's learned about the way his mind functioned, that such a structure would benefit. not based in empathy or feelings, but a collective mission to focus on and accomplish.]
I think it's easier to keep track of who is meant to be good or bad when there's clear cut sides, huh. Don't have to think much harder about who has kids at home, who is good to their family and community, who is a liar or a cheat or... Morality is so relative, clouded by so many competing religions and philosophies and outright hypocrisy. Almost all of human history has functioned this way. On some form of tribalism, where our human instinct is the same as any other animal's. To protect what we see as ours, family and land and resources, against all outsiders. Modern culture likes to pretend our nature is above it, that humans are somehow enlightened beyond that intrinsic need to put our own interests and safety first. By people that have lived comfortably enough to not know what it really means to survive beyond making a paycheck.
I think they take it for granted that there wouldn't be a country, laws to protect them, if it weren't for people like us doing the dirty work. They're selfish, far more so. They're just not willing to admit it.