Deleted a post of hyper caffeinated bs earlier
No to the opening question. It’s endemic in Europe and combined with narcissism creates a potent twisted underlying foundation in creating and satiating our worldviews, sense of entitlement and material gluttony
No-one talks about death despite the fact we all die, despite the fact everyone we love dies, in an indifferent possibly infinite cosmos where in eternity nothing whatsoever remains of you. An event has happened and we are in it. The only sane response to me is living by the general rule - we are here to help each get through this thing, whatever ‘this thing’ is
You may have to pass through a figurative fire-cleansing ritual to pass through nihilistic persuasions to get to the conclusion, and no I am not stoned or thick enough to believe worldwide enlightenment is ever happening any time soon