I wonder what the shift is. I’m sure there’s a psychological or social term for it. These problems don’t really exist as a kid, or even a teenager. You have categories like jerks or your enemies, you’re indifferent to a bunch, and then there’s your friends. That’s kinda it.

But at some point people start to change. Their hatreds and prejudices really take hold of how they interact with the world and people around them. Even some of the people you thought were good as “friends” start going off the deep end.

So there’s this falling away as you get older of the cadre you started life with, and of the population as a whole around you, as you find out many of them have turned into horrible people full of willful ignorance, petty hatreds, and prejudices.

At least that’s how I feel as what I think should be normal viewing this happen, I guess? Why treat others so badly? Why aggressively stay ignorant and unaccepting of evidence?

What happens to people?