The US was founded on genocide, and psychopathy has a genetic component, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the US has a higher proportion of people with dark personality traits, but I wouldn’t underestimated the power of propaganda.

The US is the most propagandized place on earth. We are taught from birth the ideology of the Epstein class — from books, to movies, to advertising, to news media, to history textbooks, we are constantly taught that individualism and capitalist exploitation are not only virtuous, but indistinguishable from human nature.

And of course, capitalism itself incentivizes evil behavior. In a system that requires unlimited growth in a world with finite resources, people must stoop to the lowest behaviors just to survive the competition.

So I don’t think that most of these people are innately evil, I think they have just been conditioned to act and think in ways that have evil consequences, and that benefit people who actually are evil.

you guys can afford dogs?

How?

I don't even like myself, and I know I'm straight up physically incapable of living up to my own standards.

I am exactly 30 years old.

Numb in my 20s. I just try to look forward to the soonest nice thing in my personal life at this point.

I’m at the numb part too. Congratulations for making it this far!

I lost most of my faith in humanity with COVID. I lost all of my faith in my countrymen in 2024.

In 2025 I found out that even losing your faith in everyone still isn't rock bottom. There are still somehow ways they can disappoint you even further.

Not sure what 2026 will bring at this point

50s here. it gets worse before it gets worse.

This has been my experience. I am pushing 40 and the last few years have beaten the optimism right out of me, and I already thought that was long gone.

I have often wondered if this is what most people have experienced throughout history or if this another fun millennial game we were forced to play. I'm sure every generation has had their stupid trends and societal problems but watching a country collapse under the weight of it's own stupidity seems less common. Not new, but certainly not something every generation deals with.

Today I learned I lived through my 30s in my 20s

My biggest issue is finding friends with no kids! All my earlier friends are off doing their own stuff and don't care about me anymore. Which is fine, I'm good at being alone. I just want pals to hang out with.

Not to mention a non existent family due to maga brainwash.

Chuck Norris suggested re-electing Obama would lead to 1000 years of darkness. He wasn't being subtle even before Trump's first campaign.

Hulk Hogan would celebrate a fascist pedophile authoritarian if you paid him enough

Are we talking about the current admin or McMahon? Because the Hulkster has always sucked: he helped quash a wrestling union in the 80s, but I don't anyone knew about it until much later.

https://411mania.com/wrestling/hulk-hogan-admits-revealed-jesse-ventur-union-plans-vince-mcmahon/

Same with Snoop Dogg. Who could have guessed a gangster rapper would love the government so much?

Stop worshipping celebrities.

I think that's really when you're raising your kids (hopefully in your 30s). That's when you look back and say "this isn't so hard, wtf were they doing?" "How could they have done that to their kid?" and you can't believe anyone ever thought that was ok. When you haven't been a parent you're more willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but once you are that goes away.

except yourself. you are pure infallible genius who knows all that is worth knowing...