I lost all my optimism with the end of the pandemic.
I don't like, or trust, other humans anymore. At least 80% of humans will just do whatever they feel like everyone else in their peer group is doing, 15% will still go along with it despite their internal misgivings, and the remaining 5% is composed of psychopaths and honest men, but probably more psychopaths.
The Devil that created this prison did a damn fine job of attempting to make me hate the other inmates, rather than the Warden.
You're going to remain quite lonely then. People are always wildcards. We always have been, and that fact has not changed in the last several thousand years. Why do you think God gave us the ten commandments over two thousand years ago? Has much changed in the time since those rules were dictated? They're all still pretty damn relevant as far as I can tell.
Perhaps, in this regard, optimism is that what should be there is there. I still don't feel like that is optimism. If you feel like you live in a prison, then you can expect four walls, a roof, and some meals. And, if that is optimism to you, maybe you've built yourself a prison.
Why do you think God gave us the ten commandments over two thousand years ago
My main suspicion is that the 'God' who created this world, the 'God' of the Old Testament, the 'God' of the Israelite is almost certainly a devil.
Without evil there can't be good. You can choose which, and people are inherently evil. Being good takes effort.
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