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It's a bit of an need-this-off-my-chest in making this comment, but I really abhor the thinking that we live in a world where it's every person for themselves, and so we should focus on just taking care of ourselves and others will sort of just take care of themselves. Those who step out of that lane are bound to be taken advantage of, and end up bringing ruin to themselves and those they love, and so anyone who does so are naive, idiots, or both. Honest and kind people never get what they want or need, and never achieve anything meaningful in life, because they'd be spending time for others when they could be spending those times on themselves.

And these sort of thinking seems to be pretty universal. It doesn't matter it's America, some country in Europe, or even in Asia.

To a lot of these people, this is the truth of the world and its rules. Anyone who doesn't follow are simply unaccepting of the truth, that the world is a cruel place and so we should be ruthlessly focused on the self. When a friend is about to make the wrong decision, it's their choice and that it should be respected, and they shall deal with those consequences, and maybe I'll help if I decide that I have the time and energy for it.

I... just hate such a world. Why must we go at the hardships of life all alone? Sure, we can't solve the world's and everyone else's problems, and especially when our own plate is full, and the feeling of just watching someone else suffer and not being able to do anything gives us a strong feeling of guilt and shame, and that sucks, and it can ruin our day or week and thus make it harder for us to solve our own problems. But it doesn't mean that each person should be the sole person to be responsible for their own happiness; we should all share an amount of responsibility in everyone else's happiness. Maybe that way, we'd all feel a lot less lonely in this world that's chock full of people.

A person decided to go on a murdering spree. Retribution as justice may help some victims find peace, and serve as a warning to others who dare emulate, but it doesn't address the root of the problem: why did they decide to kill? Some news coverage will end up digging up some tragic backstory, but we rarely seem to try to do things to prevent those tragic back stories to exist in the first place. Restorative justice is a good direction for future prevention, but I believe we need to be able to recognize the seeds that lead to tragedy and find ways to minimize their reproduction. Law and Order enforced through an iron fist will only hold for as long as the fist is still held. A society that knows how to reach out to others to help others before they succumb to hopelessness and crime, by fostering trust between people, seems fragile and reliant on honesty that's difficult to prove, but would that not maintain Law and Order for longer, given that embers are generally identified early on and be safely handled?

I've yapped. Sorry for just dumping a long reply on your comment.