Crazy to think about these problems from a person's opinion who only uses kbin as social media and who lives in a country that (I think) is not as volatile or chaotic with politics!

I wish you all good vibes and hugs!

Really interesting video! When I get the chance, I'll definitely be taking a look at the sources on this one — this seems like a topic I'd like to read more into.

Nevertheless, I think the whole "Forums will fix this!" thing presented at the end of the video should be approached with some level of skepticism. I put my current opinion on the matter in this thread here.

This was close the the idea of Hanlons razor

The actual rule is apprently

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

But I don't like the stupidity part though they used "stupid" in this video as wel. I think "ignorance" is a bit more accurate.

I also like the idea that amount we do not know is infinite thus we are all equally infinitly ignorant.

I'm sure I'll get some flack for it here. but combining the two ideas means no one acts out of malice.

Ignorance (or stupidity if you prefer) is pretty broad and subjective. People do terrible things because they are not aware of impact. Maybe they are not connecting the thing they are doing to the consequences. Maybe they are in a condition of illness or rage where they are not even aware of what they are doing.

This doesn't mean we cant get mad at people. If some stanger kicks you in genitals. Our immediate reaction is not going to be empathy. We will ascribe malice to that action and act instinctively. That is fair even though the Stanger point of view was probably justified in their own mind. For some reason they felt kicking your genitals would improve things in some misguided way. They honestly belived this was a good thing at the time.

Now apply to this to all who wrong you. Those directly and this indirectly doing you harm. Here's what it's done for me. I am quicker to ask questions and forgive when the situation calls for it. I communicate with those harming me indirectly to let them know they are doing this. It's actually helped. People don't want to harm you and if you tell them they are doing that , they may do better. I also try more to empathize when I hear somone has done somthing terrible. Remember empathy isn't forgiveness. But trying to figure put why they did the thing helps a little.

There's no monsters out there just more people like you seeing the world through a differnt lens. Be good to them.