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So... zero consideration for the crew. Not a chance they did some malicious actions under duress of say, I don't know, a government's intelligence service? No shot anyone from the FSB or MSS could have been holding someone's family if certain actions weren't taken or failed.
No, we should just immediately kill the people we suspect of doing wrong.
There was a time, ten or twenty years ago, that I cared; When you could strum those chords on my heart-strings. I used to think that humanity was worth saving. That each human life had some inherent value.
Human life is not inherently more valuable than the cow that died to make the cheeseburger I had for dinner last night. It had a family, too, and probably did less damage to the earth than any of us humans can claim to have done.
I've lost patience with my species and their constant bickering and one-upsmanship. Endless competition is tired and trite. I'm bored of it. We're not each-other's enemies in any material way other than the ways we've created in our own minds, and with our own geopolitical and financial games. We're one species, and none of us are so valuable as we'd like to think. Frankly, at this point, I'd completely understand if I were one day killed by a foreign adversary intent on teaching my government a lesson. Without consequences, nothing matters.
I hate that this is what I've become, but it's the honest truth of how I've come to feel about us. I don't even know where that leaves me, but something's got to give. I'll hold on to hope, but I don't think we've got it in us to come together to save ourselves. We'll be fighting each-other even as the world burns around us.
Not talking down, not trying to demean you, but that's a doom spiral. If you can, go to a therapist. There's tons of resources if you cannot afford it or don't have insurance. Check with your local health service. Chances are good there's low or no-cost options. Life is worth living, you are worth being here, humanity is worth saving.
I appreciate your concern, and your candor.
I generally agree that life is worth living, and don't have any immediate plans to take the sort of drastic action you seem to be supposing. This is a good summation of my situation. I've been to therapy, and don't currently feel that it's needed. I'm doing well these days, overall, both economically and mentally. I've been dealing with my post-teen-angst depression for over 30 years now, and I choose not to medicate against it, as it's not solely the product of a chemical imbalance, but rather primarily a reflection of the material conditions of humanity at large.
As for humanity being worth saving... we'll just have to agree to disagree. I won't cheer on its downfall, or vote for accelerationism, but I've yet to see compelling evidence that humanity is valuable to anyone or anything but ourselves.