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Greed
I feel cynical now, so I feel like sharing why I think all of life is filled with bastards
Every action is filled with greed. Even a selfless action. Say you donate anonymously. It fills you with a good feeling. You think you are donating because it is a good thing and because you're selfless. No. You are donating because it gives you a high. That's the purest motivation. Everything else builds on it
Love. Love is noble. Yet it makes you feel, guess what? Happy! You do things for your love because it hurts you when she or he is unhappy. And nothing in existence wants to hurt in a way that doesn't bring them pleasure (there are cases where people want to be hurt because it makes them happy)
Let's say you save a ton of people, knowing you will die an unknown hero. Well, guess what? That final feeling? Happiness. You feel happy that you at least do something good in death. Which is once again greedy. That happiness, you crave it. You yearn for it. You want it no matter the cost
What brought on this rant? No clue. I'm still in a loving relationship, things aren't going horrid right now. I'm a little worried about an exam tomorrow, but otherwise I'm fine
So why?
No idea
I just felt like sharing why I think all of life is a perverse circle jerk where all actions are meant only to benefit yourself, with any benefits for others being a side effect
Comments
But think of it this way. With the selfless and noble examples you give, why does it make you happy to do them? It makes you happy because you know they are good, and you know they are right. You know that they help people and society. Why shouldn't that make you happy? Just because an inherently good deed makes you happy, is that any good reason to avoid doing it?