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Not nearly as profound as it appears. It’s entirely rational that human emotions and perspectives are based on local context. The notion that every single person who lives in the west should be jumping for joy 100% of the time because we aren’t starving to death in an African desert is complete nonsense.
That said, it is important in general to bear in mind how well we have it by comparison to most other people on earth.
This speaks to me. It’s hard to stay optimistic about life while learning about the global problems of the world, poverty, war, structural violence at Cal.
Do you have a point, or are you merely trying to wear your heart on your sleeve to project your (mistakenly assumed) moral superiority on the rest of us?
The suffering of college students pails in comparison to the suffering of those in less fortunate parts of the world. At least that’s what I think it means.
Maybe the problem is college students no longer know how to articulate their thoughts effectively?
Is this supposed to have some type of meaning or relevance?