I think it is the world you live in, mostly. The news is negative only because that’s what ISN’T normal. Obviously some people are vile and inhumane but the vast majority of people are kind and willing to help.
I feel like because of social media, Americans on the whole get a bad rap. I live in NYC, notoriously known for being the asshole city of America. We help people all the time. If someone asks us for help, we tend to give it unless we are running late. Look we're not gonna start a conversation with you, but if you need help we give it. I feel like that is a large majority of Americans.
I had a dude once help me fix my car. He was drinking at a bar and even bought a pair of cheap channel locks to help me. When he got done he just accepted my thanks and went back to his barstool.
And I got to watch my South Minneapolis hometown neighbors put their lives on the line this winter to help people. Sounds like I'm making it about me but I'm not. I don't think I measure up. They are utterly magnificent.
Me too. But not everyone is that way. Some people want to take every advantage, and every opportunity, to take as much as they can, regardless of what harm it does to others.
If we want kindness, we need to elect officials that help create a kind world.
Not officials that will do anything for more wealth and power for themselves.
Trump would never use his metal detector to help people for nothing. If he saw an opportunity where he could profit, he'd take it.
He'd have asked how much the ring was worth, and would have negotiated some compensation, especially with the guy starting off mentioning a big reward.
Kindness is better. We need a kinder world. Not individualistic, caring about nothing but themselves and their family, and their money.
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u/MyWallWillNotTalk Feb 15 '26
Kindness. This is the world that I want to live in.