I’m surrounded by people who care more about Charlie Kirk than about Gaza, sometimes it’s hard not to believe that most people are drones or just horrendous people. I can’t even watch a video my colleague sent me on AI because it’s so western centric and anti-China and I can’t get past that to have a conversation about the other stuff. It’s so isolating and disconnecting.
I wasn’t always a leftist so I appreciate how easily it would have been for me to be one of those drones. If I was just inherently smarter or destined to be correct I would have been a leftist much sooner. I realize it’s mostly a Plinko game. You fall through life getting hit by pegs and they guide you to the slot where you come to rest. That keeps me from seeing people as inherently bad.
Also I don’t think there is anything inherent or destined in these things. People care about Charlie Kirk because society was built to create him, kill him, and lionize him. If society is made then it can be unmade. Thinking in terms of “these people are irredeemably bad” goes against the foundation of being a leftist imo. Though I would generally agree that some people are so bad that the effort to redeem them outweighs the harm they cause/caused and therefore they gotta go.