After seeing so much behavior to prove it, I would like to ask the question:
Why are people in today's society so sellfish?
My logic on the road rage is that people are taking things out on you, that they can't take out on people at home, at work, etc. We have little personal contact with other people these days and it seems to be more and more negative. It seems even when it does not involve a vehicle.....I am still having a lot of altercations, but only because others are blatently doing something against me or my family.
As far as the problems on the freeway go, I am really not causing them, or exaggerating my innocence. If you doubt it, try driving in San Diego at any time of day (even 5:00 am) and you will find that even if there is no traffic, people will try to initiate a confrontation. This morning for example......I noticed that wherever there was space.....a car would move from behind another and occupy it......and keep going the same speed!!! You can see where this causes problems, can't you? Also, even when someone deliberately moves in front of you and you try and move away, the will move in front of you again!!!!
I believe that people feel the need to be noticed. Time is going by and people are going by, but people don't really "notice" each other any more. They want attention, even if it is negative. Example: I am turning on a street one day.......a few pedestrians are passing by. I waited a good while for them to cross (as they went slower once they noticed I was waiting). When I went to go by, one of the girls takes a step back to try and hit me. Why couldn't she just show me the same courtesy I showed her? Why do people feel the need to return rudeness for kindness?
The biggest problem is overpopulation (I always go back to the same). The more people you have, the less attention is paid to the individual. The next problem is materialism. People are so worried about having "things" and there are so few to go around. If you keep adding more people to the equation, you can see where all this conflict is coming from.
Let's imagine that the world is a machine.......take everything out of it but the processes. You have a raw product......this raw product is food.......clothing.....nurturing.....love. This is what you need to make and maintain your product : humans
If any ingredient is missing, your end product is flawed. If there is no food, they go hungry....can be defective, etc.....no clothes, they want.....steal....etc. No nurturing, love, etc......they become abusive, and affect your other humans.
If this were a machine......once we ran out of raw materials, we would have stopped. If any of them were missing, we would have stopped. If the products (humans) were damaging each other.....we would have stopped. This machine we call the world is not working, we don't have the materials to keep it working......and every day humans are more and more damaged. When will we stop the machine?
Why are people in today's society so sellfish?
My logic on the road rage is that people are taking things out on you, that they can't take out on people at home, at work, etc. We have little personal contact with other people these days and it seems to be more and more negative. It seems even when it does not involve a vehicle.....I am still having a lot of altercations, but only because others are blatently doing something against me or my family.
As far as the problems on the freeway go, I am really not causing them, or exaggerating my innocence. If you doubt it, try driving in San Diego at any time of day (even 5:00 am) and you will find that even if there is no traffic, people will try to initiate a confrontation. This morning for example......I noticed that wherever there was space.....a car would move from behind another and occupy it......and keep going the same speed!!! You can see where this causes problems, can't you? Also, even when someone deliberately moves in front of you and you try and move away, the will move in front of you again!!!!
I believe that people feel the need to be noticed. Time is going by and people are going by, but people don't really "notice" each other any more. They want attention, even if it is negative. Example: I am turning on a street one day.......a few pedestrians are passing by. I waited a good while for them to cross (as they went slower once they noticed I was waiting). When I went to go by, one of the girls takes a step back to try and hit me. Why couldn't she just show me the same courtesy I showed her? Why do people feel the need to return rudeness for kindness?
The biggest problem is overpopulation (I always go back to the same). The more people you have, the less attention is paid to the individual. The next problem is materialism. People are so worried about having "things" and there are so few to go around. If you keep adding more people to the equation, you can see where all this conflict is coming from.
Let's imagine that the world is a machine.......take everything out of it but the processes. You have a raw product......this raw product is food.......clothing.....nurturing.....love. This is what you need to make and maintain your product : humans
If any ingredient is missing, your end product is flawed. If there is no food, they go hungry....can be defective, etc.....no clothes, they want.....steal....etc. No nurturing, love, etc......they become abusive, and affect your other humans.
If this were a machine......once we ran out of raw materials, we would have stopped. If any of them were missing, we would have stopped. If the products (humans) were damaging each other.....we would have stopped. This machine we call the world is not working, we don't have the materials to keep it working......and every day humans are more and more damaged. When will we stop the machine?
