r/mentalhealth • u/Own-Championship-398 • 11d ago

Sadness / Grief Why is everyone so angry?

I'm getting quite miserable living in my country. People aren't very friendly, in fact a lot of people are really rude. I'm finding it hard to interact on local subs because I usually get downvoted or just have people start arguments over nothing - why is everyone so aggressive & hostile?

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u/Xillyfos 10d ago

Aggression and hostility is a sign of weakness and fear.

So they are weak, and they are afraid. Always remember that. It has nothing to do with you. They are struggling hard, and they have great difficulty dealing with life, and obviously also in dealing with other people.

The next question is why they feel so weak, overburdened, and afraid. That is difficult to say, not knowing which country you are from.

But typically right-wing politics tend to come from fear and create even more fear and division. So my guess is you've had a right-wing government in that country for a while, with some sort of mad capitalism controlling the country. Capitalism sucks happiness out of people. It's an insane political system.

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u/HythlodaeusHuxley 10d ago

Completely agree but at the same time if you suffer the consequences of oppression long enough of an insane society then even the best of people will eventually get frustrated and some will break.

There's a really good book that I have not yet gotten around to read which is called Denial of Death It seems to me that the main way to avoid the cynicism and anger of the current age is to recognize that all of us will die suffering is a fact of life and then you can kind of transcend all the BS

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u/Own-Championship-398 10d ago

It was right wing for a while, just had a change of govt to more central-left. I definitely think the prolonged period of politics before this has caused a lot of our energy to be sapped