I think the road to my suffering from hatred is far shorter than the road from utter callousness to my suffering.
Maybe people with hate in their hearts are redeemable (though I think this is often overstated by people who don’t understand just how deeply rooted hate is, and how few people actually escape from it), while the sociopathically callous are not. But of the two, one will dedicate far more resources to see me suffer, while the other will only see me suffer if it is convenient for them, and on that very practical consideration, I prefer dealing with the callous over the hate-filled.
It’s the same reason I would prefer living under the coldness of the French Republic as an impoverished Jew in the late 1930s over Nazi Germany.
I think the road to my suffering from hatred is far shorter than the road from utter callousness to my suffering.
Maybe people with hate in their hearts are redeemable (though I think this is often overstated by people who don’t understand just how deeply rooted hate is, and how few people actually escape from it), while the sociopathically callous are not. But of the two, one will dedicate far more resources to see me suffer, while the other will only see me suffer if it is convenient for them, and on that very practical consideration, I prefer dealing with the callous over the hate-filled.
It’s the same reason I would prefer living under the coldness of the French Republic as an impoverished Jew in the late 1930s over Nazi Germany.