”Kindness is Everything” Until It’s Not | Nietzsche Roulette #06

<p style="text-align:center;">The yard signs might be popular, but reality doesn't need to win a popularity contest to prevail. Nietzsche had a unique way of picking apart the kind of pathological nice-ness that pervades our culture today. There are plenty of modern examples to choose from for understanding Nietzsche's suspicion of this sickly form of sympathy. </p> <p style="text-align:center;">Let us know how you interpret Nietzsche's quote in the comments!</p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">◬ Featured quote: </p> <p style="text-align:center;">"Hypochondria. There are people who, out of empathy with and concern for another person, become hypochondriac. The species of sympathy that arises, in this case, is nothing other than an illness. </p> <p style="text-align:center;">Thus there is also a Christian hypochondria such as overcomes these solitary, religiously-inclined people who have the suffering and death of Christ continually before their eyes." </p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">◬ In this episode: </p> <p style="text-align:center;">⋗ The type of people who gain a sense of superiority by "helping" ⋗ How religious instincts have manifested in leftist politics ⋗ Why dogmatic politics don't actually solve political problems ⋗ The kind of self-serving "compassion" that exacerbates the homelessness crises ⋗ How self-serving "compassion" causes a violent backlash </p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> ◬ Book Mentioned: <a href='https://amzn.to/3Rlxtni'>Human, All Too Human</a>   ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the <a href='https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety'>Silver Eye Society on Patreon</a>.   ◬ Listen to the podcast via: <ul class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ul"><li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align:center;"> <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvFz