That’s pretty close to it. And your parents and teachers regularly take you aside and remind you that it’s all LARP. I also suspect that the desire to engage in charitable behavior and political organization is motivated by cultural neuroses. Why should you go vote or politically organize or give your time away for free when you can so obviously improve your life by putting effort into your career? Christian/liberal guilt, I assume.
That’s pretty close to it. And your parents and teachers regularly take you aside and remind you that it’s all LARP. I also suspect that the desire to engage in charitable behavior and political organization is motivated by cultural neuroses. Why should you go vote or politically organize or give your time away for free when you can so obviously improve your life by putting effort into your career? Christian/liberal guilt, I assume.