If it makes you feel better all sorts of unpleasant people are currently winning at natural selection
I have a hard time understanding how this would make anyone feel better.
Suffering is often ameliorated somewhat by knowing you are not alone in your situation.
It can also be made worse by knowing that the suffering is a direct and inevitable result of forces they cannot plausibly alter.
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I have a hard time understanding how this would make anyone feel better.
Suffering is often ameliorated somewhat by knowing you are not alone in your situation.
It can also be made worse by knowing that the suffering is a direct and inevitable result of forces they cannot plausibly alter.