

are we just amusing ourselves until death?
IMO, yes. But just calling it “entertainment” is a bit reductionist, I think.
But yeah. And I don’t see anything is wrong with that. Having a cat is cool, video games are fun, and good company is fulfilling in a powerful, indescribable, way.
To experience that kind of stuff, and for others to do the same, as much and as often as possible, is what I live for.
Yeah, there’s a lot of bad stuff in the world. But I’m able to make my corner of it quite liveable. And not just for myself, but for friends and family.
I can’t save the world, but I can decide to make the sliver of it that I’ll interact with throughout my life, a little bit nicer.
The part I struggle with, is finding a way to make living, that makes things better, not worse. Jobs that don’t contribute towards people having less and less time for the things that make life worth living, are non-existent.
That’s unfortunately not how words work.
Get into etymology and you’d be surprised at the number of words whose current meanings are complete 180s from their historical definitions.
You can’t just look at a word a decide what it means. Very few people use the word feminist to intend what you are claiming it means.
Suggesting they secretly intend your interpretation is mad, and claiming everyone except you is using the word wrong just means youre the one who has its definition wrong.