@RobotDiver Too many people don’t care anymore. I got Covid at the hospital where I had a second mastectomy in January for a second breast cancer because masks are not anymore required. I mentioned it of course and I got a BS answer.

But I pushed it anyway saying that going as a cancer patient in the day surgery department where too many staff members didn’t wear masks was not an ideal experience!!

@RobotDiver I think numbing oneself to human misery is often used as a protective measure, and it's presented in our culture as one of the most acceptable options for self-preservation in order to stay upright enough to keep feeding the Misery Engine.

It is loathsome, and I have to work to separate my disgust at this from my view of many of the people who choose this path to survive something we're all being assaulted by every single day.

It's so frustrating when you do the work and see someone else who doesn't appear to be doing the work, but sometimes all we can do is our best and let that work be seen by the people around us.

@RobotDiver
This is not a recent development.
It has gotten worse for some people, but mostly just more visible.

I get the impression that many people confuse becoming aware of how society in general is and society becoming that way.

As if society was the way they imagined it, until they found out, that wasn't the case and therefore, society must have changed, not just their perception and image of it.