In recent news, a Democrat donor was arrested for threatening to kill 6 Supreme Court Justices and a survey was taken asking if America would be better off if Donald Trump died. “28% of Democrats answered yes to the question—that America would be better off—and 24% of Democrats said they were unsure” according to the Daily Signal.
Many people think the country would be better off if certain individuals died, and I think that it is lopsided on the side of the Democrats. If you asked Republicans if the country would be better off if Biden or Kamala were dead, I think you’d get far fewer affirmative responses. But, Republicans know that they’re up against a “system” of sorts. If Biden or Kamala died (God forbid) the problems the Republicans see in the political system would go on without any changes. One or two deaths wouldn’t make a difference. I’m sure most of them know that.
Why is it different for the Democrats? Why do they not see that the problem isn’t a couple of Supreme Court judges or one former President? I’m thinking that it’s the media in this case. The mainstream media focuses intently on the dangers of Republicans packing the Supreme Court or the dangers of Trump. But those right-leaning news media stations and channels tend to focus on the Democrats or the deep-state, larger groups, rather than individuals. But I don’t watch much “mainstream” TV, so let me know if I am wrong in the comments.
As I’ve written about before, the Democrats look to the government as a “Savior” far more often than a Republican or Libertarian would. It does tend to be the Democrats who fall into the victim mentality, and Social Justice Warriors are “Rescuers.” For some reason that party is so far stuck in the Drama Triangle that they cannot find their way out. They either do not want to take personal responsibility or they believe other people (whom they view as “Victims”) do not have to or can’t take personal responsibility for themselves.
People who feel like “Victims” can fantasize that the removal of a “Persecutor” through assassination would fix things. They can place the assassination on a pedestal and view it as a type of “Savior.” They think that if a person would come in and do that, then they’d be saved.
That’s not how this works though. People are miswanting another person dead. The powerlessness that they feel is torturous. But rather than get mental and/or spiritual help for that, they look to fill the hole by taking someone else’s life (or simply wishing that it would be taken).
That’s really about responsibility shifting. It is their responsibility to make themselves feel powerful again. Do you know the best way to feel empowered? By taking personal responsibility. It seems to be anathema to many on the left which is why they always feel powerless.
Everyone trying to put more laws in place and control what other people, down to controlling whether or not a person breathes their last breath, is doing so because they feel powerless over their own life. They think that by taking control of someone else, they’ll feel better. That’s not how this works though as I said.
The hole inside is caused by the feeling of powerlessness that comes from not owning your own responsibilities. Every time you feel like it’s someone else’s responsibility to make you feel better, you become enslaved to those people and whether or not they do what you want.
But, let’s look at death. People wish for Trump to die. If he did, would they feel better? They may feel “euphoria” for a moment in time. But far sooner than you would guess, the honeymoon effect comes in and they go back to feeling the same way before the event happened. There’s a paper on Harvard that I read about that in my article “All About Miswanting.” But you can also see my article about Miswanting (concerning Gender Affirmation.)
As soon as you get the thing that you think you want, you don’t normally stay with those high emotions. You forget to be thankful / grateful. You become complacent. Then, since you didn’t actually fix the emotional hole, something new will trigger you and you will find a new “persecutor” to blame.
We saw how Democrats, when they thought Trump might not be the Presidential candidate in 2024, started to label Governor Ron DeSantis as evil. In this video, they debate the question, “Would a DeSantis presidency pose a greater danger than another Trump presidency?”
When you think about gun control, you can remember that the Democrats keep wanting to pass more and more laws, but it’s never enough. They are insatiable. It’s because their fear provides them with new “Persecutors” when another one vanishes. It’s like their mind is moving the goalposts on them. But every time they think, “This time it’s going to work!”
Nope. That’s not how this works. If you’re ever thinking, “If only that person would die,” it’s time to question why you feel like that would make you happier. Consider what, in particular, is making you unhappy. Then find a way to fix it yourself. It will probably be a fear that you are avoiding.
It’s time for us to face our fears because if we don’t we’ll be running on that hedonic treadmill forever.
There are ways to not go back down to baseline happiness, but it takes work. I mentioned one of them already. Do you remember what it is?
Most of us are lazy about our happiness. We want to make it other people’s responsibility to keep us happy. But if it’s always someone else’s responsibility to keep you happy, you’ll never be happy. Maybe you’ll have a moment of euphoria, but then you will dip into dysphoria again because of the Honeymoon Effect.
Democrats, in general, seem to have a belief that it really is okay to make other people do things (such as using “preferred pronouns”) so they will feel happier. They may call you selfish if you don’t go along with it, but if you re-read that previous sentence you’ll see that they’re the ones being selfish. It’s just projection.
The paper from Harvard suggests that no matter the election result, we’ll all go back to our baseline levels of happiness or well-being. For most of us, that is probably the case. But I, personally, intend on taking responsibility for my happiness and increasing it regardless of the results.
Your happiness depends upon you, not someone else, and you certainly don’t need people (whom you’ve never even met) to die to make you or this country happy. It’s not their responsibility or fault for why you’re not happy. You are.
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