Woher die Monster kommen (Where the monsters grow)

[matrixmann]

Worin liegt der Schlüssel zur Boshaftigkeit?
...In dem Moment, wenn du begreifst, dass du jemandem oder etwas alles antun kannst, was du willst, und niemand kommt, um dich dafür zu bestrafen. Egal wie grausam, unfair, ekelhaft, pervers, verächtlich oder unmenschlich es auch sein mag.

Wherein lies the key to malignity?
...The moment when you realize you can do anything that you want to anyone or anything and there's no-one coming up to punish you for what you've done. No matter how cruel, unfair, disgusting, perverted, despicable or inhuman it may be.

Comments

[mandarinsun.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of it is that nowadays people grow up watching everything on screens, whether it is phones, tvs, laptops, etc..It is very difficult, and maybe impossible, to learn morality and empathy by staring at video. I also just was given a iphone within the last few months and have noticed that now sometimes teenagers or children just sort of appear in front of me to ask a question because I was looking at my phone and I wasn't really noticing them before. If someone grows up for years like that, you can see how a lack of empathy occurs.

Studies have shown that lack of empathy is something younger generations suffer from. It becomes narcissism. They can't picture how their actions effect someone else. Even thinking about how if you aren't paying for yourself, other people are suffering by paying for you is a lack of empathy problem.