# The cure to soulless crushing modern society is a life of narcissistic sociopathic hedonism (or why humans can't have nice things)

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### Author: ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)
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> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#):
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> Everything in your mind - your perception of and reaction to external physical events.
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> There are some external things you can impose your will upon, but essentially no external circumstance can affect your mind, if you are strong enough.

That’s not how the human brain works, and it’s a dangerous and often destructive belief that leads to hostility and abuse towards people are “weak” and suffer from trauma like PTSD. It also contributes to homophobia and transphobia, as it is implicitly asserting people could just choose not to be if they wanted.

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