Firstly, a very interesting read and one which resonated with me on a personal level. Secondly,
You can’t police feelings, you can’t force people to feel the same affection to everyone in the world in the same manner.
The powers that be seem to be able to influence our emotions to a greater extent that I feel you give them credit for. They are able to concoct new and ever more ludicrous things for us to be outraged at. The media spotlights a great many fallacious "truths" with the intent of giving us something to be angry about. Whilst I agree that it is impossible to make anyone truly love someone or something, it seems very easy indeed to make us all upset.
That's an excellent point @pleaseignore. And there never seem to be any shortage of things that we "must" be outraged about.
Such a great use of time, right?
I once joked about the ridiculous outrage phenomenon.
https://steemit.com/life/@the-alien/selective-outrage-from-a-strictly-extra-terrestrial-point-of-view
Life is short, and outrage is probably not the best use of the precious life we have.
Thank you for the awesome comment.