i agree, this topic has a lot of potential... definitely too big a scope though.
this is something i took from the movie "the incredibles". if everyone is special, that's just another way of saying that no one is special. i think that's true to some extent.
to draw yet another movie reference, we've ended up in a mindset very much like fightclub. everyone has been told all through their lives that they're special, that they deserve to succeed by virtue of having a pulse. when people are told they deserve something and life doesn't deliver on its promises... you end up with a lot of very disillusioned and bitter souls.
interesting topic.
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