I'm getting sick of hearing about this so called "love" present in all forms of modern media. Every time it's mentioned, the what's actually being described isn't love, but rather lust, or at best, infatuation. You'll hear about two people supposedly "falling in love" all the time, yet the only thing that binds them together is their mutual attraction for one another. There is no shared desire to build something together, no real understanding of each other, and usually it isn't even the case that the two in question fulfill each other emotionally with their connection.
The truth is that actual love isn't generally felt for other individuals, it's reserved for something which gives you a sense of belonging and community to others(like a country, or even humans in general), God, or something incredibly personal to whomever is perceiving it(this can even be a vague idea or preconceived notion of a real person). However in the latter case, loving the idea you've created for yourself about another person, it's not the same thing as actually feeling love for them. You love the mannequin you've chosen to construct for yourself, but not the separate consciousness to whom you've projected this image upon.
The point is, whenever love is mentioned in any modern context between individuals, you should actually replace the word "love" with "lust", as to understand the meaning with no self deception. There is no love, modernity has largely destroyed it, and all that remains is the rampant hedonism which has usurped it.
The truth is that actual love isn't generally felt for other individuals, it's reserved for something which gives you a sense of belonging and community to others(like a country, or even humans in general), God, or something incredibly personal to whomever is perceiving it(this can even be a vague idea or preconceived notion of a real person). However in the latter case, loving the idea you've created for yourself about another person, it's not the same thing as actually feeling love for them. You love the mannequin you've chosen to construct for yourself, but not the separate consciousness to whom you've projected this image upon.
The point is, whenever love is mentioned in any modern context between individuals, you should actually replace the word "love" with "lust", as to understand the meaning with no self deception. There is no love, modernity has largely destroyed it, and all that remains is the rampant hedonism which has usurped it.
