Boasting about being a “humanitarian” is similar to being proud for being born in one country instead of another. Humanitarians believe that their actions deserve special attention simply because they choose to relate to the needs of a specific group of people. Thing is, we are all humanitarian in respect to our scope of interest and the people we choose to relate.
Means Can Justify Anything
What is “good” for humanity cannot be determined with an objective measure. We all try to help some people instead of others whether we like or not. One could easily nuke half the planet because they believe that we are currently overpopulated. Reducing the population could serve humanity’s long term interests. Whether this belief has merit is irrelevant. All it matters is the number of followers who will believe the argument.The ancient Egyptians, and recently Hitler, tortured and killed millions for medical experimentation. They argued that it was for the best of the human rance. Today, through their medical discoveries, we are in position to save billions. Should we also call them humanitarian because they eliminated the weak while at the same time torturing many in order to unlock the mysteries of our nature? An outside observer watching humanity's evolution unfold would only record progress—not the horrific clusterfuck that gave rise to it. This also applies in our daily lives. Once a goal is accomplished succesfully we soon forget all the bad things that came along. The human ethos is extremely naive and palpatable and humanitarians know this very well.
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Shilling thou self
People who aspire to so called “humanitarians” get caught up with the illusion of self-sacrifice. Those who choose to advertise their deeds in the social media make sure to promote this perception to their audience. We get christian humanitarians, atheist humanitarians, anarchic humanitarians. The matter of fact is that these people are merely self-promoting to elevate their name’s worth. They use an over-generalised ideology that is able to bind feel-good-groupies into loyal customers of their identity. Business as always.Humanitarians’ self proclaimed victim-hood—like throwing themselves in front of the police, or volunteering is a simple act of marketing promotion. Even corporations do that in order to avoid taxes and improve their image. Many people forget the other side of capital that is manifested through intellectual and social interactions. Often It proves to be even more valuable than monetary rewards. Common folk though who never had their own business, don’t really think about the capital dynamics in elaborate terms so they end up seeing humanitarianism as a selfless act. Politicians also do this all the time because they understand that most people are willingly idiots, ready to buy their cheap shilling. “Humanitarians” know this very well as well and so they capitalise on their greater abstract idea, avoiding talking about the money that comes fills their pockets.
There is no such thing as bad fame
Actors and humanitarians use cost/benefit analysis to shill their persona. For example they get arrested or indicted for petty felonies just to make the front page of the news. Often this is enough to get some sheeple following them while it saves on advertising. When an actor falls out of popularity they make sure to find some sex or drug scandal to bring them back to the scene. Whenever a “humanitarian” wants to cash some attention he throws himself in front of the police. Even if the crime ends up being a major one, upon exiting the sentence, the individual will have nothing else to do other than to justify the conviction as part of his greater ideals. Really, it’s that simple. It is an act that the groupies are ready to buy into and you don’t need that many to set up the whole thing. From what I learned by being a leader all you need is a few crazy idiots to create a movement and those are very easy to find. The pareto principle applies. 20% of the people can move the entire pack and all you need is the crazy and stupid. In addition to this, when it comes to defying authority and “trying to save the world” everybody likes a hero story. Considering Hollywood’s themes I can safely say that most people are stupefied enough to follow along. Most humans adore to be fooled.
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Despite all the lessons from history, it is believed that if you attach a humanitarian ideology next to someone’s name they are magically transformed into defenders of freedom, liberty, justice, truth, glory ….yada yada yada. The lexicon of the “humanitarians” is not different than that of a preacher or a door-to-door salesman. Their sheeple, made up of mainly beta-tier individuals, look up to these people because they are too weak to act for themselves. The whole thing becomes even more pathetic when one realises that most people's actions rhyme with the “facebook likes to feed children in Africa” momentum. The masses believe that if they support someone who supports an action that “looks good’ they can immediately gain ethical kudos by proxy. Talk about a giant jerk-circle.
The same ol’ trick
Religious leaders and politicians used the argument of humanitarianism in order to “better humanity” because “they knew better”. Every single ideology that was shilled on this planet was promoted as “humanitarian”, fighting against the “evil others”. We have become so detached with reality that we chase illusions of grandeur, reassuring each other that we are the good guys while those who don’t agree with us are the assholes. This is what the statement “I am humanitarian” states. You are basically boasting to everybody else that they are not as awesome as you are.Self Deception
75% of people on this planet live in shitholes in comparison with our “poor” western class. We get most of our stuff for pennies because others are born into slavery providing for us. We complain about our politicians and corporations for not giving us enough while they provide us with almost everything. In the eyes of most of the inhabitants of this planet we are really spoiled whiny brats. What do we do with our awesomeness? We turn the computer on and through the tiresome act of moving the computer mouse around we click on something "humanitarian", perhaps "share our prayers", so we can alleviate all the guild from our hypocrytical existence.Stating The Obvious
It doesn’t matter if the humanitarians are politicians, priests, anarchists, atheists or technological gurus. Those who are trying to “fix the world” are expressing a desire to control people. Those who want to control other people, have already lost control themselves. At it’s best, humanitarianism is nothing but an act of social desperation. There are no selfless acts. Our "humanism" is always conditional.
