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>>384013 Large scale "niceness" will never work because people have conflicting interests. Often in spite of the face of pleasantness, the actions of one individual, no matter how "nice" they are, can be rude and demeaning. Conversely, I often find rude and demeaning people to be more enjoyable to be around, since they're often more brutally honest (that's just me though).
But more than conflicting interests and misunderstandings, what always bugs me about people who want to "just be nice to everyone" is that they have a profound misunderstanding of history. Might doesn't necessarily make right, but murdering somebody was always kind of a de-facto option throughout history. It has become much less of an option in the more modern eras, but bullets and swords have always worked faster than Law and Due Process. Often, one arose to power through murder and then strived to secure their holdings so that those under them could function relatively unmolested by other Murderers.
Even today, in a bizarre way, you could say that all of America's Guns and Drones and Spy Systems are, in part, what allows us to be having these discussions over things like Gay Rights, and trying to heal the Racial Transgression that is basically America's history. If we weren't the biggest and best Murderers on the block, we might just be trying to fight off China with them trying to impose Child Limits on us or something.
More than that, I can get hatred for showing up to a party and just being the funniest guy there. I don't have to hurt anyone or even necessarily be mean about it; somebody might still go "look at this asshole, being funnier than me and potentially pulling more pussy. I fucking hate him and I have no real goddamn reason to". The fallacy with "why can't everyone be nice" is exposed very simply if you were to give a bunch of children whiffle-ball bats and then say "now everybody stand still and play nice". You are 3 seconds away Whifflpocalypse.
I can be very nice. I can be absolutely the most pleasant, proper, and austere person you have ever met. That is because in my off time, I am the most vile, despicable , virulent, childish, swearing, sister-fucking, scum-sucking shitbag you have ever winked across the bar at in a hurricane of bad decisions. But professionally, and in the moments I need to be, I am pleasant. Because in knowing the value of being mean, I appreciate it that much more when people are nice. Even if it's a little fun to be mean.
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