I have to admit that I am ashamed of being a race of human being, especially being a Taiwanese. Even this kind of people appears everywhere in every country, I have to admit in Taiwan it is more harsh and apparent than in the US. It's almost a Cultural thing to some aspect. Some of my affluent/well-off , rich, smart friends, even relatives do not have a compassionate heart. They brag about their pocessions, step on others to get ahead, by igniting their aggressive nature to beat others and feel themselves superior. They judge others based on superficial achievements, such as power, status, money, degree etc... They appear arrogant and smash others' ego whenever they get a chance to do so. They criticize, judge, speak mean words of no constructions to hurt others' feelings and then feel good about themselves. Those smart-ass especially thinks so. They think others are stupid, and themselves superior. They have no respect for every human being but a crappy and wretched self-esteem deep down inside. As a Cognitive Science major, I feel those people who deeply feel insecure has the tendency to try to put others down in order to satisfy their poor self-esteem. Even they appear arrogant and superior, in fact they are an object of pity. Observing carefully and investigate their background, you will find those aspects that they feel superior about are what they desire most and have a lack of those beforehand. Live is a long term journey, and I believe this kind of snobbish and selfish thoughts, will gain them no respect nor true friends. They can gain material success or short-term status/power, yet they never win others'heart in the long term. A good prediction is that those smart-ass often have poor marriage life, superficial friends based on benefits, and solitary existence. They do not have a sincere and true heart to earn a life-long friend or true lover. They have no concepts of sacrifice, loyalty, sympathy and compassion. Birds of a feather flock together, so those smart-asses gather with people similar/alike. Among these smart-asses they trap and trick each other, jealous of and compete with each other. Their precautious and insincere nature makes them no real friends. They appear to be affluent and having lots of acquaintances, but deep down inside they know no one they can count on. They have high IQ, but low intelligence of compassion. They crush others' ego from time to time, without even feeling guilty. That's why they are always lonely, even they are surrounded with people. And things turn back to them. What they gained is hatred and resentment from others. Even they win the whole world, including the power they want, they will eventually lose their soul. Those smart-ass often think people with integrity and compassion are stupid, for they think those decent people focus on things that is of no immediate benefits to themselves. Their Value System is pure logical, like a robot, without flesh and blood. Their only flesh and blood is their self, and selfishness is of top-priority in their dictionary. When they criticize us as stupid, they do not understand that there are things more important in our life other than mere benefits or better chance of survival. In my opinion, they have NO CULTRUE. They are like those nouveau riches. A real educated, nurtured, cultrued human should have a basic respect and kindness to all human beings, regardless of their race, economic status, degree, gender, religion, even sexual-orientation. Alas!! What kind of education system produced this kind of sick and disgusting cultrue? Pure competition without installing characters and moral standards is a pity in our country. The disgusting culture is filled with snobbish and aggressive thoughts, of human evilness. And they justify this evilness by saying that's the realistic life of society. The most successful and decent people I've seen, are not only smart, but also have a heart of gold and intelligence of wisdom. They are compassionate to others and have a sense of contribution. These people earn reputation for the long term, even after they die, and are memorized in the heart of many people. ps. No offense, everybody. I just got pissed off by someone's discourtesy yesterday. I know there are many nice and decent people in Taiwan. :) What I am presenting is only part of our culture. I need to vent anyway...XD ------------------------------------------------------ sometimes, a very simple thought or thing can SMASH complicated/disgusting things. -- --

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