We're Often Turned Against Being

i do think that our self-consciousness produces that division within us because more than any other creature we're intensely aware of our finitude and suffering. That tends to turn us at least to some degree against being itself. i was watching a bunch of protesters in the u.s last week scream at the sky about trump you know and it was interesting like i thought it was an extraordinarily narcissistic display but despite that there is something symbolically appropriate about it. There's one great scene where he gets far too drunk and he's stumbling around the street  in virtually comatose state with his hands up as if cursing god. So that kind of reminded me of these people who were yelling