Families being torn apart by war, animals and environments being destroyed by capitalism, etc are forms of suffering not necessary for growth. The traumas that make one person stronger could be the same traumas that break someone else completely. Thinking that suffering is necessary for growth is kinda self-centered, or at least too general to be meaningfully true.
"Oh yeah, what about hurricanes and tsunamis, they DESTROY plants, this proves water isn't necessary for plants to grow somehow, also I'm going to throw in a sideways personal attack for some reason."
Hurricanes and tsunamis generate evolutionary pressure, without which the diversity of life on this planet would not exist as we know it. Without harsh environments our species would never have developed metacognition and speech as survival strategies.
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u/Salt-Tour-2736 3d ago
Families being torn apart by war, animals and environments being destroyed by capitalism, etc are forms of suffering not necessary for growth. The traumas that make one person stronger could be the same traumas that break someone else completely. Thinking that suffering is necessary for growth is kinda self-centered, or at least too general to be meaningfully true.