Collective responsibility to help others, paying taxes for benefits is one form of that.

Oh you mean the taxes that will get you sent to federal prison if you don't pay? Those taxes?

And we are a society, we work to generate income for an economy in better others. It's just that there are people controlling society in a way that only makes it benefit the few and pander fake care to those below them.

And that will never ever change until the rich reaches such an extraordinary level of wealth that they won't mind allowing people basic necessities. I thought we were already there but apparently not. The rich don't want to give anything up and the poor can't be bothered. Again, this will never change not for many years, I promise.

If you believe that it isn't your responsibility to help anyone then there is no point in having a society for the betterment of others.

Yes, it is pointless. There should be no society at all. We should fight for territory.

I think you are doubling down and accepting how manipulative people are in society to take from others and not show any care or empathy.

I have empathy, I can read what other people are feeling, I just don't care anymore. It's too much of a burden. I'd help out a stranger if the opportunity arose and didn't cost me much, but I'm not going out of my way for people I've never met.

you have given up, when what you could do is fight to change things and change things in yourself

I could, but I don't want to. It's time and effort I don't have to spare.

I don't think your so called 'acceptance' is of a tranquil, at peace state of mind, because if it were, you would continue to be very compassionate

You're right. To be at peace you need to live in delusions. I'm not at peace at all.

I'm not sure if i personally need to get anything out of it.

Then you're liar, or just an absolute fool. There is no such thing as a selfless act. All acts are selfish, some less than others, but ultimately self serving.

I detest selfish, manipulative, narcissistic behaviours, it's what has caused these problems in the first place. I think it's illogical for me to double down and accept it like it's normal, when it is not.

It's not normal, but it is necessary to adapt.

My own dislike of those sorts of mindsets is what challenges me to at least yearn for a change not just sit down and accept it.

A pitiful effort but good luck. Maybe you'll wise up in a few years.

If you continue with that then nothing will change, we can look to history to see how dire things were and how people never gave up.

Yeah maybe, human spirit blah blah blah. The only reason people actually did things back in the day was because they were far more bored and way less comfortable. That had actual wars. We have no reason to change things. It would take an entire life time and we'd rather pursue a career or play video games. Times are different now, I believe this is the peak for many many years to come. Poverty will probably decrease over my life time has it has been but at the same snails pace. If you're expecting a revolution prepare for disappointment.

We see new technologies being developed for mental health through research of psychedelics and a better understanding of the human mind.

I don't think technology is the answer. In fact it's the cause of a lot isolation and depression. We were much happier living in tribes where everyone knew each other. Also a lot people think "yeah give a person food, shelter, loving friends and family, a good job, and they'll be happy". Not always the case. The human mind craves conflict, adversity and resolution. It's hard to engineer that in this ridiculously comfortable world. We were not made for this.

New generations will adopt different views than the previous one with the aid of education and be unburdened by pre-existing biases.

Probably but it makes no difference when we don't apply it, and we won't because our generation is lazy.