abstract or concrete

Q: "To love only the humanity and not the specifics. Be cautious of becoming such a person. "How to understand this phenomenon?

A: Is Karl Marx more inclined to love the abstract or the concrete?

Shouldn’t he stop fussing about ‘Capital’ and manifestos and just work more and buy flowers for Jenny?

Shouldn’t Yu the Great spend less time on flood control and more time with his children?

Everyone has their own talents, circumstances, and desires; how can one be forced to be the same? Some people excel at ‘loving the abstract,’ and destiny has placed them in their positions—such as teaching legal principles at school. Should we still insist that they ‘love the concrete’?

As long as it’s love, it deserves respect, help, and comfort, without picking and choosing. This is the most basic and simple principle of being human. Is there really too much love in this world that we can pick and criticize some of it?

In essence, this statement is a complaint made by some who believe they are entitled and have the right to be ‘specifically loved.’ The problem is, ‘having the legal right to be nurtured and cared for’ doesn’t equate to ‘being entitled and having the right to be loved.’ No one is entitled or has the right to demand love from anyone, whether it’s ‘abstract’ or ‘specific.’

Coerced ‘love’ is just flattery by prisoners to their jailers. Jailers wanting ‘specificity’ is just an insatiable desire. The prisoners are now discussing how to ‘avoid becoming’—What a poetic irony.