I've reread his post 3 or so times, and I never came to the conclusion that he had this belief.
'People are so fucking obsessed with their little lives' is a dismissive statement, suggesting that the (imagined) concerns of others are too small to deserve the attention people give to them.
If you lead a busy life, you won't have time, motivation, or enough attention to consider outside affairs. Is that false?
Yes, I do think that's false. Being busy can crowd out all other considerations due to fatigue or necessity, but not necessarily so. To stick with the coffeeshop example, is it not just as possible that the busy barista spends her evening studying to be a civil rights lawyer or some other socially responsible task as she does mooning over a hypothetical boyfriend? People are quite adept at dividing their time, in my experience.
I've reread his post 3 or so times, and I never came to the conclusion that he had this belief.
"and that they simply don't have the 'mental bandwidth' to understand what's going on, unlike yourself."
If you lead a busy life, you won't have time, motivation, or enough attention to consider outside affairs. Is that false? What's the big deal?