I think it's saying that nothing makes sense in the world. If you give up your seat you think you are doing a good deed, and if you make a mistake in the course of duty you are punished severely for it. We become desensitised watching people starve to death while we are eating and drinking normally. I think it means that it all happens while we watch the world and there's nothing we really can do or we aren't really doing enough. Kind of like, life carries on and doesn't make sense while we live in our own little world.
I think it's saying that nothing makes sense in the world. If you give up your seat you think you are doing a good deed, and if you make a mistake in the course of duty you are punished severely for it. We become desensitised watching people starve to death while we are eating and drinking normally. I think it means that it all happens while we watch the world and there's nothing we really can do or we aren't really doing enough. Kind of like, life carries on and doesn't make sense while we live in our own little world.