In class last Thursday, we watched part of a documentary of a Marxist philosopher named Slavoj Žižek. In one part of the film, he relates how creation is a cosmic imbalance, where everything exists accidentally, and the only way to counter-act this mistake is through love. He believes that love is evil and perceives it as an extremely violent act.
He argues that we are flawed because of our love of idealizing love. Humans basically glorify and externalize what they see to achieve a form of love that is highly unrealistic. This type of love I perceive as a form of infatuation which can be found within our highly materialized society where people like celebrities or politicians are idolized. This delusional, infatuated love can essentially be evil because it blinds society into exalting a specific physical image and leads into a destructive, imbalanced and irrational society.
Furthermore, I believe he is also arguing that when someone states, "I love you," that person is sharing a sentiment that it is presently happening now but though it is attempted, it is not eternal.
When viewed within a world perspective, this statement can also be equated to political relations. For example, two countries may announce that they are at the moment in alliance, but it is not always constant for there is always an awareness of impending violence. When one states, "I love you," it is fixed upon the present, bounded within time. However, there it always that impending moment that those sentiments may be reversed, and may enact the opposite that is love, which is evil. Hence our existence is always imbalanced.