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Do you believe in a literal basic sense, that other human beings have free will and agency; and are helping out your causes, doing the same things you want and support, and that you alone are not (and do not need to be) the savior of the universe, and the only person with sapience?
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Holy hell, that last sentence is exactly how I've been feeling about a lot of things (especially online leftists) as of late, and for a while :P
Like, do you believe in humanity, or not?
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Do you believe in a literal basic sense, that other human beings have free will and agency; and are helping out your causes, doing the same things you want and support, and that you alone are not (and do not need to be) the savior of the universe, and the only person with sapience?
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Holy hell, that last sentence is exactly how I've been feeling about a lot of things (especially online leftists) as of late, and for a while :P
Like, do you believe in humanity, or not?
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Everyone should both be protected by and bound to the law and to the extent our system fails to do that it should and must be reformed, not further degraded into a free-for-all of violence.
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I am one of those loser cringe people who think that moral law applies even when I really don't like the other person and they've done a terrible thing. I realize that this is a vanishing minority in America, where everyone is a rugged individual building the moral universe by themselves.
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I, honestly, kind of believe that the online left has long just kind of been doing solipism, given by how they post, what they say etc
Like, they say they "stand up for The People™️" and "for the good of all humanity", but their actions tell a different story :P
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I, honestly, kind of believe that the online left has long just kind of been doing solipism, given by how they post, what they say etc
Like, they say they "stand up for The People™️" and "for the good of all humanity", but their actions tell a different story :P
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Set aside the ethical claims here (which are preposterous) — this way of thinking is the purest form of solipsism imaginable.
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That also encapsulates my feelings about war, that its a terrible thing where death and suffering are common and should be treated seriously rather than as a sports game.
(Note that this does not mean i am a peacenik or appeaser)
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I'm immensely contemptuous of anyone who sees Ted Kaczynski or the subjects of true crime a silly little diversion, and so these people get the same treatment.
Death, real death, is a very serious matter. Even if the person who died was a piece of shit.
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Not to mention I don't see a lot of hope in how people are *actually* reacting. I see amusement. I see fun. They found the murder of a person a silly little diversion in their lives, something they can make memes and thirstposts about.
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I was about to say: this did not actually solve the problem people insist it did, and it won't be solved by shooting more workers at health insurance firms. What is does do is make people with cruel hearts feel better.
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You do not get to have a stable society where you can reliably navigate social interactions without fear of murder while having the beliefs you have. You are choosing the worst outcome of the current crisis in full conscience that is what you are doing, with a smug little grin on your face.
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In fact, you have put yourself above the laws of society. You've appointed yourself the ubermensch.
If you respond with "Well, all the other killings were wrong and the ones I like were right", all I can ask you is "If you have no respect for the social contract why are you upset it's unwinding?"
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When you then add on "And it is morally just to kill a murderer if the justice system refuses to recognize what they're doing as murder", well, you've just written yourself a pass to kill anybody you so please.
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We are very lucky that conservatives had their seed corn ruined by the kids turning into groypers. I don't think there were ever enough competent fascist administrators to pull off a Yarvin/Thiel-style fascist takeover, but it'd have more buy-in under Bush than Trump.
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I've said it before, but I'm a firm believer that posthumanism will be a thing in the futute. Implants, biological/genetic mods, etc. However, I'm also a firm believer that it should be democratized. Not only should people get what they want, but there should still be those unafraid to be frail.
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Neither. One guy had a personal grudge, and people are treating it like he's a goddamn hero or something :P
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The movie Fight Club and its' consequences, etc
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We got rid of gladiatorial combat for a reason, you know :P
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All of them :P
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And now that I think about it, it was probably more effective back in the 1960s/70s because the media environment was so much slower. An image like that could circulate the world for years and imprint itself on people’s brains, and there wouldn’t be any other images.
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The only individual for whom this “worked” was that monk in the famous picture, who was emphasizing the point. And he died as well.
Attention grabbing, but ultimately useless
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The pentagon is in turmoil randomly for no reason, you see. Can’t let the audience know what is happening.
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Yeah the self-immolation fandom felt even more obscene and alienating than the Murder Hero memes. That at least felt recognizable in a cliche "outlaw folk hero" way. The suicide worship just seems more...fanatical, atavistic. Dark stuff.
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It all comes down to people claiming their lust for the blood of whoever they associate with The Great Evil is righteous.
And that never ends well.
And they're going the extra mile by accusing their victims and anyone speaking against their murders of being the 'Real' murderers.
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Cognitive dissonance ain't just a right thing, after all
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There is definitely that.
It’s funny to watch people who repeatedly accused me of murder for not supporting Bernie, and then again for supporting Biden/Harris post 10/7, stanning a literal murder and arguing that murder is fine.
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Not excusing it per se, but just saying we don't need to endlessly prattle on about one thing forever; or conviently forget about it, despite the situation getting worse 🤔
But anyways
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Yeah, whether they realize it or not.....they're kind of being useful idiots, lol
US foreign policy has always kind of sucked, most of us came to terms with that a while ago :P