07-07-2020, 11:38 PM
(07-07-2020, 04:59 PM)Black Dragon Wrote: So to me, whether somebody is spewing said apologetics in favor of Trump, or of the USSR, or any other corrupt person or institution it all just smells like bullshit to me. I find it not only annoyingly sheepy and conformist, but also of a divisive nature that just fuels endless arguments defending people and institutions who clearly suck, rather than people being their own authorities and having reasonable discussions coming from a standpoint of their own inherent ethics and discernment.
Well, you know, being a human--or portraying one in a dense illusion--is not an easy business. Sometimes it's good to let people define their space, have their say and learn their lessons in their own time. That can be said of acceptance of self as well.
(07-07-2020, 01:42 PM)Spaced Wrote: ...what it boils down to for me is that I would rather live in a system built on an ideological foundation of mutual cooperation and the fundamental equality of humankind than one oriented around the accumulation of wealth and the elevation of the individual. Even if there is corruption, at least there is a common goal and something to strive for. One of these paths has a future the other does not.
That sounds lovely to me. How do we get there? I'd say by choosing to vibrate that way one by one, then linking with others doing the same. I don't expect it can come through rhetoric and large scale planning, but by each learning to care and to love, then connecting with others doing likewise. Just my view.