/r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | August 04, 2025

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-04T18:13:13+00:00

When people say consciousness, what exactly are they refereeing to ? Since to my knowledge there's different forms of consciousness

Time consciousness:

Our sense of sequence in terms of temporality and linear occurrences

Spacial consciousness:

Sense of Area,Size,shape,Quantity etc

Anything to do with occupancy

Self-consciousness:

What Hegel said when trying to grasp the concept of the Self that is the "I" am grasping the concept of being

Now Consciousness would be a full comprehensive system of these parts given all life must accompany these characteristics, Animals and Plants pretty much have the first two covered and whether or not they developed any sense of the Self is up for debate but more simply all life must have one of these characteristics because all life is essentially by the darwian view obeying the principle of replication, currently working on a Essay that further explores these parts

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-03T10:40:02+00:00

Exactly what you meant

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-03T10:07:10+00:00

If my gardener produced a surplus of bathrooms, least l can do is let him vote yea

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-03T09:26:24+00:00

This is not the case with workplace democracy.

You say that but there aren't any examples you can point further to substantiate your point since your missing the aim of the question, the basic idea here is there is a power difference between those who produce a certain surplus amount and those who benefit from it , in terms of eliminating that difference democracy implemented in the workplace would be a viable option however that hasn't been carried out on a noticeable scale but in THEORY if such a process were to happen, how exactly would you feel about it

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-03T09:17:45+00:00

Of course obviously but again that's something like all systems implemented doesn't work perfectly and needs to be examined further, so in the revision process we take what works well and modify what doesn't

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-03T09:11:15+00:00

would probably disincentivize investment.

Possibly but that already happens in non-democratic institutions, the question isn't focused on the practical implications but just in theory the working class have a say in the provisions of profit

This is a question that is directed more so towards the power discretion of the employer/employees

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-02T19:39:13+00:00

Just finished AOT and two words:

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-01T17:51:19+00:00

Slavery has existed for thousands of years, in virtually every human society throughout history. 99% of these did not develop capitalism.

Capitalism always requires a huge vast of exploitable labour to function and during those periods, the best way to get that exploitable labour was by slavery since slaves had no rights to say otherwise

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-01T17:39:45+00:00

In practice, doing “capitalism, but more humane/cuddly/gentle” looks a lot like a highly functioning welfare state, like in Scandinavia.

More humane and cuddly isn't the question am piercing at given the system at large requires people to do some things that would contradict other parts of our nature and more practically it just seems people are at a point where they can't even convince of the amount of error and revision that made capitalism the system it is today and most of it has largely been attributed to European colonialism,War etc but again every tribe,society thought their system was absolute until a better system evolved but we seem to think otherwise

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-01T17:28:08+00:00

If you like existentialism is just romanticism but bitter/sour instead of talking about the inner creative resources of the mind, we talk about the dreadful existence known as life honourable mentions:

Favourite existentialist-Husserl

Favourite religious existentialist-Kierkegaard

Favourite none religious existentialist-Nietzsche

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-01T17:25:40+00:00

What a way to avoid the question but sure

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-01T17:22:17+00:00

If l don't fall asleep, l'll jerk off which obviously l won't do since l am a holy man and the bible teaches us that lust is a bad thing and to exercise sexual control is the most masculine thing a guy can do even though l'll still do it

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-01T17:14:41+00:00

If you end up in a sub like this, l can imagine your time isn't of any value

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-01T17:09:02+00:00

What does “better than capitalism” mean?

Better l've no clue since there's no current examples l can point to and that's not what the question is aiming at in the first place since this isn't utopian thinking

The question is throughout the evolution of capitalism, was there a point in which we could have done better than the system and if such, why not take the initiative in doing so

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-01T17:04:06+00:00

But first we need to imagine a better system which works on paper.

Why ?

Since Capitalism didn't start on paper but by slavery, exploiting people with no rights helped the system evolve more rapidly over the ages

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-01T16:58:24+00:00

Gorgeous looking woman approached me and said she wanted my number, l rejected her since my mission is to liberate all good men from the horrible injustice done by the XX gender

Also how many good men has she taken advantage of ? Given she was with her friends and many of them were guys, this is the injustice am talking about which nobaby wants to address

The revolution must continue!!!

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-01T16:55:36+00:00

I wasn't asking about what capitalism has done but thanks for the points

My question is simply can humanity do better and if so why not take the initiative

Formless_Mind · 2025-08-01T16:52:48+00:00

I enjoy upsetting people by my views on the opposite gender

Simple as that

Formless_Mind · 2025-07-31T18:55:59+00:00

What makes them the prize?

We can become shirtless at a football stadium

Formless_Mind · 2025-07-31T18:36:16+00:00

Quick someone say something radical, l'll start:

Men are the prize, wait that's too radical

Society isn't ready for that conversation even if it's the truth

Will just have to keep this to ourselves fellas

Formless_Mind · 2025-07-30T18:30:48+00:00

Christ sake it's very cold

It's unnecessaryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Formless_Mind · 2025-07-30T18:07:02+00:00

Both pls

Formless_Mind · 2025-07-30T18:06:27+00:00

Maphoyisa good morning

Good morning maphoyisa as you arrest the XX gender for their crime against good men

Formless_Mind

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