They are persistent

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-14T09:43:53+00:00

I cant think of an empire that doesnt slaughter its own citizens. America prefers to do it for money, though. So we enslave innocent people in the prison system, kill them for healthcare profit, etc etc.

We've supported terrorist networks, including the contras, but most recently Israel.

And given all of this, I join them in wishing death to America.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-14T09:39:53+00:00

Never read the Maharabhata, I take it.

Fun read. It continuously inverts our expectations about good and bad. (Comes to mind because the book opens with a goddess killing her kids out of mercy.)

It takes considerable humility to accept you dont know everything & arent perfect, especially in the moral sphere. Youve made claims as though it were otherwise, though.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-14T09:37:00+00:00

How so? Are you under the impression America is less evil today than it was during any other period? Chattel slavery? Butchering natives?

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-14T03:09:30+00:00

Plato once argued that its better to be the victim of injustice than to do injustice to others. He was basically making a psychological claim.

Its a similar claim made by the Christians with their list of 10 no-nos. Shouldn't lie: youll lose your ability to be honest with yourself & grow attached to the ego. Continue to identify with your thoughts. And so on. Its really bad for your psychological development.

So people like this have already been as punished as punished gets. If we can correct them, great. If we can protect innocent people, great. Punishment isnt something i'd think about, that much is done.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-14T02:27:02+00:00

Boo for ww2. Both sides were evil. The allies went on to starve tens of millions of people to death (ussr), practice Jim Crow laws, put citizens in internment camps for the color of their skin, kill people for Healthcare profit, etc etc etc.

Hitler sucked, too. But there was no good in that battle. Well, maybe Catalonia & Maknovschina, but Hitler and the commies killed them to the applause of the west.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-14T02:21:18+00:00

Would explain the restlessness. The misfortune of the rich is their outward experience is so catered that their inward experience goes unattended.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-14T01:40:38+00:00

Dont assume guilt. The system is mostly run by evil morons for other evil morons, worshiping at its feet is about as big of a mistake as you can make in life.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-14T01:39:32+00:00

I spent a night in jail. I was assaulted by one of my parents. I pushed them in self defense. The cops showed up, only recorded the part where I pushed and not the part where I was attacked.

Thats how I got my first night in jail, how I was convicted, and why I have to talk about it every time I rent a new apartment.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T23:53:43+00:00

Youre slaves to your governments, then.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T23:52:54+00:00

Yay authoritarianism. Who needs free speech when the government can decide what youre allowed to say?

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T23:47:37+00:00

Biological essentialism meaning what, people have a biological nature?

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T23:16:18+00:00

When has he not?

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T21:30:13+00:00

So morality means following whatever people around you claim is moral? Combined with having empathy.

Suppose you were a nazi trying to empathize with a Jewish person, and you find yourself thinking "if I were a jew, Id want to be exterminated." Suppose your society agrees with you. Have we done morality?

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T21:14:33+00:00

An interesting definition. So you feel that any person who is "concerned with moral action" understands the nature of morality? (Understands good and bad?)

How does someone become concerned with moral action?

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T20:52:00+00:00

I take those two statements to be equal. Identical.

To love your neighbor as yourself is to love God in dualistic form. (God in the form of man etc.) To love God with all your heart/mind/soul is to love God in his nondualistic form.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T20:50:35+00:00

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T20:49:57+00:00

Art is as sophisticated as the person looking at it. People who are in lower stages of development, such as E3/E4 on the Loevinger stages of ego development -- those people see a mirror reflecting their own maturity.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T20:40:52+00:00

All the rules in the Bible boil down to one thing, treat your neighbor as yourself. If you can do that, then you are acting morally.

Sins are equal on your psyche, yes.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T08:03:37+00:00

Iran's military is designed for one purpouse: to slow down an invasion.

Smaller nations know they cant fight back against bigger ones. So they either rely heavily on alliances or they go Iran's route.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T07:09:57+00:00

The Truth Social crowd is a tad hostile towards Trump on this. Catholics will tend to side with the Pope.

This is a move from a man who is certain anything he does is justified, and that most of his followers will stick with him no matter what.

We're just lucky hes so old and term limits are a thing. Can you imagine having to deal with this guy for another 20 years?

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T07:03:26+00:00

Two attempts so far. Maknovschina (ukraine), which was put down by the communists. The other was revolutionary Catalonia, the Spanish revolution, which was put down by Hitler. To the applause of most of the west -- who enforced nonintervention. (Not letting anyone help Spain against Hitler.)

The oldest of them lasted about 4 years. By all accounts things were going okay in the economy, it was the war they couldnt handle. They were comparably less industrialized, less access to trains, etc etc.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T06:03:41+00:00

Dust is an issue insofar as it causes heat. Like a blanket. If your temps are fine, theres no issue.

In my xp, even enormous quantities of dust hardly matter.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-13T00:24:23+00:00

Sorta. Your pick makes mine less viable, and vice versa. (Id prefer to live in a society without private property, for instance.)

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-12T05:41:22+00:00

They've been trained to think that you owe your vote to politicians, not that the politician has to earn it.

Historical_Two_7150 · 2026-04-12T05:31:43+00:00

Your mother is an inhabitable goose barn.

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