Greed is one the most powerful of all human emotions. There's nothing wrong with being greedy, what's wrong is trying to pretend you're not. We all are. Every human wants truckloads of cash and endless amounts of power. It's no good pretending you are "above that." If you're human, that's really what you ARE all about. I say we give everyone a gun and let the one who kills the most people have all the wealth. At least that would be an honest human accomplishment with no hypocrisy.
Anyone who actually wants power should not be trusted, with it, or in general
I agree - humans cannot be trusted no matter who they are.
Do you believe that humans intrinsically lust for power as an essentialist point?
EDIT: for a dropped 'm'
I think all humans lust for power over others, to make them believe as they do, or worship as they do or some other way conform to their own way of behaving and thinking. Maybe it's a tribal thing, left over from when we were on the Savannah in "cave man" days, and needed to feel in control of our group (or something). I do believe some desire for power is an intrinsic part of human existence.
See, I think that's where we disagree-- because I don't see it as an intrinsic codified that far back. If anything, I think that's just part and parcel of being socialized under the dictatorship of capital; where we're literally raised to prioritize competition against our peers, and more importantly, winning that competition. I only see 'power' as the means to the end of accomplishing the objectives we were socialized to chase from birth.
tl;dr change the society, change the socialization, eradicate the common, but not all-encompassing desire for power over another.
You have a more practical and perhaps more economic based view of the situation, which I don't disagree with at all. It's just that I'm a much more nihilistic person in my beliefs, I personally (and this is ONLY an opinion) believe that all humans are intrinsically horrible and evil to the core. I've never seen any iota of goodness in anyone. So I cannot simply see it as a matter of how we're nurtured by our society but as a fundamental part of the disease of human psychosis.
You must live in a sad world. I feel sorry for you.
I live in a world of utmost happiness, the likes of which you people cannot even imagine. I simply see the truth for what it is. Feel sorry all you want, but use that energy to improve your own circumstances. Mine are as perfect as could ever be possible.
Actually you're just a filthy degenerate father fucking piece of sick filth.
Yeah such a world of utmost happiness and truth. Only people in a perfect world say things like that.
Did you go browsing through someone’s post history elsewhere on Lemmy to try and dunk, then report them when they argued with you? Absolutely pathetic. Have threes days off to touch grass.
I love that I make you mad and get under your skin, it keeps my practice sharp and my needles at the ready. You are easily manipulated.
Clown behaviour. Have a week off, champ.
Truly a person in a world of utmost happiness
At least I'm not a scumbag like you are, and that alone makes me happier than you could ever hope to be. And now you are responding in the way that I like to see - I have brought out your worst side for all to see.
So you just like spitting poison at people for no reason, huh? I hope you can get the help you obviously need. Life is not as bad as you think it is.
This community enjoys being positive. You should look somewhere else to spew venom around.
As long as we become space faring super survivors, I'm fine with that. Good intentions don't make rocket fuel for the vroom vroom. We need to vroom some explorers to other places, just in case.
Why survive if we're going to be so wretched? How do people value life itself above the quality of that life?
Star Trek memes and shitposts
Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.
