• Maeve@kbin.earth
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        3 days ago

        That’s pretty callow, imo.

        Is water good or bad? Are you drowning, or thirsty? Maybe you’re swimming. Maybe it’s in water where raw sewage or chemical waste is dumped. Maybe it’s pristine and you accidentally swallow some, but now you have cholera because an infected animal eliminated in that spot. Maybe it’s full of microplastics.

        Instead, maybe you can picture life questions as one of those color picker sliders, and the slider can move infinitely in any direction.

          • Maeve@kbin.earth
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            3 days ago

            I searched for a post but couldn’t find it now, and it’s too bad because it addresses exactly this mindset, but basically talked about how liberalism boils everything down to a zero sum game, among the general populace.

            Somehow, the masses never develop enough unity to take that zero sum game to the ultrawealthy and global corporations.

            • Manmoth@lemmy.ml
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              3 days ago

              Somehow, the [weak] never develop enough [strength] to take that zero sum game to the [strong].

              Exactly what I was saying.

              • Maeve@kbin.earth
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                3 days ago

                You and I see the world very differently. You see money as strength; I see it as a tool, a means to an end. Nonetheless, a coalition may be beneficial.

                • Manmoth@lemmy.ml
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                  3 days ago

                  Money is a tool to make you stronger. Strength is a means to imposing your will on the world around you.

                  • Maeve@kbin.earth
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                    3 days ago

                    When the world currencies reflect their true value, which is nothing, then what?