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user-inactivated  ·  3182 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Your phone was made by slaves: a primer on the secret economy  ·  

Bullshit. The world isn't a thinking, feeling thing. It just exists. We however, when we develop the capacity to understand that something is wrong, it becomes our responsibility to try our best to alter our behavior. It's why we teach little kids the importance of empathy and sympathy. It's why we teach teenagers to try and temper their emotions. It's why we publicly condemn people when we see them acting immorally. We as individuals grow and change and come to understand more and more how nuanced the world can be. The same is true for society at large, though we sometimes take huge steps backwards. Nothing is black and white. Our lives, both as individuals and members of society as a whole, is full of grey areas and hard choices.

I'm not going to get into a drawn out discussion with you on this, because quite frankly, I've been sick of drawn out discussions lately. All they do is frustrate me. But quit with this moralistic nihilist bullshit. The world matters, our choices matter, and nothing is easy. Your attitude is defeatist and only perpetuates the problem.