07-09-2013, 06:30 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-09-2013, 06:47 AM by FireIceTalon.)
Yea, I do not believe that life is meaningless or useless by any means. The truth is, I have no idea what the meaning of life is, and anyone who claims to know it is lying, cause it is one of those questions that probably will never be answered. For the simple fact it can't be. But I don't think that makes me a nihilist in any sense. Nihilists are generally apathetic towards life, selfish, and unwary about the needs of others. I am the opposite of all these things, to a fault almost.
I do reject traditional values and beliefs for the most part, because of their authoritarian nature and the objective of those who hold those views to subjugate others. Am I discriminatory against capitalists? Perhaps, but rejecting the values and beliefs of a given ruling class, and not wanting to subject myself to how they see the world is a VERY different thing than discrimination against people of a different race, gender, sexual orientation, creed, or any other social identity. I do not care to take part in this society, because I reject its values and its social relationships. But I am forced to in order to survive. The freedom to starve is not freedom at all, and wage slavery is little different from regular slavery. The only difference is that the former carries the illusion that one is free. We are living in a society that is fairly close to your libertopia (I know it isn't the ideal version of it, but its relatively close enough), and I absolutely hate it, but I can't leave cause there is nowhere for me to go. I am stuck in it, no matter what nation I choose residency in.
I cannot forgive him, cause I've given him far too many chances and tried to have a relationship with him even when I SHOULDN'T have, because it only ended up hurting the other people who I care about. But no longer. I will not let his toxicity continue to make me or the rest of my family miserable. He will die a lonely, miserable old man, but its all his own fault - he has no one to blame but himself. Do I still love him? Yea, how can I not? He is my flesh and blood. But do I LIKE him? No. It is possible to love someone, but not like them, if that makes any sense. I don't care to get into the story, because 30 years would be way too long, and painful, to discuss here.
I do reject traditional values and beliefs for the most part, because of their authoritarian nature and the objective of those who hold those views to subjugate others. Am I discriminatory against capitalists? Perhaps, but rejecting the values and beliefs of a given ruling class, and not wanting to subject myself to how they see the world is a VERY different thing than discrimination against people of a different race, gender, sexual orientation, creed, or any other social identity. I do not care to take part in this society, because I reject its values and its social relationships. But I am forced to in order to survive. The freedom to starve is not freedom at all, and wage slavery is little different from regular slavery. The only difference is that the former carries the illusion that one is free. We are living in a society that is fairly close to your libertopia (I know it isn't the ideal version of it, but its relatively close enough), and I absolutely hate it, but I can't leave cause there is nowhere for me to go. I am stuck in it, no matter what nation I choose residency in.
I cannot forgive him, cause I've given him far too many chances and tried to have a relationship with him even when I SHOULDN'T have, because it only ended up hurting the other people who I care about. But no longer. I will not let his toxicity continue to make me or the rest of my family miserable. He will die a lonely, miserable old man, but its all his own fault - he has no one to blame but himself. Do I still love him? Yea, how can I not? He is my flesh and blood. But do I LIKE him? No. It is possible to love someone, but not like them, if that makes any sense. I don't care to get into the story, because 30 years would be way too long, and painful, to discuss here.
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"Your very ideas are but the outgrowth of conditions of your bourgeois production and bourgeois property, just as your jurisprudence is but the will of your class, made into law for all, a will whose essential character and direction are determined by the economic conditions of the existence of your class." - Marx (addressing the bourgeois)
"Your very ideas are but the outgrowth of conditions of your bourgeois production and bourgeois property, just as your jurisprudence is but the will of your class, made into law for all, a will whose essential character and direction are determined by the economic conditions of the existence of your class." - Marx (addressing the bourgeois)