Message from @MRB
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the problem is this idealism is sick and terrible
not that it's idealistic
even so, the idea that we can escape our woes completely somehow is toxic
more toxic than the reality
The key to humanism is the ability to empathize, yes? Where do Africans fit in or religions that require servitude for non-believers?
i would say the key is universalism
Perhaps i'm not scoping the timeline long enough by asking that BTW
"we're all the same"
with christianity it was if we all believed in the same God, with humanism its if we all drink Starbucks
The secular religion of the Roman state - the imperial cult - had pretty much reduced Jove and it's host of polytheistic gods into political functionaries. The narrative of the religion was derived around Jove's role in the cosmos as a benevolent despot who transformed primal chaos into order. The emperor took on that role over the community during the secular phase.
The power it had was derived from the fact that Rome was highly successful in subduing it's warring neighbors into productive vassals.
what was their reasoning to expand?
It worked well in the past to build the Roman empire
Humans being what they are tend to stick with familiar patterns of behavior even if the conditions that allowed those behaviors to be successful no longer exist
think of how a monkey trap works
pulling it's hand out works nearly everytime and it doesn't occur to the monkey that it has to let go of the food to get its hand out of the trap
Same shit with humans
If imposing order and expanding borders worked in the past; then present failures can't be solved by doubling down
Sorry can*
at least that's the mentality
you can see a lot of it now
Sometimes more than just doubling down. These days doubling isn't enough - they push all the chips in and think happy thoughts.
The lesson is that one should ditch the maladaptive strategy
And let go of the food
why does the west invade other countries, for the food, or to preach
imperialism seems to be a tendency of humans
although
You could argue that the west took it further than classical civilization because the way it perceives space
The Greeks insisted that borders be visible to the naked eye standing at a palace or whatever central structure.
nevertheless she cheated
nevertheless that despite all of it, she still lost bigly
nevertheless she is still going to prison
Why on the northern ass region? Bathroom motivation for the constipated among us?
Guidance?
perhaps thats her tramp stamp
I linked it because I don't think this is real
Ah ha.
how on earth do these creatures overlook the insane amount of crimes hillary is guilty of (protecting a child rapist) and wanting to go to war with russia?
the left was supposed to be a rebellion against conformity
yet leftists blindly gulp up every bit of mainstream media shit they can hold in their mouths
they have essentially become the very pawns they accuse the right of being