Message from @Alice Redacted
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Impulses aren't emotions
Emotions aren't impulses
Anger is an emotion, and you may have to control it if you love your wife, for example.
That's fair
Impulse control is ONLY hard when there is a strong emotion under it
but you seem to be saying that emotions, in general, are bad
No, I am saying that they need to be structured rationally
and that we should rid ourselves of them
If you try to cover them up, they'll come out somewhere else
Everything we do is based in emotions
Of course, venting is useful at times
It's just a matter of whether or not we're acting rationally
expressing them in some way
be it to a friend, a lover, through writing, painting, or whatever you enjoy
acting purely "rationally" in a "realpolitik" sort of way is dangerous
particularly to those lacking power
Empathy is a powerful emotion.
I don't believe that empathy is an emotion
One which we should never risk suppressing.
Do you mean compassion
compassion, care, love, whatever you name it
Sympathy... all similar words, all feelings divorced from pragmatism
I can feel empathetic towards another
When oxytocin, the chemical that causes compassion, is increased it actually leads to warlike and tribal behavior
I'd like to ask for a citation
ah
in-group/out-group favoritism?
Altruism is game theoretic
And unconditional love for all people generally fails
Looking at it, it seems to benefit the in-group link
Reciprocity is a better goal for empathy
rather than damage opinions of an out-group
Also, they can both function side by side
Besides, in-group altruism can actually benefit out-groups
Primary/elementary is to teach kids to be good citizens and anything beyond is to teach skills to be good workers.
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No government is truthful about the nature of the state to its children
its all dressed up in nonsense or not talked about at all
stop pinging u dicks
@Deleted User its qotd u dick