Message from @Bookworm
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A societal framework without capital would be pretty ineffectual, yeah.
I only have Saturdays off work so I'll have to make that my Sabbath
The government doesn’t take taxes, so where does it get its resources to function? War. The nation is in a constant cycle of warfare simply to destroy and subjugate in order to collect resources, be it new citizens or general scrap to fuel themselves.
So, self-sacrifice is the primary quality by which you gauge human virtue, Wol? That's certainly interesting.
A societal framework without capital only works if you have replicators 😁
What other qualities would you define as virtuous I'm just curious
haven't properly thought that through, but it would be what i'd go on for the time being
You don't have right to sacrifice others, all you can do is sacrifice yourself
@I AM ERROR what if you have FTL, you wouldn’t need replicators
You could fly anywhere and take anything from anyone.
With enough effort.
thats what good parents do for example,
They'll sacrifice their time, energy, money and effort that they earned, to give to their children so they can make their choices in life
Specifying strangers means you're basically just measuring a human's level of empathy with the entire human race.
Still need effort for that, replicators just give you stuff 😁
Yes but
Plus what do you do when youve took all the stuff
Replicators have to have some mass to form into what you want to form
well i'd specify strangers as a virtue, because sacrificing yourself for your own gains is life, not virtue
It can’t just come out of nowhere without violating the law of conservation of matter
A good parent sacrifices for the opposite of a stranger, they're providing for their blood continuation.
yes but thats life
not virtue
You're not virtueous for doing what you're supposed to do
Virtue is going above and beyond the regular.
Physics is just a social construct 😝
Imagine
A united humanity
But you just said parenting was the virtue you're talking about, Wol.
You're really confusing me.
Only for humanity to become the bad guy.
As an example of what self-sacrifice is
Are you not supposed to sacrifice for a stranger?
this is such a gift to the republicans and trump
Then why use it as a moral measurement?
when was the last time the news talked about russia?
supposed to? i wouldn't know, but i'd say that if you do it, you're a virtuous person
good point, has been a while since anyone even mentioned the investigation
A while, which is I suppose a small bandaid for their credibility.
yup
I think the last time they mensioned the "russian dossier"