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>"Remember Citizen, your worth as a human being begins and ends at how much more measurable value you provide than average. If you can't do better than average,
by GCU-Empiricist 9y ago
>"Remember Citizen, your worth as a human being begins and ends at how much more measurable value you provide than average. If you can't do better than average, your existence was a mistake!"
Apologies for the pedantry, but doesn't that make half the world a mistake?
I think the roses comment is from V for vendetta (the comic book not the movie) but it's probably quoting from something better.
- cJ0th 9y ago> Apologies for the pedantry, but doesn't that make half the world a mistake? If we take that statement literally, then yes. But it seems to be enough if there is one area in which you are better than average. That being said, there would still be loads of people who'd be a "mistake". I am afraid this is in fact how many people receive reality. This is probably one of the reasons why we discuss UBI so much lately.
- twoquestions 9y agoThat quote was meant to be a caricature of a heartless monster who can only regard something like the Mona Lisa by how much heat that burning it would put out.