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The issue with the trad philosophy is that these cute blog posts never clarify what to do when the “haha quirky” traditions passed down have real life victims.
by QuadmasterXLII 6y ago
The issue with the trad philosophy is that these cute blog posts never clarify what to do when the “haha quirky” traditions passed down have real life victims. It’s one thing to stick to “let the cassava rest” or “don’t eat shellfish” but I’ll be damned before I go along with “stone the rape victims” or “enslave anyone with skin darker than a manilla folder”
- MrBuddyCasino 6y agoThis is more about a change in perspective. Its about giving a voice to the generations that existed before us, and what they have to tell us about how societies function and how to optimize for human happiness. The alternative is making up the rules of how civilisation works from first principles using a rationalist blank slate, which went horribly wrong when the communists did it, and goes completely off the rails right now [0]. The idea that we are rational decision-making machines, where all you have to do is to allow maximum freedom of decision making on an individual level, and you will automatically arrive at a happiness maximum, turns out not to be true. Communities are important, (shared) values are important, the right norms are important. There is much of value to be learned. It is not about accepting all the old ideas, because norms are evolving for good reasons, but instead take a hard look and evaluate which ones actually made a lot of sense. [0] https://twitter.com/swipewright/status/1340199529891549184?s=21 https://twitter.com/swipewright/status/1340199529891549184?s...