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Everyone worships something - either God, the State, or oneself. And since people with moral conviction are easier to motivate to action, it’s no surprise that
by trentnix 6y ago
Everyone worships something - either God, the State, or oneself. And since people with moral conviction are easier to motivate to action, it’s no surprise that virtually every political argument has morphed into some sort of moral crisis.
If you complain about government spending and the obvious fiscal cliff ahead, you get responses bemoaning racism and classism. If you complain about foreign wars and constant interventionism, your patriotism is questioned. If you complain about the suppression of speech, you get lectures on “hate speech”.
It’s exhausting and the polemics responsible are loathsome.
- paulryanrogers 6y ago> Everyone worships something - either God, the State, or oneself. This is false equivalence. The common use of the word worship does not describe how everyone acts towards things that interest them. And people devote their lives to a greater variety of things besides the government, themselves, and non-falsifiable entities.
- natchy 6y agoYou’re being pedantic about the poetic usage of the word “worship”.
- paulryanrogers 6y agoPossibly. But being raised with sloppy language like that reinforced lazy thinking. "Welp, if we're all worshipping something I'm sure glad I was raised worshipping the 'true' god."
- mbrodersen 6y agoNope. I for one doesn’t worship any God, any State, and certainly not myself. Everything is flawed to some degree. Nothing is perfect. However there is still beauty and good intentions in this world.