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It’s probably rich man guilt, plus some attempt at rationalization through cherry picked facts and data.. Also why I think bill gates >>> pg

anon_tor_12345 6y ago
>It’s probably rich man guilt it's hilarious to me how so many talking heads think the solution to guilt is more speech instead of praxis. you feel guilty about all of your wealth? give large sums of it away. charity works wonders for the guilty conscience (speaking from experience here). but that's unthinkable so they just go on engaging in this kind of sophistry. lays bare that they're not actually trying to cure their guilt but justify themselves.
- Der_Einzige 6y ago
  The kind of people who use the word "praxis" don't end up having good praxis 99% of the time.
  - anon_tor_12345 6y ago
    not sure what this means since i'm not a native english speaker - i understand praxis to mean something that you do instead of something that you say.
    - jdminhbg 6y ago
      In standard American English, 'praxis' is a Marxist shibboleth. For a non-loaded term, you can just use 'practice.'
      - anon_tor_12345 6y ago
        I'm not sure what marxism has to do with this (I don't think Marx wrote about charity) and although I'm not a native speaker I'm pretty good at syntax/semantics: >the solution to guilt is more speech instead of praxis vs >the solution to guilt is more speech instead of practice Second one is vague and unclear.
        FabHK 6y ago
        In English, the usual terms are theory and practice. Praxis is a synonym of practice, but it is rare and formal (for the marxist connection, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxis_School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxis_School). At any rate, what you wanted to say is maybe best expressed as "the solution to guilt is more speech instead of action."
        anon_tor_12345 6y ago
        I'm well aware of both the colloquial use of practice and "marxist praxis". I was simply implying that, as written, my statement didn't intersect marxism in any way and therefore couldn't have been misunderstood as such without willful misunderstanding. Note that there are other uses of the word that also themselves don't intersect marxism in any way https://www.ets.org/praxis https://www.ets.org/praxis https://www.luc.edu/socialwork/praxis/ https://www.luc.edu/socialwork/praxis/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apraxia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apraxia Furthermore the precise definition of praxis: >Praxis (from Ancient Greek: πρᾶξις, romanized: praxis) is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, or realized. "Praxis" may also refer to the act of engaging, applying, exercising, realizing, or practicing ideas. is exactly what I intended (since I believe pg, and others I was implicating, pontificate but don't do much).
i_haz_rabies 6y ago
I feel a certain degree of guilt over my (relatively low, even in Canada) developer salary. I didn't do anything to deserve my comfortable life. I can't imagine how people with billions sleep at night.

anon_tor_12345 6y ago

>It’s probably rich man guilt it's hilarious to me how so many talking heads think the solution to guilt is more speech instead of praxis. you feel guilty about all of your wealth? give large sums of it away. charity works wonders for the guilty conscience (speaking from experience here). but that's unthinkable so they just go on engaging in this kind of sophistry. lays bare that they're not actually trying to cure their guilt but justify themselves.

Der_Einzige 6y ago
The kind of people who use the word "praxis" don't end up having good praxis 99% of the time.
- anon_tor_12345 6y ago
  not sure what this means since i'm not a native english speaker - i understand praxis to mean something that you do instead of something that you say.
  - jdminhbg 6y ago
    In standard American English, 'praxis' is a Marxist shibboleth. For a non-loaded term, you can just use 'practice.'
    - anon_tor_12345 6y ago
      I'm not sure what marxism has to do with this (I don't think Marx wrote about charity) and although I'm not a native speaker I'm pretty good at syntax/semantics: >the solution to guilt is more speech instead of praxis vs >the solution to guilt is more speech instead of practice Second one is vague and unclear.
      - FabHK 6y ago
        In English, the usual terms are theory and practice. Praxis is a synonym of practice, but it is rare and formal (for the marxist connection, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxis_School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxis_School). At any rate, what you wanted to say is maybe best expressed as "the solution to guilt is more speech instead of action."
        anon_tor_12345 6y ago
        I'm well aware of both the colloquial use of practice and "marxist praxis". I was simply implying that, as written, my statement didn't intersect marxism in any way and therefore couldn't have been misunderstood as such without willful misunderstanding. Note that there are other uses of the word that also themselves don't intersect marxism in any way https://www.ets.org/praxis https://www.ets.org/praxis https://www.luc.edu/socialwork/praxis/ https://www.luc.edu/socialwork/praxis/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apraxia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apraxia Furthermore the precise definition of praxis: >Praxis (from Ancient Greek: πρᾶξις, romanized: praxis) is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, or realized. "Praxis" may also refer to the act of engaging, applying, exercising, realizing, or practicing ideas. is exactly what I intended (since I believe pg, and others I was implicating, pontificate but don't do much).

i_haz_rabies 6y ago

I feel a certain degree of guilt over my (relatively low, even in Canada) developer salary. I didn't do anything to deserve my comfortable life. I can't imagine how people with billions sleep at night.