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Rich people spend money on useless things, provenance isn't required to pose the same question. End of the day life has no meaning and people find it in whateve

by vasco 5y ago

Rich people spend money on useless things, provenance isn't required to pose the same question. End of the day life has no meaning and people find it in whatever they do. It's unfair that people starve while others have so much but such is the universe. The photon that gets gobbled up by a dark hole doesn't think itself more or less lucky or worthy than the photon that crosses the universe.

williamtrask 5y ago
I disagree that life has no meaning, and helping the poor is deeply meaningful. Redirecting wealth from the rich is one way to do that.
- augustuspolius 5y ago
  Helping the poor is meaningful… to your life. Inherently life only has meaning that we ourselves attach to it.
- vasco 5y ago
  If the meaning of life is to help the poor, what is the meaning of life for those that are helped? What is the meaning of life when there's no poor? I agree helping those that need more than you is very noble and I aspire to do more of it, but it's not because it has some deeper meaning, I'm just human and have compassion.
AussieWog93 5y ago
>Rich people spend money on useless things, provenance isn't required to pose the same question. It's not just rich people. Pretty much everyone living in a developed country from the 20th percentile up pisses away an inordinate amount of their income on stupid shit. Why? Because it's fun!
ClumsyPilot 5y ago
"people starve while others have so much but such is the universe" People die of blacklung, scurvy and smallpox, they die in slavery... Oh wait, they don't any more. Later generation will look down at our barbarism the same way we look at tribes of cannibalistic neanderthals.
- r3trohack3r 5y ago
  > Later generation will look down at our barbarism the same way we look at tribes of cannibalistic neanderthals. I believe this is true of any philosophy that believes itself the path to progress. If I believed my philosophy would result in future generations looking back at us as a pinnacle of human rights and technical progress - I’d look for a different philosophy. It’s also fair to say the path to that progress you referenced in comparison is historical record - we know the societal structures in place when we accomplished that.
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by vasco 5y ago

williamtrask 5y ago

I disagree that life has no meaning, and helping the poor is deeply meaningful. Redirecting wealth from the rich is one way to do that.

augustuspolius 5y ago
Helping the poor is meaningful… to your life. Inherently life only has meaning that we ourselves attach to it.
vasco 5y ago
If the meaning of life is to help the poor, what is the meaning of life for those that are helped? What is the meaning of life when there's no poor? I agree helping those that need more than you is very noble and I aspire to do more of it, but it's not because it has some deeper meaning, I'm just human and have compassion.

AussieWog93 5y ago

>Rich people spend money on useless things, provenance isn't required to pose the same question. It's not just rich people. Pretty much everyone living in a developed country from the 20th percentile up pisses away an inordinate amount of their income on stupid shit. Why? Because it's fun!

ClumsyPilot 5y ago

"people starve while others have so much but such is the universe" People die of blacklung, scurvy and smallpox, they die in slavery... Oh wait, they don't any more. Later generation will look down at our barbarism the same way we look at tribes of cannibalistic neanderthals.

r3trohack3r 5y ago
> Later generation will look down at our barbarism the same way we look at tribes of cannibalistic neanderthals. I believe this is true of any philosophy that believes itself the path to progress. If I believed my philosophy would result in future generations looking back at us as a pinnacle of human rights and technical progress - I’d look for a different philosophy. It’s also fair to say the path to that progress you referenced in comparison is historical record - we know the societal structures in place when we accomplished that.
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