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> Everybody is complicit just by living Have you read The Rebel by Camus? He basically says the same thing. One solution is suicide. Really good book.
by threads2 4y ago
> Everybody is complicit just by living
Have you read The Rebel by Camus? He basically says the same thing. One solution is suicide. Really good book.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoI think the error may be raising the bar to the point of making it a dichotomy, where you are either a saint, or you're evil incarnate, and because being a saint is effectively impossible, the choices are knowingly being evil or being an evil hypocrite.
- KyeRussell 4y agoThat is entirely the problem. This false dichotomy is a predicate for the Hacker News “well I may as well sell myself to Facebook or Raytheon and make bank” mindset. In my experience, this does not reflect how people think in the wider world. Well, people privileged enough to be able to take ethics into consideration when choosing employment.
- nemesis1637 4y agoIn his "The Myth of Sisyphus" he explores whether suicide is a reasonable response to an absurd existence and concludes that it is not. "The "Rebel" explores whether murder is acceptable and concludes, in a less black and white manner, that it also is not. You've got your books and conclusions wrong.
- threads2 4y agoThanks, guess I'll have to re-read. By "one solution is suicide" I perhaps should have said, "one option is suicide" - I know Camus doesn't think suicide is a reasonable option.