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You seek answers in semantics. A human operates on emotion. The drug, ‘we are better than you’, there’s no knowledge in that. It’s a despair. We are unable to t
by jesuscript 4y ago
You seek answers in semantics. A human operates on emotion. The drug, ‘we are better than you’, there’s no knowledge in that. It’s a despair. We are unable to think through it. I don’t want to drive this home too far, but I hope you can feel it.
- verisimi 4y agoYes, 'we are better than you' is despair. The call of the unformed. Whenever I hear use of the pronoun 'we' it puts me on edge. "It is enough for me to hear someone talk sincerely about ideals, about the future, about philosophy, to hear him say “we” with a certain inflection of assurance, to hear him invoke “others” and regard himself as their interpreter—-for me to consider him my enemy." Emil Cioran There is no 'we', there is only I. But, no, being clear on that point, I'm not in despair.
- jesuscript 4y agoNice quote. I’m happy we can get close to the heart, however dangerous.