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I'm not arguing from a dishonest place. I'm asking how this philosophy of history relates to actual historical events. We live in a world where modern governme
by cjohnson318 3y ago
I'm not arguing from a dishonest place. I'm asking how this philosophy of history relates to actual historical events. We live in a world where modern governments routinely use concentration camps and genocide to consolidate power, and erase ethnic and racial minorities. I'm trying to square what you're saying with all of that. It doesn't seem to me like we're identifying with victims vs. victimizers any better than Marcus Aurelius would have.
- bugglebeetle 3y agoThe fact that you see things through the lens of the persecuted and not the persecutor, recoil at the injustice of violence done to those without power, is precisely the change I’m describing. This was not Aurelius’ view, nor one that would have much purchase in the ancient world.