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> Historical situations like our own might be a good place to start to look for solutions. If you have a suggestion about something practical, that can actuall
by quantummagic 1y ago
> Historical situations like our own might be a good place to start to look for solutions.
If you have a suggestion about something practical, that can actually help, please speak up. Offering more platitudes is just way too easy; it feels good, maybe, but it's really just an admission that we don't have a good outlet for our outrage. Which is why so many of us spend our days venting online, because apparently (judging from the lack of concrete ideas offered) it's about as effective as anything else we could do.
- cindyllm 1y ago[dead]
- JKCalhoun 1y agoI know little about history. I had hoped perhaps you did — or that you could seek out someone who does.
- quantummagic 1y agoWhy are you afraid to say "off with their heads"? Is it because you know that it's not actually useful advice that anyone can or will follow today? If you can't even bring yourself to utter it online, why should you expect anyone to take it as a serious suggestion? I ask again, do you have any practical advice that people can follow today?
- JKCalhoun 1y agoBut "off with their heads" is just belling the cat. I would never suggest a thing I wasn't willing to do myself. Your insistence that someone have a concrete, unassailable answer for you plays right into nihilism. Why don't you suggest something yourself? Or is "off with their heads" in fact your suggestion?
- quantummagic 1y agoBecause I don't believe there is anything to be done. You're the one who claimed history held the answers we needed. Why are you so reluctant to actually spell out your solution? If you are so positive about the future, please stop asking me to guess what part of history you're suggesting we emulate. Or just admit you have no idea what to do, and you're just spewing platitudes about avoiding nihilism.