"Socialism for the rich, rugged-individualism for everyone else." ~MLK, Jr — 180 Proof
Rather, what is so attractive in seeing other people as being mere numbers?What is so attractive about being a mere number? — Nikolas
Democracy is forcing people into that. Because in democracy, the only hope for success that one has is success through sheer large numbers.But one thing is obvious; liberty is being rejected for the security of becoming "a mere number" within a grand collective.
Rather, what is so attractive in seeing other people as being mere numbers? — baker
What is so attractive about being a mere number?
— Nikolas
Rather, what is so attractive in seeing other people as being mere numbers?
But one thing is obvious; liberty is being rejected for the security of becoming "a mere number" within a grand collective.
Democracy is forcing people into that. Because in democracy, the only hope for success that one has is success through sheer large numbers. — baker
In "Sketch of Contemporary Social Life" (1934), Simone Weil develops the theme of collectivism as the trajectory of modern culture. — Nikolas
Liberty is impossible without the help of Grace. The secular world rejects the help of grace so the descent into some form of tyranny seems inevitable. — Nikolas
Funny isn't it? Consider how democratic market socialist societies tend to be the most secular – least religious ‐- and yet for decades have been consistently atop surveys of (social welfare as well as material) standards of living such as the UN Human Development Index ... Empirically, it seems, there's an inverse relationship between "grace" (as reflected in the religious affiliation by percentage of the population) and political, economic, social & life satisfaction; apparently, the totalitarian infantilization of "faith" isn't so good for liberty or equality after all (just look at e.g. the very Christian US, Latin America, EU's southern countries and Islamic countries around the globe – all occupy lower ranks on such global surveys).Liberty is impossible without the help of Grace. — Nikolas
The kind of mass societies we find ourselves in are more atomized than collectivized. — Bitter Crank
An apophatic glimpse of 'pure immanence' ...No hell below us
Above us only sky — Imagine
↪Nikolas I find Ms. Weil's writings quite insightful and occasional moving; they, however, belong to a historical moment even darker and more despairing than today, reflecting a "grace" which could not enrich or sustain her brief life. Ms. Weil seems to fatally confuse self-abnegation & justice in her martyred imagination. — 180 Proof
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