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Seems like we’ve been on the express train to Billionaireville for a little too long now.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Grind down the universe to a fine powder. Find me one atom of justice.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Jean Jacques Dessalines

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't believe in a inherently moral universe. Isn't it arrogant to think that morality, a concept we invented, has to be applicable universally, across all space and time? Somehow, I doubt so.

[–] Funkytom467 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not just a concept we invented, but also a concept that only apply to us.

So I think the moral universe refers to a morality that would apply to any of us, throughout nations and cultures.

Wich I don't find particularly far fetched since despite our cultures we do find a lot of common ground in our condition. It's the basis for human rights for example.

Although I wouldn't say that cultures shouldn't have an impact to on morality. There's definitely a mixture of both...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We can barely apply morality consistently within the same culture or society, almost as if morality is a tool for the powerful.

[–] Funkytom467 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah it's not easy. Societies are often multicultural, and each culture doesn't restrict individual values or smaller communities within it.

I wouldn't say it's just for the powerful, it can be a tool for the people too. The powerful do manipulate it for political reasons but ironically they themselves are mostly amoral.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Ah, but the question is, is this a moral universe? Or an apathetic universe?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer.

[–] nothingcorporate 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because everyone likes an annoying buzz kill, he was actually quoting a universalist minister from a few decades before.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

MLK Jr.: Civil Rights Leader, Master Reposter

[–] yesman 2 points 1 week ago

Foucault would like a word.