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iarphairc
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What do you think is wrong with society?
#19311224 - 12/22/13 09:54 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'd like to see what you guys think are the main things wrong with the society we live in. Or if you think its all good please explain why etc. I know that's one hell of a can of worms but I have my own idea's on whats wrong I just want to see if they sync with others, I'll chime in later...This seems like an online community that might have some realistic insight, its sure as hell lacking where I am
-------------------- The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant- Maximilien Robespierre
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Re: What do you think is wrong with society? [Re: iarphairc]
#19311277 - 12/22/13 10:12 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Everyone's society is different. If you're defining society as the totality of human interaction it doesn't exist on that level except as an abstract concept that has little utility. Find some people you enjoy being with, or gain something by being with, I enjoy the company of mushroom enthusiasts.
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iarphairc
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Re: What do you think is wrong with society? [Re: falcon]
#19311301 - 12/22/13 10:18 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Okay, If that's too abstract (come on man you know what I meant) a notion then what is wrong with your country?
-------------------- The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant- Maximilien Robespierre
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Re: What do you think is wrong with society? [Re: iarphairc]
#19311368 - 12/22/13 10:42 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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No I don't know what you mean. And "what is wrong with your country?" without some other qualifiers is a question better suited to the Politics forum.
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HappyHooligan
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Re: What do you think is wrong with society? [Re: falcon]
#19311417 - 12/22/13 10:56 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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People are quick to judge, get angry, and lie.
If we all actually "treated others the way we want to be treated" and "could walk in other poeple's shoes" we'd be a more humble and understanding world as a whole.
I realize it's easier said than done, but its not impossible for some people to at least try harder at it.
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Re: What do you think is wrong with society? [Re: iarphairc] 1
#19311428 - 12/22/13 11:00 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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iarphairc said: I'd like to see what you guys think are the main things wrong with the society we live in. Or if you think its all good please explain why etc. I know that's one hell of a can of worms but I have my own idea's on whats wrong I just want to see if they sync with others, I'll chime in later...This seems like an online community that might have some realistic insight, its sure as hell lacking where I am
There is only one thing wrong with culture/society and it's the same thing that's wrong with humanity. Our inability or refusal to consciously acknowledge our impermanence in such a way that we could act on that knowledge. In other words DEATH ANXIETY.
In a world where humans were comfortable with their own impermanence most if not all our ills would vanish.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Re: What do you think is wrong with society? [Re: iarphairc]
#19311471 - 12/22/13 11:13 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Greed, ignorance, arrogance, and the need to control others is what plagues the american society. I could go more in depth but I'm too lazy.
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Re: What do you think is wrong with society? [Re: Icelander]
#19311702 - 12/22/13 12:29 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Icelander said:
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iarphairc said: I'd like to see what you guys think are the main things wrong with the society we live in. Or if you think its all good please explain why etc. I know that's one hell of a can of worms but I have my own idea's on whats wrong I just want to see if they sync with others, I'll chime in later...This seems like an online community that might have some realistic insight, its sure as hell lacking where I am
There is only one thing wrong with culture/society and it's the same thing that's wrong with humanity. Our inability or refusal to consciously acknowledge our impermanence in such a way that we could act on that knowledge. In other words DEATH ANXIETY.
In a world where humans were comfortable with their own impermanence most if not all our ills would vanish.
Yes! I've been thinking about this very same thing for the past few weeks and you summed it up very nicely. The fear of Death seems to be the driving force behind a lot of the nonsense that goes on.
People get very uncomfortable when you try to talk about death, they try to ignore it and act like it doesn't exist or something, it's bizarre IMO. How can you possibly ignore such a monumental thing? Especially when it subconsciously drives our species to do such fucked up things. Fearing the inevitable just seems so silly to me.
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Re: What do you think is wrong with society? [Re: MisterSandman]
#19311813 - 12/22/13 01:00 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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In my experience the death anxiety thing is pretty close to the one, singular problem that makes this life unnecessarily shit. Perhaps DA could be subsumed into a wider, "not accepting reality" sort of problem.
People who never talk about death still think about it, or at least act from this fear, because all manner of stupidities arise from what I can only guess to be a kind of panic.
-------------------- "They consider me insane but I know that I am a hero living under the eyes of the gods."
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