Re: EXEPTIONALISM THE SEED OF FASCISM
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:16 am
'you' ACTUALLY think or BELIEVE that 'you' live a so-called "successful life" "rcsaunders". Yet, here you are living PROOF of just how much you are FAILING and are continuing to FAIL even further here.RCSaunders wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 9:51 pmI'm afraid you are confusing that sense of insecurity that comes from a lack of self-assurance, competence, and initiative expressed as, "a need to be part of some collective of others." for, "love of others." To really love someone else expresses itself in a desire to see others achieve and be what they want and choose to do and be, whether we like or agree with it or not. Love of others is not some kind of sickly sentimental self-sacrifice and submission to other, it is allowing others to be free to live as they choose and to enjoy their success and achievement, not worshiping their weaknesses and failures.Belinda wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:40 pmFear of others leads us all to amalgamate into a limited group of supporters (allies,faction, clan, congregation, race, class). Love of others leads us to welcome others, with trust and charity.RCSaunders wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 7:26 pm
What does, "linked to all of humanity," mean. No one doubts that all human beings share certain essential genetic characteristics which makes them the same kind of organisms, but beyond that, what does it mean to say they are, "linked?"
What kind of, "link," are you referring to: biological, economic, cultural, social, and what difference does it make? If individual human being "A" earns his own living, loves and takes care of his family, treats all others with respect and dignity, and never interferes in anyone else's life, how is he, "linked," to human being "B," the bum down the street who lives on welfare, fathers children (he never supports) by different women (he never marries or supports), beats all his girlfriends, is usually drunk, offensive, and belligerent.
Do you regard the fact that most A type human beings do not choose to be, "linked," to B type human beings a problem?
You apparently see no difference between those who choose virtue and pursue it and those who choose to squander their lives on immediate pleasure and satisfaction of their animal appetites, which is fine, if you are truly satisfied with that kind of life. I wish you well but do not entertain any illusions that kind of life can be successful. So long as others think you are, "loving," "empathetic," "charitable," and, "loving," whatever you mean by those things and no matter how much actual harm is done by those attitudes, well and good, eh?