It's what any one would do who gives a shit.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:30 pmThank you. I appreciate the sentiment.Sculptor wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:29 pmMarx was keen to lift the people from their chains.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:26 pm
Well, as someone with a mental illness, I often feel unworthy of life. Even Marx would call me "lumpenproletariat" because I'm not useful to 'the revolution'. Sometimes I wonder if Marx wasn't influenced by Calvinism.
Calvin was a snotty arse.
Feeling unworthy does not mean others do, or ought to, feel that you are unworthy. My brothers was full on schizophrenic with paranoid tendancies. From the age of 18 to his death age 62 he never worked and lived off the state and the largesse of our mum.
If I had ever seen him drowning I would have thrown him the ring over any mechanic, peer of the realm, aristocrat or monarch.
And if I had your acquaintance for any length of time I'd thrown you the ring over any stranger.
The world we live in is not constructed to appeal to everyone. We've rushed along this madness called civilisation all too fast, for us to cope.
We are naked apes used to small scale groups; not techno savvy cogs in a mad world of high population density. In times of scarcity or perceived danger some thrash out at the vulnerable; trans , racial minorities, immigrants, etc.. It is to your credt that you do not.