• RadioRat (he/they)@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Your first sentence is incomprehensible to me.

    What I mean is that I logically it’s very good to have people who are passionate about honoring human respect and dignity. It’s more moral and closer to the kindest world we could have. A diversity of opinions is necessary and first, and foremost, I wanted to recognize and respect the good work of voicing a less popular opinion to uphold your virtues.

    Personally, I’m more worried about the collective pain and suffering that could be avoided if the status quo is maintained than quickly taking action and inadvertently breaking eggs. IMHO, the main reason sociopaths prevail is that empathetic folks waste time and effort trying to find a fantasy path where no one is hurt. Seems to me like the focus should be efficient and effective resolution of societal issues generating mass suffering period rather than having an Entmoot.

    We’re not going to be able to impress billionaires so much with kindness and consideration that they prioritize the greater good over short-term interests. Better is the enemy of done.

    My viewpoint is that we need to prioritize the reducing the most suffering yesterday. you don’t have to and probably shouldn’t agree. Discussion and disagreement are necessary for coalescing on a good path forward. Better ideas come out of a composite of values, flat personal opinions.

    Tl;dr - I think your ideals are good and right in an ideal world, but also think the sentiment has misplaced priorities in the nightmare unfolding with exponential consumption of resources and pollution of the planet. I’m grateful for the opportunity to discuss and this is a nice change of pace/tone from Reddit.