• zed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          For context I was born a poor Egyptian and lived through the so-called Arab spring and personally saw murder and death. I’m not some coddled imperialist, and I feel like I have a better connection to life than the comfortable yanks

              • JohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]@hexbear.net
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                i don’t really retain usernames, reddit habit.

                anyway, the ratio as previously described should not be acceptable to people, and to me it sounds exactly like liberal “know your place” kinda shit to say it is.

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                  Who said it should be acceptable? You are drawing all kinds of conclusions I never said.

                  For me, life is always worth experiencing regardless of said “ratio”. That’s an entirely separate issue of how we ought to arrange society or what standards we should accept

                  I fundamentally reject such crude utilitarian calculuses of life as Malthusian and not life affirming. This type of utilitarian calculus is what leads to Canada euthanizing all of its mentally ill population

                  Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing hell, and facing it bravely. Should they all commit suicide to escape their “bad ratios”? Should they flee to another country and let the Zionists win since it would improve their own lives? Should they cease to have children when they may face bad ratios?

                  There is more to life than pleasure and pain. Sometimes we need optimism and faith and collective purpose.