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Marx and Morality

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Luca da Firenze 5h ago

I say this without ... wickedness

#Americans... are not serious or credible people
lot of publicity, propaganda, myths
(we are the best)
'mythology' (the Constitution)
In the end... only > smoke
For this reason the POTUS is #Trump
because in reality
strip all the slogans, fake patriotism, flags on the porch ecc...
there is ... nothing.
#Ethics, #honor, #morality, in #US are replaced by #religious fanaticism (that exists only to 'milk' the gullible)
A ridiculous and sad situation.

Shouting into the void 16h ago

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Martin Taibr 1d ago

"This is of course a general principle when somebody is taunting you. It means they want you to fight, which means they expect to benefit from you trying."

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5CfBDiQNg9upfipWk/only-law-can-prevent-extinction

This is of course a simplification. Violence has 3 dimensions - legality, morality and practicality - which are independent. Eliezer concluded that at this time individual small-scale violence is counterproductive so he appeals to legality and morality to dissuade...

#ai #llm #violence #EatTheRich #morality

Only Law Can Prevent Extinction — LessWrong

There's a quote I read as a kid that stuck with me my whole life: …

WIST Quotations 1d ago

A quotation from Twain

A strange thing, when one considers it: to wit, the world applies to Czar and System the same moral axioms that have vogue and acceptance in civilized countries! Because, in civilized countries, it is wrong to remove oppressors otherwise than by process of law, it is held that the same rule applies in Russia, where there is no such thing as law — except for our Family. Laws are merely restraints — they have no other function. In civilized countries they restrain all persons, and restrain them all alike, which is fair and righteous; but in Russia such laws as exist make an exception — our Family. We do as we please; we have done as we pleased for centuries. Our common trade has been crime, our common pastime murder, our common beverage blood — the blood of the nation. Upon our heads lie millions of murders. Yet the pious moralist says it is a crime to assassinate us. We and our uncles are a family of cobras set over a hundred and forty million rabbits, whom we torture and murder and feed upon all our days; yet the moralist urges that to kill us is a crime, not a duty.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Story (1905-02-02), “The Czar’s Soliloquy,” North American Review, Vol. 180, No. 580 (1905-03)

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/83904/

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Twain, Mark - Story (1905-02-02), "The Czar's Soliloquy," North American Review, Vol. 180, No. 580 (1905-03) | WIST Quotations

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Anson 2d ago

Thus is why I will never step foot onto a transporter platform.

ITOH it also offers a novel legal theory to get away with murder.

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Philosophics 2d ago

A new colleague, Alaka Oluwatobi, shared his decolonial essay with me. I share this interest, so I read it and wrote a blog post. The essay is linked there as well as in the first comment if you'd like to read it without my opinions.

👉 https://philosophics.blog/2026/05/07/the-masters-concepts-decolonising-the-house-without-keeping-the-furniture/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

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Ravenheart 2d ago

It's crazy that this has to keep being said, but-
#Law ≠ #Morality
Not everything that's illegal is immoral. Some things that are legal are immoral.
Cruelty doesn't magically stop being cruelty just because it's protected by the law.
Law isn't sacred. It's just someone's opinion imposed on you.

WIST Quotations 4d ago

A quotation from Molly Ivins

Me, I think government is a tool, like a hammer. You can use a hammer to build with or you can use a hammer to destroy with. Whether government is good or bad depends on what you use it for and how well you use it. On the whole, it’s a poor idea to put people in charge of government who don’t believe in using it.

Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1992-03-01), “Good morning, Fort Worth! Glad to be here,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram

More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/16887/

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