It is obvious that you acknowledge the necessity of change, yet ironically you deny it. You suggest a reinforcement of current socio-economic situations by promoting you are actually multiplying the problem. A more cut-throat society would create more fierce competition which would actually lead to more violence, more crime. Crime is not only caused by a necessity to survive, so you are not really addressing the whole problem. Also, sure you got to where you are now, but does the method justify the means? For me, the means is much more important, for you must live with the ramifications of your actions.Originally Posted by Dignified Pauper
One, I have the highest respect for all life. No matter, if you think it is flawed, it is still a gift from Nature. You may see it as a flaw, but I like to think that every life is precious, and who are we to be the arbritators of life? Can we actually be so impietous to actually try to reign power in realms beyond our own? The taint of murder is not something I desire on my hands. You ask about suffering too, but that is a part of life. No matter how hard you try to will eventually suffer. This is not a bad thing. From it we gain knowledge of ourselves, and learn to understand and appreciate what we do have. Even though they might suffer themselves, and cause trouble on the part of others, they are still humans. Also they can major impacts on the world. Terry Fox for one. Though he was not born physically disable, because of cancer I think it was, he became physically disabled, yet he raised much awareness about cancer research.Originally Posted by Dignified Pauper
Though I agree that social conditions do force them into these jobs, I do not believe in exploiting people. Again this returns to a moral issue. Exploiting someone for your own needs, is a selfish act, and I believe that the mere fact you use people shows a lack of morals on the manipulator's own part. In the end I think they are weak, for they cannot accomplish what they want without using people.Originally Posted by Dignified Pauper
Yet people who manipulate others are any better? You are kidding right. To exploit people is too leech off of them, to make them do your own work. Also before you mentioned that if someone arises higher out of their social situation then they are a good example, yet here you say it not possible. Also it not someone's fault to be born into a socio-economic situation. They were born into it. If you have a chance to gain more in life, why shouldn't anyone else? Just because people get a head start in the race of life does not mean they will win. Returning to another point, you have no right to say someone should not be born. Interesting fact is that even though the poor do generate more population, it is the wealthy, the minority that produces the majority of the pollution. You are trying to convince me their advantages?Originally Posted by Dignified Pauper
Personalities can change with the wind. People are able to overcome their situations and rise above it. You talk about strenght, but according to Darwin, not the strongest survives, it is the most adapted.Originally Posted by Dignified Pauper
You see life as a hedonistic and materialistic view, which limits yourself to see the true potentials in humans. Also you completely ignore morality, and the fact of higher powers. You present an interesting ideas, yet ones that are just amplifications of our phallocentric Western culture. You put a value on the large, tall, and strong. You are stuck in a priapism. It would appear you are trying to advocate progression, yet it is still bound to our current power structures. Soceity is already, for the majority, like this. Not in the extreme case as you, but the apathy and hedonism of the current situation is causing the deterioration of humanity. The way I see it, is Social Darwinism will actually catalyze our end.
Sorry if I lost track while typing this. I became distracted often.