There
Is
No
Such
Thing
As
"Democracy"!
There is always a
"Rulebyanytopia"
("The Morality of Inaction", also known as What I come up with when I have trouble sleeping)
1.Lets assume that we live in an unfair society, one sign of which is arbitrary killing.
One day,person A makes the random public statement that "We don't live in a perfect society". On hearing this (maybe on television) person B pulls a gun on A and shoots A dead. He/She then justifies this by repeating A's statement that we do not live in a perfect world.
B's action continues the precedence that, in an imperfect world, you can use reason to justify any action.So, whenever reason and morality are at odds, there is dystopia.
2.Lets pretend that we DO live in a utopia, the first assumption is that there are no murders.
Any individual can break this contract by commiting the murder of another.
3.A utopia can thus cease to be by the decision and action of just one person.
However, a dystopia's continuation is predetermined by TWO individuals making the agreement that it is indeed a dystopia.
4.The first step towards a utopia is collective restraint.
The second requires everyone to act as if they are already living in a utopia.
Is
No
Such
Thing
As
"Democracy"!
There is always a
"Rulebyanytopia"
("The Morality of Inaction", also known as What I come up with when I have trouble sleeping)
1.Lets assume that we live in an unfair society, one sign of which is arbitrary killing.
One day,person A makes the random public statement that "We don't live in a perfect society". On hearing this (maybe on television) person B pulls a gun on A and shoots A dead. He/She then justifies this by repeating A's statement that we do not live in a perfect world.
B's action continues the precedence that, in an imperfect world, you can use reason to justify any action.So, whenever reason and morality are at odds, there is dystopia.
2.Lets pretend that we DO live in a utopia, the first assumption is that there are no murders.
Any individual can break this contract by commiting the murder of another.
3.A utopia can thus cease to be by the decision and action of just one person.
However, a dystopia's continuation is predetermined by TWO individuals making the agreement that it is indeed a dystopia.
4.The first step towards a utopia is collective restraint.
The second requires everyone to act as if they are already living in a utopia.
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