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if you had to turn up one knob on society, you'd pick the one that increases the amount people feel responsible for other people's suffering, or increases the amount people feel responsible for their own suffering

Responsible for others
44.6%
Responsible for their own
55.4%

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6:46 AM · Aug 12, 2020

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Dr. Poop Muscles, PhD

@Space_Boy_Ben

Aug 12, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

which of these two groups of people do you think would be more likely to choose to clean up litter on a beach when they find it? which do you think would be more likely to do the littering in the first place?

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Those responsible for their own suffering? If they don't like the litter they should pick it up

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This is the basic left/right split isn’t it?

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feeling responsible for another's suffering unfortunately does not translate to feeling empowered to do something about it speaking from experience ._. but knowing you're causing your own suffering I *think* is more actionable

Dr. Poop Muscles, PhD

@Space_Boy_Ben

Aug 12, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.”

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One Maximizing Hedonism

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When people are feeling more responsible for their own suffering, they surely will be more responsible for other people’s suffering as well.

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ahh god both. Hard both. Some people need to shut up and put on masks. Others need to stop apologizing. When people don't put on masks, people die. When people apologize, ahhh, they get kinda cringy and less cool? Wait actually I changed my mind.

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That's a surprise. I thought 20 percent of people reacting to being asked to slow down the spread of a plague like toddlers told they can't have another Krispy Kreme would have settled this.