someone on OKC is arguing to me that 'you have to be a certain economic status to have the luxury of accepting that everything is meaningless', which is like, the most icky mashup of social justice and philosophy i never wanted to see
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ok to be fair he started arguing this because of my line 'intersectional nihilist'
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Well i suppose the sufficiently poor don't really have the time in the day to philosophize.
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I have another way to think about that: If you're into survival mode it's harder think about abstract stuff. Urgent concern is not to starve this week.
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Maybe they're talking about something like Maslow's pyramid? Once your lower needs are sated, it gives you time to discover the total and utter meaningless of existence?
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could you explain your thoughts? I notice I can intuitively follow his position but cant intuit anything contrary. Your writing resonates w me so I'd love to hear your perspective on this
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I think he’s saying that nihilism is a luxury only upper middle class people can afford. People living in the real world have to find meaning in their lives.
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Rich people have the luxury of philosophising that everything is meaningless. Poor people just accept that as a basic axiom.
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Only the rich can say "money isnt everything" and not be hypocritical about it.
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If the alleviation if pain can never be meaningless, maybe... But it sounds like a smoke screen