Evil is the alien god. Ideas are evil only to the degree that they are incompatible with one's own system of values, but values are cultural constructs.
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If a functioning ideology is internally consistent does this mean it contains no evil? And how do we justify critiquing another system from within our own system? Can there be both resident and alien evil?
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Replying to @Gregg_E_Miller @DKedmey
Evil is whatever harms the sacred purpose. Ideology needs no justification, a world without sacredness has no meaning. Sometimes ideologies are defined in such a way that even its adherents have no chance to not commit evil, so they are eternal sinners in need of redemption.
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We need to be able to challenge a dangerous ideology to justify itself in an attempt to help it escape itself. We don't just let any old ideology lose on the world without a fight.
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Replying to @Gregg_E_Miller @DKedmey
An ideology is just invasive software. It runs on people, replacing their agency with its own, but that does not turn it into a sentient being we need to respect. Its value is purely instrumental.
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I get that ideology can be a kind of infection but our ideologies impact on real people in the real world. So we have a certain accountability to each other for the ideas we hold. This is sacred.
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Replying to @Gregg_E_Miller @DKedmey
Based on our ideology. From a purely rational perspective, people are just some strain of yeast that is about to face extinction, to be replaced by other yeast until the local sun burns out.
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I'm not sure how rational it is if it destroys the sacredness of life we want to embrace. Anyway you always make me think a little harder... Have a good night
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Replying to @Gregg_E_Miller @DKedmey
If it is any consolation, it is unlikely that we will take down cellular life with us. After the anthropocene, most larger vertebrates will probably be gone, but life goes on, and eventually, there will probably be even other waves of sentient species after us.
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A very cheerful thought to end on - you must be the life of the party (LOL)!
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I am the Spirit of Christmas Past species extinction :)
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