Nice progressives and mean reactionaries alike think everyone wants to be king. What if I told you there's a major world religion whose central virtues include "不敢為天下先": refusing to be emperor? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Treasures_(Taoism) …
It comes up contextually in many places, as advice to certain groups of people. In Daoism it's central: compassion, simplicity, and 'not daring to be ahead in the world' are the three treasures.
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ah good point, ya that's a real difference. I mean "the abrahamics don't contain the idea" is false (& I know you weren't implying otherwise) but the rest is "they contain the idea and, um, how's that working for them so far? [points to emperors claiming scriptural underwriting]"
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I said 'central virtues'.
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"a central idea, not an item of narrative or contextual oh-by-the-way good advice incidental to the central ideas" is the "real difference" I referred to
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the sophomoric "have you ever heard of a Buddhist fundamentalist?" trope (uh yes I've heard of Sinhalese nationalism for one) noted & duly dispensed with, I actually was just thinking I honestly can't think of even a viable candidate for real example of tyranny under Daoist cover
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fair enough I guess, also thanks
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not that it matters much except as historical perspective given I already take "no noble idea is completely immune to motivated and malicious misuse" as axiomatic
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Those are fairly well central to Christianity too.
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'not daring to be ahead in the world' is more specific and more anti-authoritarian than humility or 'render unto Caesar', and it's one of three rather than one of N.
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