this doesn’t mean they are bad or useless. labels are incredibly important. it’s when the label is confused for the content and all the energy spent on arguing about labels that it becomes a burden rather than helpful
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without the state, all economic activity would be defined as black market activity without the ego, all activity would be defined as meaningless activity both the state & the ego justify their existence as the source of legitimacy and meaning but all they really do is label
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an example w the state is the war on drugs or terrorism. by labelling certain activities as bad rather than trying to understand them, they ironically perpetuate the conflict and even create cartels/terrorist despite all the money spent
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an example w the ego is the desire to be better. self becomes an enemy to destroy and transcend rather than accept. but b/c self can never be more than self by definition, this creates a constant desire to be more than what is
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the world will always have something “bad” in it when viewed from a singular perspective. the trick is to recognize that this view is biased rather than try for a “nothing is bad” view that requires constant fakery even though it is true
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likewise, a singular pov will always be able to look “up” towards greater, prettier, smarter, richer… the trick is not to try and literally become one with the heavens to avoid this feeling of being looked down on but to recognize that being life and hell are both Under Heaven
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if u are stuck in a maze hoping for a climactic ending to your mysterious quest yet constantly disappointed… well it’s b/c “the maze isn’t meant for you” the only way out is to climb the walls, and u have not the claws to do so silly hooman
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They also solve the coordination problems that are inherent to complexity You can't have a society at scale without a government, you can't have a being as complex as a human without an ego* *some exceptions apply, inquire within for details
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