Regardless of the moral calculus involved I can't really talk to anyone whose first impulse wasn't "Walk away? I'd burn Omelas to ashes"
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Right, acknowledging that you want that is basically a Voight-Kampf thing.
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@BootlegGirl I'm watching a Certain Rationalist Blogger's commenters apparently all read Omelas for the first time1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
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@BootlegGirl "But that would mean WE all deserve to go to hell" YES WHY DO YOU THINK SJWS ARE SO ANGRY2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes -
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"your civilization is built on the suffering of innocent children. Why aren't you saving them?"
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@BootlegGirl Le Guin assumed a lot of her hippie utilitarian audience by assuming we'd all preserve the city
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