CarlManvers2019
Writers Blocked Douchebag
Before anybody says anything, no I’m not a social darwinist, hell I think large quantities of people could possibly do more than those of rare quality in abilities, mostly because they’re those who are around
It maybe a result of having read two Heinlein books and liking that scene from Game of Thrones where Varys talks to Tyrion on the nature of power, but I believe that in the end, without the willingness to use force or violence or the threat of it, things like laws are meaningless unless someone enforces them.
So to does it extend to the concept of justice, which decides who is right and who is wrong and who is to be punished
And those in power can be the ones who decide who is right and wrong, it doesn’t necessarily make them the good guys, hell it means they can be the bad guy without so many consequences
Hell it’d make things like a law unjust, but what could you do about it?
Before you ask, voting itself can be considered violence, it sort of puts pressure to change things and so long as the military follows the vote or if say, the corrupt politician surrenders quietly or doesn’t have the power to murder the dissidents voting him, those votes carry power and will to somehow use force to change things
It probably even extends to religion, there is a threat of violence or something being done against you if you’re not a “good person” whether it be getting reincarnated as a duck, sent to hell, sent to limbo, being eaten by a crocodile or some other equivalent, you feel threatened away from doing what that religion says is bad
Property itself in the end is also decided by force or violence or should better be said the majority who have military and/or economic power. So lots of land can be “legaly” seized if the right votes are made and a noble family having thousand year ownership will mean nothing if no other nobles recognize said “rights” and don’t assist or marry into it in order to take advantage. Even basic private properties are only still yours unless you can defend yourself or others are willing to defend your rights to an object that you bought.
As for how the guys in power sorta decided what was right and rather than it just being according to whims, being nice and caring and protective has its pragmatic reasons and is part of our human instincts, though as shown by more older civilizations, this maybe “biased” to only applying this good behavior to “my people” instead of “all people”
Still, even weak individuals against a stronger and larger in comparison society/majority, can decide what’s right or stick to their principals as they may not shrink even in the face of threats as they either recognize a bigger threat or truly value some things
So if you’re in a 1984-esque world where what is considered right and wrong has been decided by the wider majority or the wider brainwashed majority, you could still eventually realise what is right and wrong
Though you may end up horribly injured or dead for rejecting it
That said simply thinking differently doesn’t make you right, you gotta actually think it through as much as possible.
How else do there end up guys in Nazi Germany freeing Jews except by actually using their intelligence and whatever protective instincts together to realise they’re committing mass murder
Also a “gold and silver rule” you don’t want you or your family and friends to suffer, so you shouldn’t inflict or allow hurt onto others
It maybe a result of having read two Heinlein books and liking that scene from Game of Thrones where Varys talks to Tyrion on the nature of power, but I believe that in the end, without the willingness to use force or violence or the threat of it, things like laws are meaningless unless someone enforces them.
So to does it extend to the concept of justice, which decides who is right and who is wrong and who is to be punished
And those in power can be the ones who decide who is right and wrong, it doesn’t necessarily make them the good guys, hell it means they can be the bad guy without so many consequences
Hell it’d make things like a law unjust, but what could you do about it?
Before you ask, voting itself can be considered violence, it sort of puts pressure to change things and so long as the military follows the vote or if say, the corrupt politician surrenders quietly or doesn’t have the power to murder the dissidents voting him, those votes carry power and will to somehow use force to change things
It probably even extends to religion, there is a threat of violence or something being done against you if you’re not a “good person” whether it be getting reincarnated as a duck, sent to hell, sent to limbo, being eaten by a crocodile or some other equivalent, you feel threatened away from doing what that religion says is bad
Property itself in the end is also decided by force or violence or should better be said the majority who have military and/or economic power. So lots of land can be “legaly” seized if the right votes are made and a noble family having thousand year ownership will mean nothing if no other nobles recognize said “rights” and don’t assist or marry into it in order to take advantage. Even basic private properties are only still yours unless you can defend yourself or others are willing to defend your rights to an object that you bought.
As for how the guys in power sorta decided what was right and rather than it just being according to whims, being nice and caring and protective has its pragmatic reasons and is part of our human instincts, though as shown by more older civilizations, this maybe “biased” to only applying this good behavior to “my people” instead of “all people”
Still, even weak individuals against a stronger and larger in comparison society/majority, can decide what’s right or stick to their principals as they may not shrink even in the face of threats as they either recognize a bigger threat or truly value some things
So if you’re in a 1984-esque world where what is considered right and wrong has been decided by the wider majority or the wider brainwashed majority, you could still eventually realise what is right and wrong
Though you may end up horribly injured or dead for rejecting it
That said simply thinking differently doesn’t make you right, you gotta actually think it through as much as possible.
How else do there end up guys in Nazi Germany freeing Jews except by actually using their intelligence and whatever protective instincts together to realise they’re committing mass murder
Also a “gold and silver rule” you don’t want you or your family and friends to suffer, so you shouldn’t inflict or allow hurt onto others
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