TheBigCore t1_itqa37y wrote on October 25, 2022 at 2:56 PM

Reply to comment by iiioiia in The philosophy of Martin Heidegger who argued that the Technological mindset has destroyed our relationship to the world so that Nature is seen as so many resources to exploit. He presents an alternative: a poetic relationship to the world by thelivingphilosophy

It's certainly not happening in the USA. Both parties are only interested in fighting each other rather than getting anything useful done.

Who knows about Europe....

iiioiia t1_itqbpgz wrote on October 25, 2022 at 3:07 PM

> It's certainly not happening in the USA.

I don't disagree - things do not happen, until they happen.

But, for certain things to happen, certain conditions must first exist, and this can be a lot harder to discern than the end product, in no small part because the necessary conditions cannot necessarily be known....even in materialistic science, which is relatively easy.

> Both parties are only interested in fighting each other rather than getting anything useful done.

This is an excellent meme, but how true is it?

> > > > Who knows about Europe....

I suspect the same as with the US: nobody (from a technical perspective).

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cristobaldelicia t1_itqop9d wrote on October 25, 2022 at 4:32 PM

Apparently you're not paying attention because there's a f'n war in Europe! "Who knows?" Do you watch the news at all? Deliberate, willful ignorance is worse than just ignorance. Plus, even reluctantly tolerating Trump in the Republican party, is accepting facism. Democrats may not get a lot done, but they are not actively destroying democracy. There is no equivalence. The two-party system is indeed very flawed. The status quo is sickening, especially seeing Biden to give up any Green principals to keep the price of gas low. But there are worse things. And the rise of the extreme right in Europe is one.

coke_and_coffee t1_itrcux4 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 7:06 PM

I mean, the current admin did just two of the largest infrastructure and clean energy spending bills in history. Hard to say that isn't getting anything useful done...