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coke_and_coffee t1_itsojrn wrote

Reply to comment by VitriolicViolet 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

> i would argue the blind devotion to capitalism most people show is it self deranged.

I’m talking about the world of philosophy though. Yeah, most laymen have a pretty poor understanding of capitalism and simply support it blindly, but people who study philosophy should know better than to be so rabidly anti-capitalist/anti-liberal.

I think a lot of people get very frustrated at those of us who defend liberalism because it’s just so easy to imagine a world that is better than the one we inhabit. And they’re frustrated that we seem to be “blocking” them from making that fantasy a reality. But the more wizened among us should know to urge great caution in pursuing these fantasies.

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iiioiia t1_itt4s8f wrote

Do you think the level of broad discussion of "utopian" ideas/goals/etc is too little, too much, or just about right?

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