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StarChild413 t1_itaejk3 wrote

> I’d ask your permission to steal it but we’re the same entity so I guess that’s irrelevant?

And that's why this idea could never catch fire on a societal scale, as imagine if someone tried to use this argument on you with your personal property

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Kawawaymog t1_itanpyi wrote

I don’t think anyone here is suggesting that this line of thinking is any tangible impact on our day to day lives. Beyond perhaps having more empathy for others.

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StarChild413 t1_itaq28g wrote

But it seems like a bit of a garden-path way to say have more empathy

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Kawawaymog t1_itarsa2 wrote

The point of the line of thinking isn’t to encourage people to have more empathy. It’s just an interesting thing to talk about. Things don’t have to have a real world application to be interesting.

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