Yeah also don’t understand that any system involving humans is never going to be perfect because people will find a way to screw it up. That doesn’t mean you give up on improving it of course, more the opposite. Every system will constantly require effort to improve or it will degrade over time.
There is no such thing as a perfect system, but that means there will always be ways to improve the existing system, no matter what the existing system is. The “tear it down and start over” mentality makes people useless in efforts to actually make things better. Perfect is the enemy of good.
Don’t get me wrong: I think nothing is more healthy for a society than a rebelling youth and all the “trouble” that comes with it. We’ve all been there.
But in times were edgy elders vote for Trump and carry no vision, morale or understanding besides mere platitudes like “tearing down everything”, “draining the swamp”, “building a wall” etc., all those calls for radical destruction without offering an alternative annoy the shit out of me.
I never experienced another system and have come to the gradual realisation that the current system is inherently exploitative, values some people above others, and leaves very little hope for a future as it continues to render the planet’s surface less habitable by the year. My solution: let’s tear the system down before it tears all of us down with it.
My solution: let’s tear the system down before it tears all of us down with it.
“…without having any clue about what comes next, blindly hoping that it will rule out injustice and inherent exploitation although there is no precedence or vision by anyone.”
This is not a fix. It’s calling to kill the complete herd for a few sick animals while others take enormous efforts to find a cure.
I quoted the very part. Are you trolling? You can’t have missed my quote.
when I corrected an obvious strawman
You didn’t fix anything. You just explained the meme keeping it’s original ignorance.
my correction was strawmanned.
Read up what a Strawman is. I didn’t change the original argument - since there was none.
Best you could say is that I used a hyperbole so you understand how people who actually care about politics perceive your helpless destructive whining.
I never said anything about not knowing what to do next. Syndicalism, for example, offers an appealing alternative to the capitalist system. If my tone comes across as flippant, it’s because there’s a bunch of dumbfuck liberals in this thread who are so steeped in their capitalist realism that they just assume that anybody who isn’t one of them is coming from a place of childish naïvete.
The original meme’s ignorance? What ignorance? You haven’t established how it’s ignorant. It claims that the system is intentionally structured to create the outcomes it does, and that that’s bad. That seems like an accurate assessment to me.
I know what a strawman is, you condescending arsehole. It’s a wilful misinterpretation of somebody’s point that misconstrues it such that it’s easier to dismantle. For instance, if I say that capitalism is inherently bad and should be dismantled, and then someone comes along and pretends like I said that it should be supplanted by something even worse, that’s a wilful misrepresentation of my position, is it not?
Without really wanting to take a side here, you could explain why his metaphor doesn’t fit your real opinion instead of just saying it was a strawman, if you’d like.
"I’m such a douchebag entitled narcissistic so I’m going to plug my ears and go ‘na na na this is fine’ as the system destroys EVERY GODDAMN FUCKING FACET of society and whatever future these “teenagers” may have.
Get off your fucking high horse. Jesus fucking christ dude.
I think what’s ironic about your comment is that you begin well: you’ve never experienced another, vastly superior system (like, for example, Germany) so you think any suggestions to make the US better is tantamount to an attack on it.
As for “isn’t perfect” that’s like getting a D in school and saying “well, at least I passed.”
I must have missed something. I just read a suggestion to destroy everything in a mediocre anime meme.
This sounds like trying to burn down the school when you got a bad grade but when you’re caught and called to the principal’s office, you claim to be the victim of a coldhearted and overgeneralizing grade system.
You’re suggesting that people who want to tear down an inherently corrupt system are immature or naive and it’s ironic because you sound equally naive about it.
At any rate, you haven’t even supplied any arguments, you merely lashed out by insulting people.
“I never experienced another system and suddenly realize that the current system isn’t perfect. My solution: let’s tear everything down”
– every teenager who just started to understand the world
Yeah also don’t understand that any system involving humans is never going to be perfect because people will find a way to screw it up. That doesn’t mean you give up on improving it of course, more the opposite. Every system will constantly require effort to improve or it will degrade over time.
There is no such thing as a perfect system, but that means there will always be ways to improve the existing system, no matter what the existing system is. The “tear it down and start over” mentality makes people useless in efforts to actually make things better. Perfect is the enemy of good.
“The boy was sanctimonious as only youth can be when descrying the faults of their elders.”
I read that once and always loved that quote.
Don’t get me wrong: I think nothing is more healthy for a society than a rebelling youth and all the “trouble” that comes with it. We’ve all been there.
But in times were edgy elders vote for Trump and carry no vision, morale or understanding besides mere platitudes like “tearing down everything”, “draining the swamp”, “building a wall” etc., all those calls for radical destruction without offering an alternative annoy the shit out of me.
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I never experienced another system and have come to the gradual realisation that the current system is inherently exploitative, values some people above others, and leaves very little hope for a future as it continues to render the planet’s surface less habitable by the year. My solution: let’s tear the system down before it tears all of us down with it.
FTFY.
“…without having any clue about what comes next, blindly hoping that it will rule out injustice and inherent exploitation although there is no precedence or vision by anyone.”
This is not a fix. It’s calling to kill the complete herd for a few sick animals while others take enormous efforts to find a cure.
Where did I say that? I think it’s really funny how when I corrected an obvious strawman, my correction was strawmanned.
I quoted the very part. Are you trolling? You can’t have missed my quote.
You didn’t fix anything. You just explained the meme keeping it’s original ignorance.
Read up what a Strawman is. I didn’t change the original argument - since there was none.
Best you could say is that I used a hyperbole so you understand how people who actually care about politics perceive your helpless destructive whining.
I never said anything about not knowing what to do next. Syndicalism, for example, offers an appealing alternative to the capitalist system. If my tone comes across as flippant, it’s because there’s a bunch of dumbfuck liberals in this thread who are so steeped in their capitalist realism that they just assume that anybody who isn’t one of them is coming from a place of childish naïvete.
The original meme’s ignorance? What ignorance? You haven’t established how it’s ignorant. It claims that the system is intentionally structured to create the outcomes it does, and that that’s bad. That seems like an accurate assessment to me.
I know what a strawman is, you condescending arsehole. It’s a wilful misinterpretation of somebody’s point that misconstrues it such that it’s easier to dismantle. For instance, if I say that capitalism is inherently bad and should be dismantled, and then someone comes along and pretends like I said that it should be supplanted by something even worse, that’s a wilful misrepresentation of my position, is it not?
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Without really wanting to take a side here, you could explain why his metaphor doesn’t fit your real opinion instead of just saying it was a strawman, if you’d like.
"I’m such a douchebag entitled narcissistic so I’m going to plug my ears and go ‘na na na this is fine’ as the system destroys EVERY GODDAMN FUCKING FACET of society and whatever future these “teenagers” may have.
Get off your fucking high horse. Jesus fucking christ dude.
You know, the post that you’re responding to could just be highlighting a parallel rather than being a criticism of the OP.
that’s not what I wrote and you suggesting it tells a lot about how you look at the world and people around you.
Keep on memeing, dude. You’ll surely make the world a better place…
Gonna cry?
I’m gonna put some dirt in your eye
Ooohhhhh… edgy!
I think what’s ironic about your comment is that you begin well: you’ve never experienced another, vastly superior system (like, for example, Germany) so you think any suggestions to make the US better is tantamount to an attack on it.
As for “isn’t perfect” that’s like getting a D in school and saying “well, at least I passed.”
I must have missed something. I just read a suggestion to destroy everything in a mediocre anime meme.
This sounds like trying to burn down the school when you got a bad grade but when you’re caught and called to the principal’s office, you claim to be the victim of a coldhearted and overgeneralizing grade system.
Not even close to what was said.
Also not what was said. OP doesn’t want to simply attack 'The system". They want to destroy it. You can tell because they used the word: destroy.
You are arguing a strawman and you are a joke.
You’re suggesting that people who want to tear down an inherently corrupt system are immature or naive and it’s ironic because you sound equally naive about it.
At any rate, you haven’t even supplied any arguments, you merely lashed out by insulting people.