Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

patrice

(47,992 posts)
4. There's a profound misunderstanding of human nature, TTE, "Deprivation, pain, and suffering
Sat May 5, 2012, 09:21 PM
May 2012

cause a person to develop to the fullest of their potentials and so doing they become financially successful. Whatever they become as a result of those challenges is better than anything else that they might have been possible had things been otherwise." Thus, pain and suffering cause the best of all possible worlds. Obviously, this assumption fits their own stories about their own advantages and privileges very conveniently.

They never ask themselves what might have been if __________________________ , nor what has been lost, nor if perhaps they themselves don't know that they don't know what they don't know. Or if some of them ever do ask those sorts of questions, all of their answers are about how to serve themselves better and fuck what has been lost, *W*H*A*T*E*V*E*R* that is.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»"If by a 'Liberal' t...»Reply #4