Can you give an example? I don't want to make a generalized statement when each situation is unique. And I'm not arguing that destruction itself should be illegal, or even that destruction is evil. A certain kind of destruction is evil - the kind that destroys hope, abuses and victimizes, increases nihilism, which feeds back into suffering. Creative destruction isn't that, even though it can involve suffering. And suffering is not pain - its a mindset, whereas pain is not. It can be mitigated through beliefs and self discipline, but also it is objectively increased by predations upon helpless people. A solution isn't to say, "suffering is a mindset, so bear it quietly" ; a solution is to stop the predation.

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gambling. drugs (of any severity). consensual prostitution. weird sex parties and antinatalism. etc.

assume the affected person is otherwise physically healthy and financially "unexploited".

IMO gambling is destructive, but it isn't necessarily so destructive that it creates a cycle of destruction. I think doing gambling is fine, but not selling the dopamine hit of gambling. Similar views on drugs. I don't condemn a person for using them, unless they're causing a problem for someone dependent on them. They move a lot easier than casinos, so making them illegal is a different deal than making casinos illegal. If the prostitution is fully consensual, then its no different than the less remarkable addiction to sex - all parties are better off without the addiction, but you do you.

But its never fully consensual. We have the luxury of making up these "what ifs" because it's not in our face. Its all over some countries and its clearly exploitative. What we've done wrong in the past is punishing the women while the pimp goes free. If they want to freely sell a service because they've seen the prices they can get, no problem, supply and demand, then the price falls and its not a great career option anymore. But get the pimps. Exploitation is inexcusable. Make their life hell.

The problem with that "antinatalism," if I get your meaning, is they go for kids. You mean gays, right? I couldn't care less what people do if its consensual, but why do they have to indoctrinate kids? Yes, that's evil. Give them the same treatment as the pimps.

But none of these things come close to the destruction caused by debt with interest.

"The love of money is surely the root of all evil." 2 timothy 6:10 if memory serves. Watch it be wrong... Lol. Love is equivalent with "increase." Symbolic language. The increase of money is the root of all evil. Very efficient wording.

We like to divide the world into good and bad people. The reality is more complex: we are all deeply flawed.

I got that verse wrong, of course. Not an uber-Christian yet... It was 2 timothy 1:6-10. I got it all crammed together in memory.

antinatalism is the belief that humans shouldn't reproduce. usually it's a personal philosophy, not something aggressive.

Ah OK, makes sense. I should've looked it up. Doesn't it seem like that's the agenda, though? It seems too expensive, and there's so much messaging that there's too many people, humans are bad, be gay, get a career, delay...