I guess my main point is that the more options we have, the more freedom we have, and because of that an individual can choose to live in more ways, and technology and science is a big part of giving those opportunities.
The potential is bigger, what people choose to do with it, that's a different issue. Again, not all people have these opportunities we have, in fact the most people don't have them so much at all. But the way societies are set up and the current power structures, it is not exclusive to the possibilities of happiness, or definitely not excluding the statement that the world is a better place.
Sure, I'd like to see major changes, major changes in the realization in general public, meaning that people stop with the idea that their ideas are so much better that they can try to dictate what you're supposed to think or how you should live. This, IMO, is oppressive by the nature of it. A lot of them wouldn't understand it, because "why wouldn't people want to live like this my idea here, because it makes their lives better". Well, then you have millions of opinions about that and what idea wins is not necessarily the "best idea". I'd rather leave that up to everyone, what do you think is the best idea? I think you should have the freedom and the opportunity to pursue that as long as you don't restrict others doing their thing. To me it is surprising how many people disagrees with this, as in they want to change the world according to their own beliefs, and inherently the notion that we should be able to think for ourselves isn't just another "idea" that is by my earlier definition oppressive. That's like saying well, it is racist to point out that someone is a racist.
The potential is bigger, what people choose to do with it, that's a different issue. Again, not all people have these opportunities we have, in fact the most people don't have them so much at all. But the way societies are set up and the current power structures, it is not exclusive to the possibilities of happiness, or definitely not excluding the statement that the world is a better place.
Sure, I'd like to see major changes, major changes in the realization in general public, meaning that people stop with the idea that their ideas are so much better that they can try to dictate what you're supposed to think or how you should live. This, IMO, is oppressive by the nature of it. A lot of them wouldn't understand it, because "why wouldn't people want to live like this my idea here, because it makes their lives better". Well, then you have millions of opinions about that and what idea wins is not necessarily the "best idea". I'd rather leave that up to everyone, what do you think is the best idea? I think you should have the freedom and the opportunity to pursue that as long as you don't restrict others doing their thing. To me it is surprising how many people disagrees with this, as in they want to change the world according to their own beliefs, and inherently the notion that we should be able to think for ourselves isn't just another "idea" that is by my earlier definition oppressive. That's like saying well, it is racist to point out that someone is a racist.
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