Aug 23, 2022do what makes you happy.
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Scratchin MambaOne thing would be that what I value and spend time on the most is being and doing things as opposed to having things. I'm more concerned as a person with certain abilities and traits than as a consumer. I don't want my identity to be tied to posessions, and I dont want to spend too much time on trying to have things as opposed to actually doing things. For me money spent on a vacation where I'm actually having valuable experiences is much better spent than on a luxury good.
A posession is at the end of the day completely alien to you, it's not as real and also much easier to lose, and developing yourself as an active person doing things is much more fulfilling than being a consumer.
This is also why I said that it does have to do with a broader social a***ysis @op , because this is essentially based on Marxist humanism.
"The less you eat, drink and read books; the less you go to the theatre, the dance hall, the public house; the less you think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc., the more you save-the greater becomes your treasure which neither moths nor dust will devour-your capital. The less you are, the more you have; the less you express your own life, the greater is your alienated life-the greater is the store of your estranged being."
!https://youtu.be/xgZapTBHtncLove your philosophy, but don’t really see how it connects to Marxism. In our current society you can also spend your money on whatever you like, be it vacations or material stuff. That’s why I think op talked about seeing these philosophies separate from economic/political systems.
Aug 23, 2022·1 replynever share a bed with another man
Aug 23, 2022·1 replymachiavellian prairie protestant
Aug 23, 2022in the quran it says when you pray for others angels pray for you. so i’m on that lately
Aug 23, 2022Only cars and idiots move backwards
Aug 23, 2022Just by our being and acting alive, we succeed. You fail only when you let death creep in and take over a part of your life that should be alive.
Aug 23, 2022“remember, economic systems are not philosophies”
Aug 23, 2022MarbleI used to be a stoic, but I’m down bad so can’t really say I’m worthy of the title
wym bro can you elaborate
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i don’t believe in free will so i focus on forgiveness and helping the less fortunate whenever and however possible
- Aug 23, 2022Marble
Love your philosophy, but don’t really see how it connects to Marxism. In our current society you can also spend your money on whatever you like, be it vacations or material stuff. That’s why I think op talked about seeing these philosophies separate from economic/political systems.
If you're interested in knowing how it connects to Marxism I would recommend reading some Erich Fromm a Marxist psychologist whose video I posted, that quote was from Marx too by the way
It's not the same explicitly political side of Marxism in terms of like a concrete a***ysis of capitalist political economy, this is more the philosophical side.
And about people being able to spend money on experiences, yes that's true, but even somebody who isn't a Marxist can see how much consumerism is dominant and that this has led people to be more in this mode of having as opposed being.
Aug 23, 2022nah i jus be chillin doin me, tryna keep my mind open and respectful
Aug 23, 2022·2 repliesF*** it, we ball
Aug 23, 2022·editedtry not to take life too seriously, and try to not let your emotions get the best of you.
but..since i'm a very emotionaly volatile person, the latter is a struggle; i'm surpised i've made it this far. taking each day as it comes is another one too pause.
some of the response in here thus far have been ace 👏
Aug 23, 2022Yeah but I don’t know what’s the word
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Determinist is one
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Wake up, turn my swag on
Aug 23, 2022Scratchin MambaOne thing would be that what I value and spend time on the most is being and doing things as opposed to having things. I'm more concerned as a person with certain abilities and traits than as a consumer. I don't want my identity to be tied to posessions, and I dont want to spend too much time on trying to have things as opposed to actually doing things. For me money spent on a vacation where I'm actually having valuable experiences is much better spent than on a luxury good.
A posession is at the end of the day completely alien to you, it's not as real and also much easier to lose, and developing yourself as an active person doing things is much more fulfilling than being a consumer.
This is also why I said that it does have to do with a broader social a***ysis @op , because this is essentially based on Marxist humanism.
"The less you eat, drink and read books; the less you go to the theatre, the dance hall, the public house; the less you think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc., the more you save-the greater becomes your treasure which neither moths nor dust will devour-your capital. The less you are, the more you have; the less you express your own life, the greater is your alienated life-the greater is the store of your estranged being."
!https://youtu.be/xgZapTBHtncI’ve actually been diving deep into this mindset. I’ve kinda recently fallen out of love (if you could call it that) with accumulating goods. Like you said, the s*** really doesn’t matter. It literally means nothing.
Materialism is a cancer for the soul and personal growth. It’s unfulfilling and wasteful.
Aug 23, 2022not replacing reality by symbols and signs
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but basically we needa get over ourselves and explore the rest of the universe
Aug 23, 2022nothing matters
Aug 23, 2022JodyJust go with the flow
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soapmanwunalways eat it before you beat it
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9inetoxicf*** b*tches get m*ney
