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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Some of that is dumbfuckism. Constitutional republics are democracies, for example.
Some of those sentiments have always existed & come across as though you were born yesterday.
While socialism is a broad term, communism usually refers to communist states, which are authoritarian regimes that even in theory reject universal individual rights/liberties. Non-authoritarian socialism is something else.
People have a duty to beneficence. However, plenty of people lazily toss empathy around as an argument from outrage fallacy instead of bothering to build a more credible & persuasive argument. Listeners get sick of that fast & don't mind if you think of them as monsters: they certainly don't care about your poorly argued opinions.
So, that could be deprogramming or it could be ineffective discussion breakdowns. I don't think empathy requires programming. I'd think its rejection require reprogramming.
Individualism doesn't necessarily mean selfishness. As pointed out elsewhere, collectivism can also lead to oppressive injustices.
I hate the the fact that if I tell my views to people, ML's automaticaly call me a conservative, and conservatives call me a stalin-supporter.
That's what I get for having nuanced views lmao.
I used to say I'm a libertarian socialist, which means that I liked arguing semantics about what I believe online all day