Soleos

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[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Huh, well critics have been calling for pride to reflect its protest roots more than the corporate party it's become. It may well have to be a protest now.

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

That does not make sense. What does "harm" mean to you? Less good is not "potential harm". To put it another way, let's assume you and I are completely independent and I have to moral responsibility to give you money. If I chose to not give you any money, you would not be harmed. If I gifted you $100, you would not be harmed. If I gifted you $20 you would not be harmed because I did not gift you $100.

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm sorry, I don't quite understand. What is the potential harm in the comic?

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I see, thanks for clarifying! I agree with all of that. I wouldn't even say it's a cynical view, rather a realpolitik view. USAID was started and continued as a way to develop soft power and counter Soviet influence in the world.

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

In the narrow sense of independent individuals/states, you are correct. A country does not have a responsibility to run foreign aid programs. However, once you do, you enter into a agreement that involves some responsibility because now others are relying on you to fulfill your commitment.

Put simply, say you want to climb up a ladder and need someone to help, say, keep their finger on a button that prevents the ladder from toppling over. I have no responsibility to help you. However, to be nice I agree to help you. I press the button down and you climb up. Now say I change my mind and I want to go do something else. I now have a responsibility to tell you so you can safely come down and find another solution. What the US is doing now is shouting up at you while you're on the ladder and saying "hey, I changed my mind. Sorry, but I actually have no responsibility to help you out"

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Heh it's a fun "gotcha" kind of modification. Alas, it misunderstands the thought experiment. They're not changing the emotional valence. They are removing a fundamental aspect of a dilemma: harm. One of the purposes of the trolley problem is to provoke the thinker into questioning what they believe about moral responsibility and (in)action.

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

The real world uses gender neutral pronouns all the time, all over the world.

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago

It sounds like it's just not the show you're expecting. It's not trying to be ER or Scrubs. It's Sherlock Holmes. It's like watching Mindhunter and criticizing it for not being more like Cops where they solve the case because they catch the suspect in the act of trying to shove the evidence up their butt.

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

Where are our leaders?

Tag, you're it!

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Well awktshualy, read the whole definition entry. Pendants are always so eager to ignore lay meanings.

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, this is why they care. It's part of woke ideology.

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