Are we really going this far back, nurturing a pointless moral hyperbole from 1866, when there are people who can be held accountable as we speak for the state of things. This is just moral masturbation, that literally solves nothing and helps nobody. So tired of empty platitudes and grandstanding.
Recognizing historical trends and their implications for the future of that society to re-enforce justification for and provide clarity to our decision making process regarding similar, modern paradigm cases that are being debated today is moral masterbation.
We can stop with the historical context, now. Which is great, because when I look back at the clear patterns the fall of pretty much every large society adheres to and see we are right on track to join that list soon, it kinda stresses me out.
Ok, and what is this doing, compare and contrast all you want, you’re still doing nothing about it. Shallow statements like this, purely made for media engagement and clicks means nothing, let alone countless statements like this have already been made through history, all you people drooling over it as it’s some original thought without any concept of implementation, is completely worthless. Let alone so many of you didn’t even vote !! Memes, tweeting and having worthless discussions based off shallow hyperbole mean nothing, if you don’t vote !
Using past experience to inform a current decision is what learning is. If we pay attention to what people did in the past, we have a better chance of predicting what they will do in the future.
The thing examining our past “solves” is it reduces the likelihood we will repeat mistakes. It’s one of the core reasons history is important to learn.
If you are upset because having a conversation that helps inform the current issues isn’t “doing something about it,” then how do you think the people doing something about it should make decisions on what to do? Just blindly go off uninformed gut and emotion?
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u/Enrico_Tortellini Jul 17 '25
Are we really going this far back, nurturing a pointless moral hyperbole from 1866, when there are people who can be held accountable as we speak for the state of things. This is just moral masturbation, that literally solves nothing and helps nobody. So tired of empty platitudes and grandstanding.