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Post by Huxley on Oct 9, 2019 10:40:14 GMT
Is life fair or just neutral?
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 9, 2019 19:42:09 GMT
It depends on who you ask.
Also, everything is relative.
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Post by onethreetwo on Oct 9, 2019 19:57:59 GMT
What makes you think it might be? Did all the homeless and hungry people suddenly disappear?
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Post by The Lost One on Oct 10, 2019 9:15:33 GMT
No, but certainly more can be done to make it fairer than it currently is.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 10, 2019 9:19:53 GMT
Life is neutral
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Post by Huxley on Oct 10, 2019 10:22:21 GMT
It depends on who you ask. Also, everything is relative. That would be exactly right.
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Post by Huxley on Oct 10, 2019 10:24:21 GMT
I agree, Life don't get involved, it stands by and watches it happen.
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Post by Huxley on Oct 10, 2019 10:25:52 GMT
No, but certainly more can be done to make it fairer than it currently is. At least we should try to even the field. I agree.
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Post by Huxley on Oct 10, 2019 10:30:02 GMT
What makes you think it might be? Did all the homeless and hungry people suddenly disappear? I think it would take a fool to believe life was fair. That's unless they are very fortunate then life it fair...to them at least.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 11, 2019 19:05:33 GMT
It could be better.
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Post by Catman on Oct 11, 2019 19:07:41 GMT
No.
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Post by Huxley on Oct 11, 2019 19:55:08 GMT
What makes you think it might be? Did all the homeless and hungry people suddenly disappear? No, we have 10,000 homeless they say.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 20:39:41 GMT
Is life fair or just neutral? If you're asking if the operation of the natural world is fair, then sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't. But it never intends to be fair or unfair, since nature lacks intention. Nature just is what it is. If you're asking about society, then ideally it should be fair. But it's only sometimes set up with that intention, and even when it's intended, it doesn't always work out that way. Likewise if you're asking about individuals; sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't.
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Post by Arlon10 on Oct 11, 2019 23:10:03 GMT
The distribution of rewards and advantages can appear to have a rather random character. I believe that's what people mean when they say "life isn't fair."
There can be quite many things that are fair. Most prices in the grocery store are fair enough.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Oct 12, 2019 11:53:13 GMT
It depends on whether someone has the power to take it for no reason I guess.
Life is largely conditional. It requires actions on our part to keep it going as long as possible.
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Post by koskiewicz on Oct 12, 2019 17:08:26 GMT
It's a crapshoot...
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Post by mslo79 on Oct 13, 2019 0:20:39 GMT
It's obviously NOT fair for everyone. just look at the world... some people get totally screwed while others have WAYYYYY too much $ etc as it's amazing how some people can be multi-millionaires and somehow think they need more and more as these types are just flat out greedy as once you reach a certain point, your good enough as those people who make say six figures or more a year (i.e. $100,000+), they clearly have enough and can easily live a good life. so while I would not say someone making $100,000+ is 'rich', they are easily closer to well off than not since they can buy plenty of stuff and not be buried in debt etc. so in my mind that makes you closer to rich than not as once your $ drops below a certain point then ones quality of life really starts to take a hit mostly because we all want to live in a decent/pretty much crime free neighborhood etc and that takes a bit more $. so while being 'rich' is relative to some degree I can't see many people feeling sorry for someone who's making six figures (i.e. $100,000+) or more a year because they are no where near poor (clearly they are more towards the well off than not at that point as I think that's a very basic solid test to see if someone is more towards rich or poor as I suspect there is somewhat of a fine line between rich/poor from a $ perspective) and if they are buried in debt, they are just spending way too much $ on random BS as anyone making anywhere near $100,000 a year can still live a solid life as those who think you need more and more are just greedy and don't appreciate what they got at all. also, for some people money just falls into their lap while others break there backs for peanuts etc. then you seem to have that randomness factor as some people could be of similar intelligence or class but one ends up quite wealthy and the other is just okay etc. but it's sort of like the higher you go the easier it becomes to make $ and the lower you go the harder it is to get up to a decent level of $. plus, some people probably have more drive/ambition then others which I am sure helps etc etc. then I think some people are more of that people kind of person which I suspect helps ones odds of getting more $.
also, I think some people are just screw ups who are into drugs etc and are more or less trash which it's hard to feel sorry for these types.
plus, I think many are horrible at money management as some people could get by decently if they were a bit more wiser on what they spend $ on but instead are buried in credit card debt etc (when they did not have to be) as they are trying to live beyond what their $ allows for as I don't feel sorry for these kinds of people. but some people I do feel sorry for in that they are good at managing $ and are still struggling to pay bills with a bit of spending money left. plus, even $ aside... some people are dealt a really crappy hand in terms of physical health because I think regardless of ones $, you can't put a price on having good all around health long term as without that, $ ain't going to mean nearly as much. so between having a lot of $ and so-so health vs having a okay amount of $ and good health, ill take the good health for sure. etc etc. I am sure there are quite a few ways of looking at these types of things  |
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Post by Morgana on Oct 13, 2019 8:25:47 GMT
Life isn't fair, but if it's unfair how do we explain those that are, and have been, having a ball? Same question if it's neutral: what about those that are suffering?
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Post by The Lost One on Oct 15, 2019 11:38:30 GMT
"Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough. Who is the defrauder? One who takes away what belongs to everyone. And are not you covetous, are you not a defrauder, when you keep for private use what you were given for distribution? When some one strips a man of his clothes we call him a thief. And one who might clothe the naked and does not—should not he be given the same name? The bread in your hoard belongs to the hungry; the cloak in your wardrobe belongs to the naked; the shoes you let rot belong to the barefoot; the money in your vaults belongs to the destitute. All you might help and do not—to all these you are doing wrong." - Saint Basil the Great
"We want to achieve a new and better order of society: in this new and better society there must be neither rich nor poor; all will have to work. Not a handful of rich people, but all the working people must enjoy the fruits of their common labour. Machines and other improvements must serve to ease the work of all and not to enable a few to grow rich at the expense of millions and tens of millions of people. This new and better society is called socialist society." - Vladimir Lenin
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Post by Huxley on Oct 15, 2019 22:19:35 GMT
Life isn't fair, but if it's unfair how do we explain those that are, and have been, having a ball? Same question if it's neutral: what about those that are suffering? What that means is life is neutral. It don't take sides. If you live another hundred years or die tonight it's all the same...life is neutral.
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