Don’t we have a moral imperative to do literally everything we can? How do we have time for idle things?
This is an example of the infection of christian fundamentalist capitalist neoliberal conceptions guilt and virtue and how weve all been brainwashed into these forms of thinking. Idleness is demonized, productivity and relentless work, sacrifice, martyrdom, is seen as the highest virtue. All of this is to deal with the perceived guilt of being born a citizen of the imperial core, to purify oneself of all original sin.
This is a mind prison that capital and the elite have constructed over the course of modernity. Slave morality.
The way I see it, god is dead and anyone who tries to force upon us a moral system is doing so for their own cynical ends. There is no higher god who will punish us for doing "wrong", and all these bad feelings were taught, so I try to make an effort not to worry about this, to get over oneself, as Matt Christman puts it. Were all just a bunch of ants on a tiny rock hurtling through the void in the grand scale of things. This insignificance is peaceful.
I have no idea what your situation is or what prompted you to ask this so I can only offer my thoughts, please take it with a heap of salt if you find it does not help.
To add to this, even if we all individually went beyond human and worked 24/7 to..... do whatever it is that "helps" i suppose, then still nothing would improve on a substantive level globally. This is because capital has transcended the individual realm of control, even among the ultra rich lizardpeople, and would require a shift in socioeconomic system to fully "correct", something that will come from aligning ones self interests with those of others on a large scale.
Which was kind of the point of "A personal relationship with god" initially, before the weirdos got hold of it and used to create banker Jesus who is your best pal. To get away from the idea of God as a machine for treats and towards god as a person interacted via a social and personal framework.
This is an example of the infection of christian fundamentalist capitalist neoliberal conceptions guilt and virtue and how weve all been brainwashed into these forms of thinking. Idleness is demonized, productivity and relentless work, sacrifice, martyrdom, is seen as the highest virtue. All of this is to deal with the perceived guilt of being born a citizen of the imperial core, to purify oneself of all original sin.
This is a mind prison that capital and the elite have constructed over the course of modernity. Slave morality.
The way I see it, god is dead and anyone who tries to force upon us a moral system is doing so for their own cynical ends. There is no higher god who will punish us for doing "wrong", and all these bad feelings were taught, so I try to make an effort not to worry about this, to get over oneself, as Matt Christman puts it. Were all just a bunch of ants on a tiny rock hurtling through the void in the grand scale of things. This insignificance is peaceful.
I have no idea what your situation is or what prompted you to ask this so I can only offer my thoughts, please take it with a heap of salt if you find it does not help.
To add to this, even if we all individually went beyond human and worked 24/7 to..... do whatever it is that "helps" i suppose, then still nothing would improve on a substantive level globally. This is because capital has transcended the individual realm of control, even among the ultra rich lizardpeople, and would require a shift in socioeconomic system to fully "correct", something that will come from aligning ones self interests with those of others on a large scale.
deleted by creator
deleted by creator
Which was kind of the point of "A personal relationship with god" initially, before the weirdos got hold of it and used to create banker Jesus who is your best pal. To get away from the idea of God as a machine for treats and towards god as a person interacted via a social and personal framework.