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Why does this guy and Russell get so much shit for their politics? Why are their politics so ubiquitously despised?

>>17096643
>>17096542
The thing is:
You both are (probably) educated, conscious people. That is, precisely the ones who SHOULD breed if we were going to expect to change the Earth for the better. Can't you see?
It is YOU. Not the "it's-not-my-business", "I-don't-give-a-shit-for-my-children-male" who should eventually procreate with the females.
Also, your posts, amusingly enough, give me strong Mill utilitarian vibes. As if you were measuring existence and life numerically in order to see if it's all worth the trouble:
-Lemme see if my pleasure points supersedes my pain sadboy points.
-Oops, it seems like the existential equation turned out negative. I think I gotta quit life now.
Man, Holy Anglo!

"A vida não se justifica com palavras"
Morte e Vida Severina

Kantian ethics are a meme. The greatest good is what matters.
>inb4 muh utility monster, a thing that only exists in theory

>John Stuart Mill: do what's best for everybody even if some individuals are disadvantaged
>Immanuel Kant: follow the rules
Who was in the wrong here?

>>12893293
> hate myself for studying bullshit that will never be of use to anyone...long to make tangible contributions to human progress
I'd argue that human progress was shaped in large part by men who spoke and wrote well and had sophisticated views about the world. But that aside, if your ambition was to make some kind of contribution to technological progress, why the hell did you decide to go for a Liberal Arts kind of degree? For me, the journey went the opposite direction. I started off as a CSfag and decided halfway into my second year that I hate it, and went with PoliSci instead. I think that my education (particularly political philosophy) has helped me view the world and my place within it in a more sophisticated way, and I'm glad I made that transition. I know I'd be making a lot more money if I stuck to CS, but I don't regret my decision. Personally, I don't give a damn about the wider world, but you can still be of use to society even if you do nothing that's related to tech. You could become a teacher or even an academic. I can't say that I had any teachers in my life whom I found inspiring, but I know there are people out there who made a real difference in someone's life, and I think that this sort of contribution is as valuable as anything STEMfags do.

>>12833550
> he didn't start learning greek by age 3
Pathetic.

*doesn't block your path*

"Utilitarianism" by John Stuart Mill

>you will never be born in to a multilingual family where you are fluent in multiple languages by the age of five
>you will never be educated at an elite boarding public school where you will learn to appreciate the classics at a young age, learn to speak ancient greek and latin, and be sheltered from the lower classes
>you will never have educated discussions about philosophy and literature with friends and family members
>you will never instantly go straight to a top 5 university to study the most impractical, useless for everyday life subjects known to man, but it would be your favourite
>you will never speak with an upper class southern posh English accent that instantly commands respect despite being viewed with reverse snobbery