@HexHammer,
HexHammer wrote:I belive in:
- productive philosophy
- unproductive philosopy (mastrubational philosophy)
Productive philosophy help people envision workprojects, what new direction they have to stake to stay competetive, etc.
Unproductive philosophy is such as "can god create a rock he can't lift" or Kirkegaard, which doesn't really lead to anything but selfsatisfaction.
What I assume is productive philosophy, philosophy with a certain productive goal is not philosophy...You see how theology reasons, with its mind made up, and that too is not philosophy...Goals need to be expressed in the most general terms, like truth, or the imrovement of human kind...
Your example of non productive philosophy is dealing with infintes which are always a dead end, even while they seem so open...It looks like an open road but it is a cull de sac... We are only given finite knowledge...
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Zetherin wrote:It appears the country wants people just smart enough to run the machines and operate the cash registers, and just dumb enough not to question their obedient worker status. The capitalist society does not desire critical thinkers, people that realize how bad they're being fucked, and who may pose a threat to the bank accounts of these rich 'politicians' we elect. And if ever something does get brought up to the public, they call upon their little agents of capitalist order: Lobbyists. These little schemers are deep within our government with the intent to keep this money-hungry system in check. They, quite literally, have control of our society.
And the worst part is, there's practically nothing we can do about it without influence that comes from, you guessed it, money! Fighting fire with fire. And even then, it'd be an extremely tough battle. Once someone's wallet gets a little lighter, they'll stop at nothing to baseball bat you to the floor.
The more capitalism directs people and minds toward productive employment the more it endangers itself... Such a working class in Germany added to the destabilization and the rise of hitler...It is inevitable that even the most average of people chained to a meaningless task will some time raise their eyes to the stars and search for meaning...
The thing is, that we actually have so few people in productive employment supporting the whole economy, that without those jobs, all the rest might just fold up like a tent...What ever else you might say about service work, it at least keeps you in touch with people, in touch with meaning... My former job was productive, but much of that thirty years was spent in isolation...Great for me, because I always read, and always had thoughts to mull over... Great for them too, because I conceived of myself as heroic, as me against the world, with a reality to overcome...Running across Nietzsche at a young age gave me much of what I needed and what no one needs...
