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comment by Clint-Bushman
Clint-Bushman  ·  3969 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Social Darwinism Isn’t Dead

I think the key part bit here is just world theory it is easy to love a world that loves you back.

To me the morality of Optimists is suspicious.

I brings to mind a George Orwell piece where he says something to the effect of in colonizing cultures only conservatives can be happy because other people understand their wealth and comfort is paid for by other peoples misery.

If George did not say that I will assume authorship for myself.

I think this Billy Bragg song treats this issue nicely to have and to have not - Billy Bragg