Mikie

Every time I hear Nietzsche I’m reminded of his brilliance. Thanks for the reminder — that’s a good one.

If we define "world" as "physical universe" or "environment," yes. I don't think it's close to that. They have no worlds. They're part of our world, y...

I think this is misreading what Jayapal is saying. She's willing to vote on both, and is leaving the convincing of Manchin to Biden. She says she's no...

So great news! Maybe we survive, and in a few thousand years maybe things get back to normal. So no need to panic, folks. Get a grip. I read a book on...

We're distinguished in that we're the only entities with a world. Animals don't have worlds, they have environments. You're operating from a naturalis...

This is interesting and I see little to disagree with. Yes, because modern atheism has replaced Christina dogma with scientism, rationalism, etc. I st...

Yeah, so no worries. Go back to sleep. We’ll probably survive a nuclear war, too. Nihilistic greed wins in the end, perhaps. But don’t worry — because...

So a biological interpretation is what we’ve always known? That’s not how I live, nor how anyone I know lives. We can think it and say it, but an “org...

If only I could live in your fantasy world. Then I could excuse myself for doing nothing too. :ok:

Yes, let’s live in a fantasy world without nuance or evidence, where every senator is bought by the same interests and all operate on the same princip...

Yeah, we know about your favorite hobby, beyond political hobbyism. Thanks for clarification. Very witty.

The progressive caucus has surprised me so far. If they cave and vote on the “bipartisan” bill, that’ll be disappointing. I don’t see indications of t...

Only those who do nothing except jerk off Zizek, apparently. How special you are.

Have we? And what’s that?

I think your entire post is baseless and confused. Put aside the labels for a minute and think about what’s going on when you’re “doing” what we call ...

Plenty of things to be done, and which I will continue to do. But it must be nice using nihilism as a cover for sitting at home jerking off to Zizek.

With all the smoke you blow, you couldn't even make the simplest of choices in the 2020 election. And still won't admit there's any difference between...

Correct. I don't flag carry for them, yet I'm (gasp) still able to recognize obvious political realties which I realize are too hard for you. Hence wh...

No, they’re at where they are on the environment because of activism— which is a far better place than we’d be under Trump, who you were helping get r...

What is a heirophant?

Says who? Religion far predates philosophy. What both have in common is that they deal with basic human questions. The beings asking the questions are...

Always insightful, buddy. If only I could sit as comfortably doing nothing as you...must be nice. Keep changing the world, one post at a time.

:kiss:

Because I'm a democratic operative/apologist who's perpetuating harm and giving cover to the party. As opposed to you and the actions you take, which ...

If only I could see the big picture, like you. Then I could sit on my ass doing nothing as well.

You were saying something about comprehension...

Please tell us more about how evil and corrupt democrats are. Your insights are so deep. Let's all go to sleep -- it's hopeless. Try any action, and y...

:lol:

"Nothing will change, the Democratic party is corrupt." "True. So what should be done?" "What kind of question is that?" lol

Talk about "substance" from a guy who couldn't answer a simple question of action. What a shocker. Your posturing is fantastic, though. We're all very...

If only the Sunrise Movement was as hopeless and lazy as you. Stupid kids.

Still can't answer a simple question, as I suspected. Why? Because it's much easier to posture about truisms while sitting on your ass doing nothing. ...

You mean your non-answer to a question I’ve repeated twice. No. You figured this all out already. Well done. So it was inevitable that the CEPP progra...

Which is also very easy. What’s hard is organizing with others, taking collective action, protesting in the streets (which I hate), using the courts, ...

When a senator who receives the most money from fossil fuel, gets 500K in coal dividends, and is from West Virginia, vehemently opposes a sensible cli...

The Republican Party has now gone completely off the rails. The moderate Republicans (the Democratic Party) are all that’s left. But there are also pl...

There’s nothing to be “duped” about. I’m talking about a specific program which he fought against, for obvious reasons. There are other interests in p...

Who did you have in mind, exactly? Tester? Who else? Who else is hiding behind Manchin? Possibly a handful. But the majority of Democrats supported th...

It can be, if we want to define it as primarily concerned with conceptual clarification. Then we can go on from there. But that pretty much ignores ho...

It's not solely for either reason.

It still threatens the health of the vaccinated, and increases the likelihood of variants. We've been over this again and again, for months. The fact ...

I haven't said that nor implied it. But they are willing to vote for the bill, and have stated so publicly -- including the CEPP. It's worth mentionin...

Looks like Prime Minister Manchin will get just about everything he wants. What a shocker. As a summary: * $6 trillion originally proposed. * Trimmed ...

This will be long winded. But it's an interesting topic. What's labeled religion, philosophy, and science, all have common features. They're usually s...

So just an update. The old Republican line whenever anything remotely beneficial to the common good gets proposed: "How are we going to pay for it?" T...

They'll hang on to the bitter end. Look at where we are in the US congress. After this year (and many others before it) of wildfires, draughts, floodi...

Restricted to a certain group, I agree. But this is simply reiterating the fact that the approach should be nuanced. That's very difficult to do in so...

Couple of interesting articles: Here, from NY Times -- "There Has Been Progress, But Not Nearly Enough." From Wall Street Journal: "What Will This Cli...

I think it's reasonable, yes. Ultimately inaccurate, but reasonable. Ah, okay. I misread. So it turns out we're in the same field. Go figure. (I'm not...