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borders weren't very different anywho, I mean ones who think Iraq should be in their potential future state, and such wouldn't be classified as histor...

I would disagree, the problem with Iraq isn't the borders but the acceptance and education, multiculturalism can be quite successful, in iraq the cond...

thats not history thats future wannabes, but technically iraq was under an islamic caliphate, and the center of one, and was neighboring to israel

nice we're getting into metaphilosophy, Philosophy is a study or questioning, of everything really, and its only tool is logic and reason, that I thin...

the answer is not impossible quite the contrary, you have an evil of millions of lives being taken, torture, mental and physical pain, all combined th...

how come that is the rational thing? Pain always outweighs happiness, if you could name on instance where this isn't the case then I'd be happy to cha...

minutia-mongering as @"schopenhauer1" called it, as for suffering, tell me, what is this good thing that happened that can be argued to be equivalent ...

how can you fight the deterministic and pessimistic nature of existence? what can you do to stop that or even change it in the slightest when looking ...

I don't believe so, it still falls within the physical realm a conscious mind is a process, not an object for it to be disproven like so, just like a ...

Thanks! I find the view of yours very coherent, and I would agree with, but for OP I think his problem mainly doesn't stem from pessimism itself, but ...

I am not quite good at the emotions department, but I as a pessimist can maybe help philosophically, Pessimism doesn't inevitably lead to suicide, it ...

S: Schopenhauer, Camus, and Aristotle A: Kant, Zhangzhou, Buddha and Confusious B: Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Mill C: Aurelius, Epicurus and ...

but that's quite irrelevant, point is under Classical Abrahamic religious standards, Omniscience causes a contradiction or a problem, but person seems...

it is quite fatal for Islamic beliefs, as they are very dependent on the Idea of judgment, determinism quite kills that Idea, even under compatibilism...

Iran is more diverse that is correct, how is it any better now? I dont understand that point, what I listed above doesnt make iraq any better or super...

Practically similar according to Ottoman structuring, Iraq is more diverse then saudi or jorden, not entirely arabic speaking either, has a bigger sun...

you realize these baath parties were seperate and had quite different approaches and were undeclared enemies? every country is unique, thats a true te...

there exists no such thing as bad philosophy, except plato's of course

Iraq is actually the same borders from 100 years ago technically, but anywho why would what you heard from other individuals matter in this argument? ...

Isn't this a false dilemma you're committing here? for example life ought to be lived is a good statement, but that doesn't necessarily entail death b...

600 years yes, this goes beyond just GDP or what baghdad was doing, the people were living in slums and tents for the last 100 years, with constant co...

me being born into a part of the problem doesn't inherently make my pessimistic attitude invalid, and Iraq has been going on with this situation for a...

one I wasn't advocating for civil war, two Iraq will never improve in a peaceful manner, that would need a 1000 years to be done

Utopias dont exist, Iraq is hopeless, really, revolutions dont work in the 21st century

Point is, we tried every possible peaceful approach, the school system ruled by the elite is destroying and corrupting the youth, there will be no bet...

it wasn't really my choice to be part of the problem, anywho, well I am not saying they will benefit off civil war, I'm saying those are the only thin...

that is logical, but quite not what major religious sources would agree with

I am what you call the bourgeoisie, the people don't have water, or electricity, while I do, which is complete bollocks tbh

it basically causes a fatal flaw in his religious beliefs because god would be throwing people to hell without them actually having the free will to c...

well we dont really have electricity and no one is going to do anything about that as long as the current gov is here, what do you expect us to do?

in Iraq, we tried peaceful protests for like 6 months, got many good people killed and gained jack shit, no other government is willing to support us ...

really our elections are corrupt beyond belief, it wouldnt matter if we vote or not the votes get burnt lol, learnt that last time i voted so truly we...

the situation is beyond peaceful repair that I am sure of, we tried a few months ago to peacefully change anything, and failed miserably, Honestly we'...

Ignoratio elenchi, not really as relevant, since it doesnt point out either.

honestly I think there are a few historical events that lead to our inevitable downfall and collapse, those being the first islamic Invasion, then al ...

moral anti realism

Young Iraqis, we dont do tribes thats boomer stuff

well you aren't americans if you don't fight constantly :lol: for us its not constant

those same people right now are infighting over trivial issues, I was there with them once, they're too hopeful, refused to politicize when it was the...

well the problem is, the people are generally ignorant and will stay such for a long time, because of the current governments, many see this as americ...

death is always regarded as bad generally, even though its a natural stage of life, for me I think its because of the wille zum leben, the irrational ...

wrong place sorry