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		mantas on May 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm an addict The problem is if enough people go full-nihilist, society crumbles. Same for minimising one's suffering. A healthy society requires a lot of sacrifice from individuals, even with today's technology.

paulryanrogers on May 20, 2022 [–]

Where's the evidence that lies are better to prevent this nihilistic crumbling of society?

mantas on May 22, 2022 | [–]

If people would believe religion stuff, it’s be pretty easy to motivate them to clean up the damn planet. Of course, given that the leaders would sign off on that.

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