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Iain M Banks "Culture" series is utopian space socialism.
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Iain M Banks "Culture" series is utopian space socialism.
Seriously, in a class on the History and Philosophy of Morals, personal introspection plays no part?That is not fascism that is history. You need to read the book again. I don't care if you don't agree with it just don't mischaracterize it.
But of course Starship Troopers runs a poor second to Armor by John Steakley.
Furthermore:
At school, kids have a class called History and Philosophy of Morals, briefly and only partially adapted in the film. Professor Dubois (played by Michael Ironside in the screen) openly defends the use of violence and physical torture by the State. When a student tries to argue the contrary by saying that violence doesn’t solve anything, Dubois replies: “I’m sure that the founders of Carthage [an African city destroyed in the Punic Wars] would be glad to know that, since violence had settled their destinies rather thoroughly. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms” (in the film, this speech was adapted and uses the destruction of Hiroshima as an example). Dubois also has a priceless speech in which communism and Marx’s theories were carved out: “The Marxian definition of value is ridiculous. All the work one cares to add will not turn a mud pie into an apple tart; it remains a mud pie, value zero”.
which seems more like blatant indoctrination than philosophy or anything else.
For me, it's a done deal, and it doesn't bother me you disagree.
After all, Ignorance is Virtue is my personal Trumpian motto, so I don't mind being wrong.
Remember:Idiots: Violence never solves anything.
Me: Tell that to the Carthaginians. Oh, wait...
Thanks, RAH
It is a civics class.Seriously, in a class on the History and Philosophy of Morals, personal introspection plays no part?
That is not a class. It is indoctrination.
Remember:
Note to self: Never employ reason, facts or logic in a discussion with someone who extols the virtue of ignorance.
If you don't mind me asking, what did the violence of sacking Carthage once, twice, thrice solve?
Pretending to be history and philosophy.It is a civics class.
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I can and will comment on anything I like. ToS is your problem not mine. Ban me if like but stop sending me annoying emails.
Sadly, not everyone was Roman, and where are the Romans now?It solved loads of things for the Romans.
Apparently, I have some reading to attend.Iain M Banks "Culture" series is utopian space socialism.
A petulant teen at worst.You sound like a 4 year old.
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That's what civics is. Where did you take it?Pretending to be history and philosophy.
Sadly, not everyone was Roman, and where are the Romans now?
Then why didn't it call itself a civics class, and what is a civics class other than indoctrination?That's what civics is. Where did you take it?
Civic education is the study of the theoretical, political and practical aspects of citizenship, as well as its rights and duties.
Carthāgō dēlenda est.Not everyone fought Carthage.
Don't ask me. Read the book and contribute.Then why didn't it call itself a civics class, and what is a civics class other than indoctrination?
And about your question on my civics education, I'm not sure, though I do remember pledging allegiance to the flag and learning about my country's birth back in kindergarten of all places. One episode including learning and singing Yankee Doodle Dandy whereupon I asked immediately afterward why the Dandy put a feather in his cap and called it macaroni.Don't ask me. Read the book and contribute.
Apparently, I have some reading to attend.
Wiki
While the phrase free love is often associated with promiscuity in the popular imagination, especially in reference to the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s, historically the free-love movement has not advocated multiple sexual partners or short-term sexual relationships. Rather, it has argued that sexual relations that are freely entered into should not be regulated by law.
So according to Wiki the free love moments you're describing are not analogous to the free love and counter-culture movements of the 60s I was discussing.
It takes one to know one.You sound like a 4 year old.
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I think it is dated and the predictions are not useful. All science fiction that shows the far future is just fantasy.
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