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9 yrs ago
Current "There is no right. There's just the wrong that doesn't pull you down."- Morgan Jones, The Walking Dead
9 yrs ago
I dunno, what's on >YOUR< mind, RPG?
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9 yrs ago
Geometry Dash's soundtrack gives me the feel-goods.
9 yrs ago
Shakespeare: *Forgets the number of the apartment he just moved into* Oh, crap... 2B or not 2B? That is the question.
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9 yrs ago
"no u" - Manny Pacquiao

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Maybe, but then you're asking them to go out and make that change themselves. It's not as simple as throwing an apple to someone instead of throwing it away.


That's just laziness.
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Why?


People starving while you're throwing away the resources they need is incredibly harsh and unsympathetic.
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Are they obligated to give away the things they own?


Legally? No, not usually. Morally? I'd say so, under those specific circumstances.
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Because not living in poverty doesn't directly cause the misfortune of someone else. Someone being so far from trouble that they have the luxury to waste food is a good thing.


Not when they could help others with the opposite problem.
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They're not directly responsible for the harm of others. It'd be different if they were stealing food or something.


How isn't that direct?
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*Shrugs*
Why?


Because their joy doesn’t matter more than others’ lives.
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What if having that much is part of what brings them joy? Taking that away would rob them of that.


It's not as important as necessity. But to find joy from that and only that would be a problem.
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But who gets to decide what beings have too much or too little?


It's not a matter of who decides, it's a matter of how much can reasonably be used. Hoarding food you can't possibly hope to eat until it goes bad while others starve, just as an example. Holding onto resources greedily that you won't use is why so many suffer.
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I've also seen how even "uncivilized" worlds have found the most creative ways to use every single resource.


Sure, it does go both ways.
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How do you know that, though?


Have you seen how much stuff most civilized worlds just waste?
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