tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post1841396805978555966..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Demand Insanity, Accept Obscenity: Today's GOPDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-4840414822670406472011-04-05T08:28:15.044-07:002011-04-05T08:28:15.044-07:00> While this may seem, flabbergastingly enough,...> While this may seem, flabbergastingly enough, to be a<br />> winning strategy for the GOP. . .<br /><br />"I've got mine, and if you don't have the brains or the<br />cojones to grab yours, then to hell with you."<br /><br />If you're left, then you tend to think this "philosophy"<br />will be the end of the human race.<br /><br />If you're right, then you tend to think it will be the<br />salvation of the human race (and of posthumanity as<br />well ;-> ).<br /><br />The secular right-wingers think they have Darwin (and<br />Richard Dawkins) on their side, but I suspect the matter<br />is more complicated and subtle than they think, and<br />anyway, in this Darwinian world. 99+% of species are<br />extinct, and the human species has no special protection.<br /><br />Christianity is no argument-settler either, since Jesus<br />can be adduced to support any philosophy or political<br />ideology under the sun.<br /><br />I personally don't like the simple-mindedness or the<br />nastiness of the Social Darwinian-Ayn Randian position,<br />but I also realize that not liking something has<br />nothing to do with whether it's true or not.<br /><br />One of these days, I'll have to get my crystal ball<br />repaired.jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.com