How do you cope with the amount of shit that goes on in the world?
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This is idealist, not materiakist. Maximizing hunan exploitation isn't a law of physics, but a byproduct of modes of production like Capitalism. Socialism is not a simple answer, but it is correct regardless. Moreover, Marxism already has a philosophical component in Dialwctical Materialism, why replace it with Kant?
I suggest you read theory yourself.
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Thanks for taking the time to share your experience. I appreciate it and your perspective. Logically I can understand and accept what you're saying, but emotionally I'm not so lucky.
I've struggled with my mental health for most of my life anyway, but I lost my wife, 2 cats, FIL and everything I owned in a house fire that I, for whatever reason, walked away from last April. I've spent the last year trying to understand it, and the conclusion I've come to is death. No matter the highs or the lows, the recognition of the present or the expectation of better days, death seems to hold the most weight. I'm tired, you know? Not like a long day tired, but like my soul, if it exists, is tired.
I'm in therapy and have been for years, and I know the tricks pretty well. I have a cat and a few friends that for better or for worse guilt me into staying, but they don't know this pain thankfully. We're all going to die one day anyway so what's it matter if I, 1 meaningless person out of 8 billion, goes early? That's where I weigh the pros and cons.
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Stoicism.
It does not make sense to worry about things outside my ability to change. Humanity has survived significantly worse. All I can do is prepare, run, lift weights, and whatever else can be useful.
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I don't.
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In short, Kant said people should be the goal, not the means.
It's ok to make yourself dinner.
It's ok to make your friend dinner because you want to make them happy.
It's not ok to make your friend dinner because you want to have sex with them.
It's not ok to make your friend make you dinner because you don't want to cook.
Every facet of capitalism is exploitation by design as profit is unpaid labor. However classless socialism isn't automatically devoid of exploitation.
None of us asked to be here. I certainly don't want to be here anymore. Placing the value of a life upon the imaginary lines it landed between, how much money it's parents had, or the color of it's skin are all pretty fucked up.
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Poorly, to be perfectly honest.
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Try and see the optimistic side of things. Like, maybe if Trump and his ilk are successful, they truly will try and make things better for the world. I know it's a long shot, but what the fuck else can I do?
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First of all, Kant’s principle of humanity is just one component of his philosophy. Boiling down all of Kant’s corpus to saying that that that is it “in short” is ridiculous. You can’t just separate the principle of humanity from Kant as a whole. The categorical imperative is not just the principle of humanity. You also said that it is socialism plus Kant but didn’t even seem to read my explanation of immaterialism in Kantian metaphysics.
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Because you asked what I meant. Of course what I meant didn't include your response to it.
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Look on the bright side, when's the last time you ever heard of the word famine?
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It’s because your thoughts aren’t inline with Kant’s actual philosophy and is an oversimplification of it to just one principal which bastardizes both what socialism is and what Kant wrote.
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Avoid news. Turn off internet. Literally, stop looking for like two weeks. The difference is palatable. I've used this technique a handful of times over the years.
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That's a valid and useful thought.
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Organize in your community. Doing something/anything will help alleviate the anxiety and stress you are feeling.
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One thing I've been doing is doing random online classes instead of doom scrolling. There's a ton of free ones that you can do at your own pace and spend an hour or two each day learning new stuff. Just generally being more mindful and curating my media inputs and replacing algorithmic rage inducement with better stuff. Here's a few examples, but there's tons all over the web:
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As long as there's a chance of revolution, I'll stay alive to see it. I don't see a reason to take my own life when I'll soon have an opportunity to give it willingly.
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There is always something going on. The world is always falling apart. The locations just vary.
In other words, this too shall pass. Do what you can to make the world a better place, survive, and let go of what you cannot control. Can't carry the world on you shoulders all the time. Sometimes it has to save isself or deal with the consequences.
