Name one thing you don't believe in, but you wish was actually true.

[esc27@lemmy.world]

I used to think the Anne Frank quote was inspiring. Now I just see it as bitterly ironic.

[will_a113@lemmy.ml]

I think “good” and “bad” are hard terms to apply to people objectively, but I do believe that most people value social coherence and are willing to do (the minimum amount of) something to maintain it. If you can’t believe at least that it means that all of those thin blue line people are right, and I’m just not willing to believe that’s true.

[cowbee@lemmy.ml]

Showing people irrefutable proof of something will change their minds.

[blakenong@lemmings.world]

Also the sense part. Common no-sense..

[blakenong@lemmings.world]

Gosh I hope not. I don’t dislike you, I dislike humanity. I’m sorry you got caught up in this mess, but you gotta go.

[hactar42@lemmy.world]

Karma - there are way too many shitty people who just continue to be shitty because nothing ever comes back to bite them. Meanwhile, people who actually try to help are kicked around the most.

[jared@mander.xyz]

It's ok the earth will survive.

[kernelle@0d.gs]

I'll do some reading, any recommendations would be appreciated!

Religion to me has always seemed as a way to create order in a seemingly orderless world, rationality set aside. I like philosophy for this reason, although it can be very pretentious.

[omgitburns@discuss.online]

The thing that's always gotten me about reincarnation is the lack of memory of past lives. Even if it were true and some small part of a person lives on, is it functionally different than a permanent death if they retain nothing from their past lives?

[davel@lemmy.ml]

This has falseness of it has been well theorized by Antonio Gramsci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_hegemony

The Fascism of Common Sense

[crime@hexbear.net]

Yeah, I think Posadism is my answer too

[crime@hexbear.net]

Material conditions will improve in my lifetime

[glent@lemmy.ca]

What does mysticism have to offer generally?

[nabdad@lemmy.world]

U.S. democracy

[iseth@lemmy.ml]

Trickle-down economics.

[datavoid@lemmy.ml]

Don't worry, people can change.

Trust me, I used to be a huge piece of shit

[xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml]

Personally im in the they came, they saw, they said "wtf", they left, camp.

I mean lets be real. If i were an alien i wouldnt wanna uplift humans. Id want us to stay on our little rock and not bring our drama to their solar system.

[thedeed@hexbear.net]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/your-cats-can-tell-when-youre-speaking-to-them/

[sickos@hexbear.net]

[emotional_engi@lemmy.zip]

Our benefactors.