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iiioiia t1_itqog3s wrote

Reply to comment by cristobaldelicia in The philosophy of Martin Heidegger who argued that the Technological mindset has destroyed our relationship to the world so that Nature is seen as so many resources to exploit. He presents an alternative: a poetic relationship to the world by thelivingphilosophy

> Wait, you're saying racism has ended?

I'm more so getting at the quantity and type of racism, over time.

> Even if you're talking about some small enlightened enclave somwhere.. you're really comparing the invention of the aircraft to racism?

Not really, I am more so using them two examples of humans making incorrect predictions about the future.

I could compare the invention of the aircraft to racism, but that is not what I'm doing.

> SMH.

Why?

> "the end of racism", that's quite a nice little bubble you've constructed for yourself.

Was it I who constructed that bubble, or you?

Here is a technique for checking: try to identify the portion of my text that contains that idea.

edit: voting on Reddit is often very counter-intuitive.

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