if you don’t find that kind of life worth living, stop supporting the system. if you support a system that enables you to use drugs and listen to really old music, then i guess you find it worth living for.
Maybe it’s all the drugs (did more than enough, long ago) but I’m genuinely unsure what you’re trying to say. It doesn’t take a lot of institutional support to get high and listen to music, I get a vague sense you think I’m supporting something and find that hypocritical. Care to elaborate?
The original statement is a framework, or a formula like a+b=c. You define what kind of life is “worthwhile” and what the “system” is. You plug in your own values. If a system doesn’t align with the life you want - whether you’re coerced into it or not - you don’t have to support it.
The logic is about your agency. If you’re stuck in a system you didn’t choose, the question is: What can you do to change your situation? What kind of a sub-system can you adopt? The statement doesn’t demand loyalty. It’s about recognizing what truly supports the life you want and acting on that - whether that means surrendering, adapting, resisting, or leaving. It’s always about your judgment.
I obviously reject the original framing and was really hoping to hear your answer. That a system supports a life you find worthwhile does not mean it is inherently worth supporting.
if you don’t find that kind of life worth living, stop supporting the system. if you support a system that enables you to use drugs and listen to really old music, then i guess you find it worth living for.
Hey! Fuck you for pointing out this song didn’t come out within the last decade!
Maybe it’s all the drugs (did more than enough, long ago) but I’m genuinely unsure what you’re trying to say. It doesn’t take a lot of institutional support to get high and listen to music, I get a vague sense you think I’m supporting something and find that hypocritical. Care to elaborate?
No, i’m just saying that you’re executing the cycle op is talked about either way. Up to you to do what you want with that.
How would you respond to a system you currently depend on that you recognize needs to change?
That’s for you to answer for yourself.
The original statement is a framework, or a formula like a+b=c. You define what kind of life is “worthwhile” and what the “system” is. You plug in your own values. If a system doesn’t align with the life you want - whether you’re coerced into it or not - you don’t have to support it. The logic is about your agency. If you’re stuck in a system you didn’t choose, the question is: What can you do to change your situation? What kind of a sub-system can you adopt? The statement doesn’t demand loyalty. It’s about recognizing what truly supports the life you want and acting on that - whether that means surrendering, adapting, resisting, or leaving. It’s always about your judgment.
I obviously reject the original framing and was really hoping to hear your answer. That a system supports a life you find worthwhile does not mean it is inherently worth supporting.