ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIf we need a common enemy for people to get along then society has already failedmessage-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIf we need a common enemy for people to get along then society has already failedReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoYou’ve got it backwards. Society doesn’t work without a looming threat, whether that’s an enemy or the environment.
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-222 hours agoHow so? Unless your “enemy” is “anything that most people see as a source of suffering/pain/other kind of unpleasantness”, I do not see how your statement can be true. And even then it is still a dumb way to exist
You’ve got it backwards. Society doesn’t work without a looming threat, whether that’s an enemy or the environment.
How so?
Unless your “enemy” is “anything that most people see as a source of suffering/pain/other kind of unpleasantness”, I do not see how your statement can be true. And even then it is still a dumb way to exist