Monday, May 31, 2004
All Races Are Equally Worthless....a slight return.......
"What all have we endured, what all have we seen?
As if everyone is completely indifferent to it all.
Are we the only truthful people left
In this world filled with lies?
Fights that never end and never run out,
Who wins them at the end? Oh mercy, mercy.
Who knows how many times we've gone back to the beginning
For the sake of worthless races?" ~ 'Değişir Dünya (The World Will Change)' - Nilüfer
Apparently, I'm not the only one who thinks so. Disregard all races or racial categories, and you are still left with the human race. All races are equally worthless, yet all humans are not.
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The Human Strategy, Chapter 2. Introduction
Ten comments on humanity:
1. Humans are different. We are not the same; we are all unique. To say that we also, at the same time, are equal or alike or conformed would be wrong. As individuals we are different, distinct from one another, and to say that all humans have equal value would be meaningless and wrong, however politically correct it may be. But to choose political correctness before philosophical correctness will certainly invite anarchy. To say that humans have equal value is to say that there is no difference between humans, which is wrong. To say that humans are equal and have equal value is to say that all humans are the same, which is unreasonable, preposterous, and wrong. Humans are different.
2. Humans are equally human. All humans, all of the distinct and unique human beings, are parts of humanity. Together we are humanity. Humanity is all humans together. Each human is an equally big part of humanity, but no two humans are equal parts of it. For we are not the same part of humanity; we are the same part in it. Each human is a unit in humanity. Together we are the unit humanity. Humanity is a unit of units. No unit is like any other unit. Humans are not uniform, but humanity is. Humanity has a uniform value. Each human has an equal part in that value. No humans have equal value but all humans have equally big human value. Humans are equally human.
3. The human value is not a static value. It is dependent on, or relative to, the constituent parts' different, individual values. The higher the individual human's value, the higher the human value. If the individual human raises her particular value, the human value of all humans will raise at the same time. If the individual human drops in value, the human value of all humans will drop at the same time. The human value is the sum of all the different values of all the different humans. It is the sum of real humans and their real values, not an ideal and eternal construction that is independent of human actions. The human value is not a static value.
4. Humanity is irreversible. Humanity is all the different humans together. Humanity is given from all the combined individual humans. The individual human cannot be derived from humanity. One could try to deduce a sort of average human or universal human, an ideal human that would be given the qualities of all humans - and thereby would receive nobody's. It would be a statistic model of all humans' sexes, ages, races, sizes, looks, languages, etc. It would be an idea about a human but it would not be a human, and paradoxically it would not be human. No human would be able to relate to it, and it would be the ultimate proof that humans are not equal. The different humans make up the single humanity, but the single humanity does not make up the different humans. Humanity is irreversible.
5. Humans are not worthless. Humans, just like all other concepts, are not defined by similarities but by differences. If there were no differences, no similarities could be perceived. If there were no women and no men, there would be no gender. If there were no young and no old, there would be no age. If there were no inhumanity, there would be no humanity. If there were no bad, there would be no good. If there were no differences, there would be no valuation. And if there were no valuation, there would be no values. Then everything would be valueless, or worthless. If humans were equal and had equal value, we would all be worthless. We would be equally worthless, sure, but nevertheless worthless. Humans are not worthless.
6. The human's individual value is situational. It is simply a measure of fitness. A human that is valued less than another human in a certain situation can be valued higher than the other human in another situation. We are all individually different, with different abilities, and can therefore never be equally fit or adapted under given conditions, in a given situation. This is a fact we should be very grateful for, since it is the core of the human strategy - complementation. It is of value to all humans that each human is as fit as possible and thereby as highly valued as possible. It is in the interest of humanity that all humans are utilized in the best way, that all humans get to realize themselves. All humans must get the opportunity to place themselves in a context were they are appreciated and esteemed. The individual human's value is situational.
7. The human value is dependent on the humans' value. It cannot be in the interest of humanity that an individual human raises her own value, increases her fitness, at the expense of other humans. In fact, it cannot be in the interest of the individual human to raise her own value by taking away that of someone else. For the total effect of such a strategy of individual humans would be that the human value, the fitness of humanity, decreased almost exponentially. Because the human value is such an important part of the human's value (get born, and you will see), the individual human's loss of human value will outweigh the increase in individual, situational value that may have been gained. The human value is dependent on the humans' value.
8. The humans' value is dependent on the human value. All humans suffer such human value loss and therefore it may be hard for the selfish human to perceive that she has damaged her own value, decreased her fitness. Because the individual assesses her own value by comparing her fitness with that of others, it may be hard to realize that her own value has decreased if at the same time the values of all others has decreased in equal extent. It may even seem as though her own fitness has increased, when it has really decreased. The personal development is dependent on the human development. The fitness and survival of the human is nearly totally dependent on that of humanity. When (the awareness about) humanity dies, the human dies and becomes an animal. Humanity defines the human. The humans' value is dependent on the human value.
9. Humanity is all humans. That which favors the individual human or the minority does not always favor humanity. Even that which favors the majority does not always favor humanity. But that which favors humanity always favors the individual human, the minority, and the majority. This is because humanity is all humans. Humanity is not the majority of all humans. Humanity is not the strongest of all humans. Humanity is not the wisest of all humans. Humanity is not the best of all humans. Humanity is not the most human of all humans. Humanity is not a divine, static, and absolute thing. Humanity is not an ideal human that models all humans. Humanity is all humans.
10. The human strategy is to favor humanity. The human strategy is to adapt humanity to the conditions of life and to make sure that it is as fit as possible. The unbeatable strength of this strategy is that it builds upon the understanding that the conditions of life - nature - are static (the law of nature, the way of nature, is constant to us) but that humanity - culture - is not. Humanity is an asylum. Humanity redeems the humans. Humanity is a Jesus on the cross; it takes upon itself the grim struggle for existence, so that the individual humans will be saved, freed from it. But humanity is all humans. We are all Jesus on the cross, taking upon us the sins of the humans. We must all share the pains and gains of humans. We are all one. We are all humanity. What we do to humanity, we do to ourselves. Therefore we favor humanity. The human strategy is to favor humanity.
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Yet humanity is not perfect. Perfection lies only in nothingness. To achieve nothingness is to achieve true peace and perfection. To abandon all belief and systematic laws is to achieve nothingness. Yes, to abandon even the belief in nothing is to achieve true nothingness.
We are one step closer to absolute oblivion...
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As if everyone is completely indifferent to it all.
Are we the only truthful people left
In this world filled with lies?
Fights that never end and never run out,
Who wins them at the end? Oh mercy, mercy.
Who knows how many times we've gone back to the beginning
For the sake of worthless races?" ~ 'Değişir Dünya (The World Will Change)' - Nilüfer
Apparently, I'm not the only one who thinks so. Disregard all races or racial categories, and you are still left with the human race. All races are equally worthless, yet all humans are not.
----------
The Human Strategy, Chapter 2. Introduction
Ten comments on humanity:
1. Humans are different. We are not the same; we are all unique. To say that we also, at the same time, are equal or alike or conformed would be wrong. As individuals we are different, distinct from one another, and to say that all humans have equal value would be meaningless and wrong, however politically correct it may be. But to choose political correctness before philosophical correctness will certainly invite anarchy. To say that humans have equal value is to say that there is no difference between humans, which is wrong. To say that humans are equal and have equal value is to say that all humans are the same, which is unreasonable, preposterous, and wrong. Humans are different.
2. Humans are equally human. All humans, all of the distinct and unique human beings, are parts of humanity. Together we are humanity. Humanity is all humans together. Each human is an equally big part of humanity, but no two humans are equal parts of it. For we are not the same part of humanity; we are the same part in it. Each human is a unit in humanity. Together we are the unit humanity. Humanity is a unit of units. No unit is like any other unit. Humans are not uniform, but humanity is. Humanity has a uniform value. Each human has an equal part in that value. No humans have equal value but all humans have equally big human value. Humans are equally human.
3. The human value is not a static value. It is dependent on, or relative to, the constituent parts' different, individual values. The higher the individual human's value, the higher the human value. If the individual human raises her particular value, the human value of all humans will raise at the same time. If the individual human drops in value, the human value of all humans will drop at the same time. The human value is the sum of all the different values of all the different humans. It is the sum of real humans and their real values, not an ideal and eternal construction that is independent of human actions. The human value is not a static value.
4. Humanity is irreversible. Humanity is all the different humans together. Humanity is given from all the combined individual humans. The individual human cannot be derived from humanity. One could try to deduce a sort of average human or universal human, an ideal human that would be given the qualities of all humans - and thereby would receive nobody's. It would be a statistic model of all humans' sexes, ages, races, sizes, looks, languages, etc. It would be an idea about a human but it would not be a human, and paradoxically it would not be human. No human would be able to relate to it, and it would be the ultimate proof that humans are not equal. The different humans make up the single humanity, but the single humanity does not make up the different humans. Humanity is irreversible.
5. Humans are not worthless. Humans, just like all other concepts, are not defined by similarities but by differences. If there were no differences, no similarities could be perceived. If there were no women and no men, there would be no gender. If there were no young and no old, there would be no age. If there were no inhumanity, there would be no humanity. If there were no bad, there would be no good. If there were no differences, there would be no valuation. And if there were no valuation, there would be no values. Then everything would be valueless, or worthless. If humans were equal and had equal value, we would all be worthless. We would be equally worthless, sure, but nevertheless worthless. Humans are not worthless.
6. The human's individual value is situational. It is simply a measure of fitness. A human that is valued less than another human in a certain situation can be valued higher than the other human in another situation. We are all individually different, with different abilities, and can therefore never be equally fit or adapted under given conditions, in a given situation. This is a fact we should be very grateful for, since it is the core of the human strategy - complementation. It is of value to all humans that each human is as fit as possible and thereby as highly valued as possible. It is in the interest of humanity that all humans are utilized in the best way, that all humans get to realize themselves. All humans must get the opportunity to place themselves in a context were they are appreciated and esteemed. The individual human's value is situational.
7. The human value is dependent on the humans' value. It cannot be in the interest of humanity that an individual human raises her own value, increases her fitness, at the expense of other humans. In fact, it cannot be in the interest of the individual human to raise her own value by taking away that of someone else. For the total effect of such a strategy of individual humans would be that the human value, the fitness of humanity, decreased almost exponentially. Because the human value is such an important part of the human's value (get born, and you will see), the individual human's loss of human value will outweigh the increase in individual, situational value that may have been gained. The human value is dependent on the humans' value.
8. The humans' value is dependent on the human value. All humans suffer such human value loss and therefore it may be hard for the selfish human to perceive that she has damaged her own value, decreased her fitness. Because the individual assesses her own value by comparing her fitness with that of others, it may be hard to realize that her own value has decreased if at the same time the values of all others has decreased in equal extent. It may even seem as though her own fitness has increased, when it has really decreased. The personal development is dependent on the human development. The fitness and survival of the human is nearly totally dependent on that of humanity. When (the awareness about) humanity dies, the human dies and becomes an animal. Humanity defines the human. The humans' value is dependent on the human value.
9. Humanity is all humans. That which favors the individual human or the minority does not always favor humanity. Even that which favors the majority does not always favor humanity. But that which favors humanity always favors the individual human, the minority, and the majority. This is because humanity is all humans. Humanity is not the majority of all humans. Humanity is not the strongest of all humans. Humanity is not the wisest of all humans. Humanity is not the best of all humans. Humanity is not the most human of all humans. Humanity is not a divine, static, and absolute thing. Humanity is not an ideal human that models all humans. Humanity is all humans.
10. The human strategy is to favor humanity. The human strategy is to adapt humanity to the conditions of life and to make sure that it is as fit as possible. The unbeatable strength of this strategy is that it builds upon the understanding that the conditions of life - nature - are static (the law of nature, the way of nature, is constant to us) but that humanity - culture - is not. Humanity is an asylum. Humanity redeems the humans. Humanity is a Jesus on the cross; it takes upon itself the grim struggle for existence, so that the individual humans will be saved, freed from it. But humanity is all humans. We are all Jesus on the cross, taking upon us the sins of the humans. We must all share the pains and gains of humans. We are all one. We are all humanity. What we do to humanity, we do to ourselves. Therefore we favor humanity. The human strategy is to favor humanity.
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Yet humanity is not perfect. Perfection lies only in nothingness. To achieve nothingness is to achieve true peace and perfection. To abandon all belief and systematic laws is to achieve nothingness. Yes, to abandon even the belief in nothing is to achieve true nothingness.
We are one step closer to absolute oblivion...
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