doodcool612 t1_j6nzmda wrote on January 31, 2023 at 6:03 PM

Reply to comment by platinum_toilet in Happiness is an essentially nihilistic ideal — it is the best goal to follow when there is nothing else on the table. A meaningful life on the other hand can embrace more of life including struggles and suffering because it is oriented towards a higher ideal by thelivingphilosophy

I’m talking about access to political power. I think Musk’s project is inherently illegitimate if it inherits the human rights abuses and disenfranchisement from an extremely hierarchical system. That’s not to say that all hierarchy necessarily creates human rights abuses. The key words are “deeply” and “extreme.”