Comment on Pay Day with demographer Liz Allen: 'Poverty grants perspective that can never be bought'
Ilandar@aussie.zone 4 weeks agoAgain, please refer to that same comment. I have already addressed the determinist view. If you think you have zero control over your life and everything was set in stone before you were even born, good for you. To me, that is a nihilistic, fatalistic and defeatist approach to life that will only further entrench any inherent disadvantage one suffers.
naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
ahhhhhhhhhh you’re so obtuse.
The ability and desire for people to make certain choices, whether or not you think those choices are deterministic, is fucking determined before you even properly exist.
you cannot play a 4 if don’t have one in hand no matter how much you might wish to. Accepting that is not coming down for or against determinism. Are you thick?
Ilandar@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
You’ve just made a determinist argument and then immediately claimed that this does not indicate you believe in determinism. I’m not sure I can help you here; some education and introspection is sorely needed on your part.
naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
🙄 There are positions between radical freedom and behaviourism.
If I break your legs you can’t choose to walk, whether or not you have a self causing free will.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
The discussion is about wealth, not walking. If you break my legs that may inhibit my ability to work in certain fields, but it does not completely prevent me from obtaining money.