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Benedict Arnold

If you had to choose between politics or nature as a guide for life, how would you decide ?


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Posted - July 10, 2019
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  • 4624
    Nature -
    but that doesn't mean being ruled by instinct.
    For me, it means understanding the law of cause and effect as it occurs naturally,
    and using the understanding to make ethical choices.
      July 10, 2019 4:48 AM MDT
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  • I have zero faith in politics, politicians, or the political system.
      July 10, 2019 5:18 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    Come on. Fess up.  You have one of these.  


      July 10, 2019 11:29 AM MDT
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  • Of course it would ideally be nature and all the logic and proven fact that comes with it. Unfortunately I’m a thinking and feeling human with self perceived needs and my own opinion of what is right. I don’t think its possible to take politics out of the equation. 
      July 10, 2019 5:26 AM MDT
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  • 53531

      Nature. 

    ~
      July 10, 2019 6:07 AM MDT
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  • 6098
    Mature is harsh but beautiful.  Politics are harsh and ugly. This post was edited by officegirl at July 10, 2019 10:48 AM MDT
      July 10, 2019 6:23 AM MDT
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  • 7795
    Nature hands down.
      July 10, 2019 6:24 AM MDT
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  • 44660
    Nature. Nuf said.
      July 10, 2019 7:01 AM MDT
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  • Certainly nature. Anything driven by ideology will eventually become a self-serving power struggle, whether it be politics or religion.  

    This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at July 10, 2019 12:02 PM MDT
      July 10, 2019 7:34 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    There you go again, using the logic side of your brain.
    Religion Is and Was the first form of government. This leads us into politics. All of these wouldn't be around if it weren't for the laws of nature. She must have had a slight hiccup when it came to the politics of the whole fiasco. This post was edited by Merlin at July 10, 2019 1:57 PM MDT
      July 10, 2019 10:53 AM MDT
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  • 44660
    The hiccup was letting humans evolve.
      July 10, 2019 12:03 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    Indubitably! 
    :):)
      July 10, 2019 3:12 PM MDT
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  • 44660
    Precisely.
      July 10, 2019 5:19 PM MDT
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  • Yes.

    I liked the Nietzsche stuff too.
      July 10, 2019 11:05 AM MDT
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  • It came across as pretentious and I always hate that sh!t so I felt compelled to delete it :/
      July 10, 2019 11:16 AM MDT
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  • What doesn't kill you makes strange !!
      July 10, 2019 11:18 AM MDT
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  • Truth. 
      July 10, 2019 11:21 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    don't be throwin' Nietzche around, I know that guy too.


    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at July 10, 2019 1:56 PM MDT
      July 10, 2019 11:31 AM MDT
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  • 5808
    Well... the essence of Nature!
    The essence of Life is my guide.
    The depths of Consciousness
    where the essence resides
    is my guide, now and forever
    and has always been.
      July 10, 2019 7:59 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    Politically speaking, of course, Nature.

      July 10, 2019 10:49 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    Naturally.
      July 10, 2019 11:35 AM MDT
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  • 6023
    Let's see ... here's what I think "nature" would mean, as far as guiding my life:

    Predators don't apologize to prey.
    Those not of my "clan" are my enemy, even if they are the same species.
    "Invasive species" don't hold themselves back.
      July 10, 2019 10:51 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    We are all guilty of BEASTEALITY.  Lock us UP.  Lock us UP.
      July 10, 2019 11:36 AM MDT
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  • Maybe, maybe not.

    But also :

    Sustainability
    Cooperation
    Interconnection
    Balance
    Adaptation
    Neutrality
    Simplicity
    And sex.

    Lots of sex. 

    In case you're interested
      July 10, 2019 1:58 PM MDT
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