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@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ Title: "The good place" vs. the ethics of society |
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Category: Blog |
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Date: 2020-09-20 |
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Tags: culture, politics, philosophy |
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Status: Draft |
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A few months ago I was bored and I decided to watch "The good place". |
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It's a show that had been introduced to me before, and I even watched |
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@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ place, it becomes clear that eternal bliss with no ups and downs, and |
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no end in sight is just a different type of hell. |
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The show concludes by restructuring the system, making the "bad place" |
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not into a torterous nightmare, but a place where your actions and |
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not into a torturous nightmare, but a place where your actions and |
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emotions are being tested, and called into question. The idea being |
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that there is no such thing as a "bad person", and that everybody |
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could go to the "good place", if they accepted that they have flaws, |
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@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ and this doesn't just start and end at "what is a good person". It |
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also applies to how the show deals with individualism. |
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What is individualism you may ask? I'm glad you did (not really, now |
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this post has to be longer...). Indivualism is one of the axiomatic |
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this post has to be longer...). Individualism is one of the axiomatic |
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philosophies that the western world is built on. It's the idea that |
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each individual is responsible for their own destiny, and identity. |
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@ -155,9 +154,9 @@ but we _all_ suffer under the ruling class. This is a reality the |
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show refuses to acknowledge and it makes it's arguments about moral |
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philosophy feel almost dystopian. |
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Maybe this is controvertial, but there are bad people. If it is your |
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Maybe this is controversial, but there are bad people. If it is your |
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job to harass homeless people, you are a bad person. If it is your |
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job to enforce the "war on drugs" that overwealmingly affects black |
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job to enforce the "war on drugs" that overwhelmingly affects black |
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people, you are a bad person. If you are a billionaire, you are a bad |
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person. You are in a position where you _could_ change society for |
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the better. You _could_ give all your wealth away, and actually help |
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@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ And now here I am, writing upwards of 2000 words about it :) |
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The media we consume as people shapes us, and influences us in quite |
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profound ways. The way we tell stories is symptomatic of how society |
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perceives itself, and how people see themselves in society. Media |
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that doesn't aknowledge the existence of society then and the |
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that doesn't acknowledge the existence of society then and the |
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suffering it brings will inevitably white-wash reality, and push this |
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influence on anyone consuming it. |
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