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Re:Buddhism has found a new institutional home in the West: ... by namlem on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @11:04AM (#32071035)
Obsessing over injustices you have no control over is neither normal nor healthy.
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Re:Buddhism has found a new institutional home in the West: ... by InitialLastName on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @05:24PM (#32075883)
Right, but we've built a world where people are loudly obsessed with issues they have (infinitesimal) control over because if they paid attention to issues closer to home they might look up from their phones, and the advertisers can't have that.
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Re:Buddhism has found a new institutional home in the West: ... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @05:47PM (#32076105)
Except we do have control over it, if we didn't people wouldn't be complaining so loudly about being shunned for the biggotted and ignorant crap that comes out of their mouths.
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Re:Buddhism has found a new institutional home in the West: ... by throwawayacc2 on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @07:41PM (#32077250)
Except we do have control over it, if we didn't people wouldn't be complaining so loudly about being shunned for the sinful and heretical crap that comes out of their mouths.

A puritan explaining the importance of enforcing moral cohesion - cca 1750

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