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Re:Joint Statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federa... by xeromal on Sunday March 12, 2023 @10:27PM (#35130100)
Isn't spite just wanting that version of karma or justice but hurting yourself in the process. If we let these banks collapse it's definitely going to hurt lower income people more than wealthy people so to me that is 100% spite
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Re:Joint Statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federa... by HWR_14 on Sunday March 12, 2023 @11:09PM (#35130484)
No. Spite is hurting yourself to hurt someone else. A desire for karma is willing to hurt yourself for justice. They look very similar, but are different.
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Re:Joint Statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federa... by Godel_unicode on Sunday March 12, 2023 @11:55PM (#35130806)
> Spite is hurting yourself to hurt someone else.

That is incorrect, spite is seeking the deliberate harm of another. It’s possible for spite to include hurting yourself to inflict it, but that’s not in any way necessary.

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Re:Joint Statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federa... by HWR_14 on Monday March 13, 2023 @12:27AM (#35131064)
Sure, and karma doesn't require hurting yourself either. I meant in the specific case we were discussing, in which harming yourself was already baked into the situation. I admit I could have been clearer initially and am sorry I spoke clumsily.
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