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Philosophy Cop (static.existentialcomics.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/comics@lemmy.ml
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[–] AkumaFoxwell@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can someone explain the difference between "poetic language" and "dialectically coming to the truth"?

[–] krellor@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Dialectically thinking would be to consider the issue at hand, and to form multiple positions to interpret or explain the situation, often contradictory or opposing positions.

The banker example has the philosophy cop browbeat the banker with a single line of reasoning. What he could do is take the bankers position himself, flesh it out, and argue both points (and others) to find the most sound position, that is often a nuanced blend of the others.

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

So does the Philosophy Internal Affairs guy. Hypocrite.

[–] AkumaFoxwell@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, great explanation!

[–] Jables@iusearchlinux.fyi 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What a terrible comic. It very much gives a "I just found out about communism" vibe. Without banks, you wouldn't even have the choice to get a loan to purchase a house or get starting capital for a business. And about the interest part, do you expect them to be a non profit? How will the banks pay their workers? I agree that the rates are too high, but come on, it's a service that you choose to make use of.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or you could, y'know, house people without them needing to take a loan.

Banks are not the be-all-end-all of resource distribution.

[–] Jables@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never said they were the be-all-end-all of distribution. This comic implies that banks somehow are responsible for providing money to people to buy housing. This is a way larger systemic issue. People should be paid enough to be able to purchase property.

[–] Lupus108@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

People should be paid enough to be able to purchase property.

What are you? A commie?

[–] quindraco@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Banks are also not responsible for housing.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe the comic wanted to make a joke and not be a rigorous philosophical work explaining every possible detail

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

They are taking advantage of people's hardships. The robber just takes from a well insured institution. A victimless crime.

[–] quindraco@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Did you miss the part where the comic defends the banker by attacking his attacker's method of attack?

[–] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

About the last panel, I mean, ok, but isn't that what the banker is doing too? Isn't that what everybody does for everything? So therefore the only sin is coercion?

[–] philomory@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (9 children)

But the banker thought it was ok when he did it but not when the β€œrobber” did it. Which represents (so it is claimed) a poorly grounded belief system, since what the banker does is (it is argued) the same as what the robber does.

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[–] solariplex@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

This led to an entertaining and brain-excercising hour-long rabbit hole. Nice!