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[–] Man_kind@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)

The reason history is like that, is because smart people are peaceful. They are wise. The violent emotional hateful greedy people are the idiots.

The idiots sometimes get a lot of power, and spread hate, and chase wealth and power with force.

This forces the smart people to become fighters as well. So they put all their brains into defeating the hateful assholes responsible for war.

And of course, they are good at it. Because they are smart.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wish it was that simple.

[–] Man_kind@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

There's nothing simple about it. Trust me. There's a lot of smart people just trying to lice their lives that will be forced into focusing on fighting tyranny.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I agree it's somewhat like this, but as PJ said, it's a little less simple than that.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Please define how you are using the word smart because I don't think you mean intelligent.

Intelligent people are just as horrible as the dumbest mother fuckers on the planet.

Humans, en masse, are fucking horrible to each other while paradoxically thinking they are saints

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

I think most humans aren't saints or monsters. Most people are alright most of the time.

Most of us are just furless apes trying to make sense of this big jungle called life.

[–] Man_kind@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

I disagree. I think theres a range of intelligence and the highest range, is like philosophers. Morality comes from philosophy. Only a bumbling idiot like Trump, can think it makes sense to abuse children, kill people, rape women, send people to war, create poverty, take rights, have rules for themselves and not for others, funnel all wealth to themselves asmuch as possible, only to do dumb shit like putting gold on their walls so they can feel worth something.

The smartest people are wisest, and good people. Loke philosophers, like historical Jesus.

There is a while range of idiots under that. The biggest ones get exploired by those that are slightly smarter.

And shitty people can be capable of things like advanced math and learning at school.

But they aren't smart like discovering knowledge smart. Those people have a deep understanding of morality, and they must see how much of a fool you have to be to be maga, or Trump. Its an impossibility to desire to be that.

Im probably just thinking "smart" is a lot smarter than you're thinking. Those evil people you think are smart, I do not consider smart.