Sacha Charles

Teklya Lopatinskiy

@tinymeercat797776 · Jan 12, 2026 12:54 pm

CMV: Purpose and Meaning are not important at all, and a desperate need to find either is generally a sign of low self w

I think human life is inherently "worth it", it needs no greater explanation. Your particular life doesn't need purpose or meaning, neither does humanity as a whole. Some people just need it to feel better about themselves because they don't value themselves just for existing.
My reason for this is mainly anecdotal. The only people I've ever seen who work to find purpose and meaning don't think life is enough as it is and are unhappy about it. There is also a lot of virtue signaling when people say something gives them purpose.
Lastly, I think life is beautiful as it is. It can be hard and crazy and exhilarating and mind numbing dull and horrible. And every single person is living a completely unique experience and story that never existed and never will exist again. I just think life IS the whole point. Everything else feels like a bit of a circle jerk.

Ülkü Başoğlu

@blackgoose598384 · Jan 11, 2026 6:48 pm

CMV: The American empire has come home, democracy here is dead.

It’s impossible to sustain democracy at home and empire abroad. Recent events show that the American empire has come home, with the bloated military budget now being used to arrest and murder citizens. There is no real political representation for most people, just two parties with overlapping donors as their constituents. The press is entirely captured by powerful corporations and the rich. Corporate rule has been in place since at least the Citizens United ruling, and our democracy, which barely existed during this time, has finally died. It’s one-man government, congress doesn’t exist. It’s the emperor Trump show now, with American citizens facing the same military terrorism as we are used to seeing abroad. You can’t allow CIA black sites, torture and suspension of human rights abroad and not expect it to eventually come home to roost.
Edit: I'm going to stop checking responses to this thread because I have to go to work. Thank you to all who responded, and no hard feelings. I awarded one delta for forcibly demonstrating substantive outcomes between the two major parties based on policy differences. However, my mind has not been changed from my original viewpoint. I am tempted t