I don't quite agree with that interpretation of "God is dead..." especially with the context of the rest of the statement. I read it as Nietzsche arguing that by not having a mythical being to blame our failures on, humanity was left with a sort of morality vacuum and had to logically accept that we're responsible for our choices and fai…
I don't quite agree with that interpretation of "God is dead..." especially with the context of the rest of the statement. I read it as Nietzsche arguing that by not having a mythical being to blame our failures on, humanity was left with a sort of morality vacuum and had to logically accept that we're responsible for our choices and failings also and their consequences.
It has the character of cautioning about something similar to the converse of a power vacuum, to me. We lost the power of blaming God(s) for what we do (scary) but we gain the realization that we are the gods of our own fate (scarier).
To the point about the lack of values as an ideology, I don't see Nietzsche believing that this problem would have been anything new. He may have been against the concept of collectives of any kind, but religious/spiritual is obviously an evergreen collective.
Regarding the Actions for Assange, tbh I and many others (the few REAL socialists left) have been pleading with POTUS (not DNC hacks) for a Pardon, even appealing to him to do the right thing for the wrong reasons. I can't travel but some have. Since I already knew that the few Dem's that actually want to help him are unable to do any more, I went to the only miniscule (but most plausible) shot I could take, the President's vanity.
I don't quite agree with that interpretation of "God is dead..." especially with the context of the rest of the statement. I read it as Nietzsche arguing that by not having a mythical being to blame our failures on, humanity was left with a sort of morality vacuum and had to logically accept that we're responsible for our choices and failings also and their consequences.
It has the character of cautioning about something similar to the converse of a power vacuum, to me. We lost the power of blaming God(s) for what we do (scary) but we gain the realization that we are the gods of our own fate (scarier).
To the point about the lack of values as an ideology, I don't see Nietzsche believing that this problem would have been anything new. He may have been against the concept of collectives of any kind, but religious/spiritual is obviously an evergreen collective.
Regarding the Actions for Assange, tbh I and many others (the few REAL socialists left) have been pleading with POTUS (not DNC hacks) for a Pardon, even appealing to him to do the right thing for the wrong reasons. I can't travel but some have. Since I already knew that the few Dem's that actually want to help him are unable to do any more, I went to the only miniscule (but most plausible) shot I could take, the President's vanity.