How can you do all that work and then come back to dehumanization, talking about our insignificance and meaninglessness? We are the consciousness of the universe as far as we know, and that confers cosmic dignity, not insignificance. It is a dignity that is disrespected daily in the systems of hypnosis and exploitation you describe, and it is our immediate task to find a way to respect it.
My philosophy stands between cosmicism and humanism, so I don't dehumanize people but recognize that the universe beyond us is quite inhuman, according to the philosophical upshot of scientific models that objectify everything. Our dignity and progressive aims, then, are tragically heroic at best. Indeed, the structure of civilizations that divides into mainstream cultures and more enlightened countercultures typically degrades the underclasses.
How can you do all that work and then come back to dehumanization, talking about our insignificance and meaninglessness? We are the consciousness of the universe as far as we know, and that confers cosmic dignity, not insignificance. It is a dignity that is disrespected daily in the systems of hypnosis and exploitation you describe, and it is our immediate task to find a way to respect it.
My philosophy stands between cosmicism and humanism, so I don't dehumanize people but recognize that the universe beyond us is quite inhuman, according to the philosophical upshot of scientific models that objectify everything. Our dignity and progressive aims, then, are tragically heroic at best. Indeed, the structure of civilizations that divides into mainstream cultures and more enlightened countercultures typically degrades the underclasses.