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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Marx was a philosopher.
    It appears that "philosophy" here refers to the private, meaningless musings of individuals that have no political or social significance.
    Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister D View Post
    It appears that "philosophy" here refers to the private, meaningless musings of individuals that have no political or social significance.

    Well, from wide reading, it seems that's what philosophy has become. From the ancients to the early moderns it really meant something and greatly influence politics and society.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Marx was a philosopher.


    OK, I stand corrected. Millions were also killed over a philosophy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister D View Post
    Killings in the name of a philosophy have been perpetrated tens of millions of times in your lifetime. Come again?


    Yeah. I stand corrected on that statement.
    I was wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Retirednsmilin308 View Post
    OK, I stand corrected. Millions were also killed over a philosophy.

    Well, I think it's a D pointed out, philosophy has become something we see as a meaningless, pointless, harmless endeavor. So you're right, too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Well, I think it's a D pointed out, philosophy has become something we see as a meaningless, pointless, harmless endeavor. So you're right, too.
    Thank you. I see my philosophy of the Golden Rule, Karma, the Barraka, and other ideas I have borrowed from my travels as harmless.

    ...but with me, at least, it is not meaningless or pointless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Retirednsmilin308 View Post
    Thank you. I see my philosophy of the Golden Rule, Karma, the Barraka, and other ideas I have borrowed from my travels as harmless.

    ...but with me, at least, it is not meaningless or pointless.

    Those are good pieces of philosophy, most if not all ancient.
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