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Pretty much the title. I've been watching more realistic super hero shows like The Boys and Invincible. The reoccurring themes is that with great power comes great immorality.

I think it's easy for us normies to respect other people and their property because there are clear consequences for violating social norms. But what would the average person do if they had super powers?

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If I had the power to stop time, my morals would suddenly become enforced.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

day one: pantsed every pro-life god botherer outside of every planned parenthood, all at the same moment.

day two: watched the internet take in day one. picked charities to give stacks of drug money and swiss nazi money to.

day three: etc

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I feel the same way. Trying to be a moral person is quite time consuming, and people seem to love short circuiting it by relying on various rules of thumb. But once you start investing those, it’s like peeling an onion, there’s always another layer to it that you haven’t considered.

When is giving money to someone in need helpful and when is it enabling their helplessness?

How can you tell the difference between someone who needs your help and someone who just wants to take you for a ride?

Don’t forget that your time is literally the most valuable thing you can choose to give someone. If you had unlimited amounts of it you’d be a billionaire. Then again, perhaps it would just end up making it worthless because you don’t need to ration it anymore.