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minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 months agoThinking that it is better to cause harm o an attacker rather than permitting the attacker to harm oneself is not a dystopian attitude. A place in which it is possible that someone might try to hurt you isn’t a dystopia. It’s a natural part of reality. A place in which no aggression exists is, however, a utopia.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe dystopian attitude is “you better be ready to severely harm someone at a moment’s notice every day, otherwise you’re just unprepared for day to day life.”
Thinking that it is better to cause harm o an attacker rather than permitting the attacker to harm oneself is not a dystopian attitude.
A place in which it is possible that someone might try to hurt you isn’t a dystopia. It’s a natural part of reality.
A place in which no aggression exists is, however, a utopia.
The dystopian attitude is “you better be ready to severely harm someone at a moment’s notice every day, otherwise you’re just unprepared for day to day life.”