“Small comic based on the amazing words of Ursula K. Le Guin”.

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  • LesserAbe@lemmy.world
    271·
    5 months ago

    What point are you trying to make? That it would have been better if the divine right of kings ended sooner? I’m sure Ursula K. Le Guin would agree.

    Or are you trying to say we shouldn’t be complacent in working to end capitalism? Because I’m sure Ursula K. Le Guin would agree as well.

    The point of even saying this is to rally people who might feel there’s no point in trying, because the current system seems unstoppable.

    • pyre@lemmy.world
      23·
      5 months ago

      to me it read like “that’s a nice thought and I’m sure one day we’ll move beyond it, but i doubt I’ll live to see that”

      • volodya_ilich@lemm.ee
        11·
        5 months ago

        The only thing stopping people from ending the system is lacking the knowledge that they should end it, and lacking the knowledge that they can collectively end it. Pushing for hope towards the end of the system is positive

    • Ptsf@lemmy.world
      7·
      5 months ago

      Just pondering the difference between something that is practically inescapable in a finite human lifespan vs something that is surely escapable given a removal of that metric. Merely the first thought I had when enjoying the art, no point to be made of it… More mumblings of a idle fool/thinker?

      • LesserAbe@lemmy.world
        3·
        5 months ago

        An important thought. What we tell ourselves needs to be true, or at least be believable, in order for us to take action. I tell myself that whether we reach such and such a goal in my lifetime, I want to have contributed to moving whatever tiny amount closer to the goal. It would be disappointing to me to not have tried to contribute something.

        I like the Le Guin quote because it touches on that mental block to action, “Is trying to make change pointless?” On the one hand it is pointless, because we all die. On the other hand, it’s possible to contribute to a multigenerational project.

    • ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      4·
      5 months ago

      I’m sure one day we’ll achieve some sort of utopia if we aren’t killed off by climate change or some other catastrophe, but my bones will have eroded to dust by then.