Can someone explain the difference between "poetic language" and "dialectically coming to the truth"?
Dialectically thinking would be to consider the issue at hand, and to form multiple positions to interpret or explain the situation, often contradictory or opposing positions.
The banker example has the philosophy cop browbeat the banker with a single line of reasoning. What he could do is take the bankers position himself, flesh it out, and argue both points (and others) to find the most sound position, that is often a nuanced blend of the others.
Thanks, great explanation!
So does the Philosophy Internal Affairs guy. Hypocrite.
In the last few panels the banker is gone and the philosophers are leaving unharmed, so once again the day is saved by the Philosophy Cop.
The lesson here is that if you're gonna commit a crime, don't make excuses to try justify it, those will inevitably put the philosophy cops on your trail, just do it cause you want to. Prepare with some Stirner in case there's a sting operation.
Take notes, pirates, and hoist your sails with pride in your skulduggery, not deflections.
About the last panel, I mean, ok, but isn't that what the banker is doing too? Isn't that what everybody does for everything? So therefore the only sin is coercion?
Apparently, being consistent in your beliefs and actions is the most important thing.
This led to an entertaining and brain-excercising hour-long rabbit hole. Nice!
What a terrible comic. It very much gives a "I just found out about communism" vibe. Without banks, you wouldn't even have the choice to get a loan to purchase a house or get starting capital for a business. And about the interest part, do you expect them to be a non profit? How will the banks pay their workers? I agree that the rates are too high, but come on, it's a service that you choose to make use of.
do you expect them to be a non profit?
Well of course not, I expect them to not exist as private entities. If they're so big that their failure would cause the collapse of the economy, they should be federalized to prevent the greedy fucks from playing fast and loose with other people's money to make themselves rich.
it's a service that you choose to make use of.
Imagine you're in a plane crash, and you wake up on an island...
Or you could, y'know, house people without them needing to take a loan.
Banks are not the be-all-end-all of resource distribution.
tbf, I think the comic is also making the point that the philosophy cop isn't making a good argument.
do you expect them to be a non profit?
yes
Did you miss the part where the comic defends the banker by attacking his attacker's method of attack?
