would you still be where you are now? Would you still be depressed?
Justice as in- those who do wrong get punished. And those who are good get rewarded.
-Those who do bad things like rape/murder/bankrupt the economy get put in jail and taken out of power.
-Those who cheat or lie do no get to climb the ladder and get ahead in life.
-Those who work hard and are smart get rewarded in life.
-Those who are innocent are freed and have their name cleared.
-Those who are in abusive families get removed and taken to a better place.
-There is no money in politics where the rich get to buy politicians and get to create laws for their own benefit, screwing over everyone else.
-Where the poor actually get a chance at getting out of poverty.
-Where all crimes get punished the same, regardless of race, gender, money or connections.
-Where you get into elite schools based on merit and intelligence alone and not on race, gender, money or connections.
-Where you get good paying jobs based on merit and intelligence and not on race, gender, money or connections.
There may be better examples, but you get what I’m saying. If it was a fair and just world, where the good and hard-working get rewarded, would you still be depressed? Some still would I suppose. But if the world was just and fair, I would certainly not be here on SP. Would you?
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Ironically, I kind of thrive in chaos. I don’t think the orderly society I live in has been very helpful for my personal development.
Apparently, all you have to do is spend a few days in prison to learn the hard way that the very concept of justice is a bad joke when people are involved. People who fall on that side of the line only do so because the world is organized as it is – it’s the path of least resistance when economic and social opportunities are suppressed for all but a portion of the population.
And I dunno. It sounds like you’re asking about whether a true meritocracy would be better than this faux meritocracy we currently have. I can’t say – it would require an objective measure to even be possible, and people aren’t good at objectivity. We’re not really designed for it. That’s why peer review is so critical in science. In reality, I would probably still feel bad that anyone got placed on the wrong side of that line.
“-Those who are in abusive families get removed and taken to a better place. ” If this were the case there would be about 1% chance I would be here.