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   Artemis (artemis@dice.camp)'s status on Tuesday, 20-May-2025 05:22:30 JST Artemis

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   More than it simply being unhealthy, I think Those Who Would Be Masters benefit unduly from the type of humility that says you should consider yourself less than others. It's conditioning to accept oppression. It makes accepting oppression a virtue.

   So I'm not into that anymore. I think if you value other people, you will fight for them and their rights...rights which should be exactly the same as yours.

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     Artemis (artemis@dice.camp)'s status on Tuesday, 20-May-2025 05:22:31 JST Artemis

     When I was a Christian, I developed an unhealthy habit of always putting others before myself because I was under the impression that's what a good person does.

     These days I think more in terms of radical equality: I don't treat myself as if I have less value than others—I try instead to act as if everyone has the same value as I do.

     Rich Felker repeated this.