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minus-squareSergio@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoI realize he’s talking about “history is written by the victors” but I thought of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_of_all_possible_worlds
minus-squareGalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoIf this is the best of all possible worlds then God must be pretty fucking terrible at making worlds.
minus-squareWildmimic@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoI go with Schopenhauer: Arthur Schopenhauer argued, contrary to Leibniz, that our world must be the worst of all possible worlds, because if it were only a little worse, it could not continue to exist.
I realize he’s talking about “history is written by the victors” but I thought of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_of_all_possible_worlds
If this is the best of all possible worlds then God must be pretty fucking terrible at making worlds.
I go with Schopenhauer: