Talk:Anti-bending Revolution/@comment-3338975-20120325060542/@comment-3338975-20120515233555

I'm sorry, but did you just call me a hippie?

I never once claimed that the Equalist's plans for society were right, only that they were the natural human reaction to the stagnation of the virtuous republic. Obviously, if the social environment was such that the inculcation of virtuousness by its members was emphasized rather than the fruits of past virtues, then stagnation wouldn't run rampant in society and people wouldn't remain stuck, and would have the freedom to become rich or remain poor based on their own individual virtues. The ideologies of revolutionary movements like the Equalists are always parasitical upon the reactionary forces in society which emphasize said fruits of past virtues, and each merely forwards the stagnation of society (the revolutionary movement in economics, the reactionary movement in virtue) in a manner counterpoised to the manner of the other. Spirituality, which I mean in the wider sense of consciously trying to take into account the grand scheme of the universe beyond oneself into one's view of things, is the only proper basis for going beyond the fruits of past virtues and inculcating the actual virtues themselves, as it is their ultimate source. The fact that the world has begun to turn away from spiritual matters is a tragedy, really, and you're really betraying your own closed-mindness by choosing one side (the benders) as the "unquestionable" better of the two. Please do not call me a hippie again.