cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/43553416
Let’s say you put all your energy and hope into doing your part in the revolution. And, what happens is that the revolution doesn’t happen, or the world ends up becoming a dystopia, or humanity ends up becoming extinct—would you then say that your life was a waste of time?
No. The world didn’t end in the cold war despite the multiple times we were literally one man’s actions away from extinguishing life on earth in nuclear hellfire. As long as humanity exists, so does the drive towards freedom. And in the yearning for liberation, the fertile soil it is, is always the seed of communism.
Also when I die, I’m dead. Take a note from Diogenes on this part.
Diogenes: “on Burial of a Dog”
When asked how he wished to be buried,
he left instructions to be thrown outside the city wall
so wild animals could feast on his body.
When asked if he minded this,
he said,“Not at all, as long as you provide me
with a stick to chase the creatures away!”
When asked how he could use the stick since he would lack awareness,
he replied “If I lack awareness,
then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?”