What is the point of "overcoming your desires"? Asceticism is gay. Its much better to indulge your desires but enjoy them in moderation. Religions, as well as philosophies like this squander life by treating it as a waiting room instead of something to be enjoyed.
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>>34521935Humans are obsessed with finding the neat silver bullet to every issue.A lot of them are poorly equipped to deal with the fact that there generally isn't a silver bullet to every issue.Hence - ascetic philosophy>Stop craving stuff and everything will be finemonotheistic religion>Praise God, fear God, and everything will be fineleft-wing populism>Eat the rich, enact socialism and everything will be fineright-wing populism>Deport and subjugate the browns and everything will be finealcoholic/junkie delusion>One more drink/hit and everything will be fineIncel rhetoric>Ban dating apps, have the state organise marriages, end female hypergamy and everything will be fineTranny ideology>Kill cis scum, amputate as many penises as possible and everything will be fineLibertarian ideology>Dismantle the government, and everything will be fineAuthoritarian ideology>Control every aspect of people's lives, and everything will be fine.It would serve us well as a species to collectively remember that serious, existential problems are usually highly multifaceted and complex, and require equally complex solutions.Yet, we continually chuck our hat in the ring of the charismatic talker with the silver bullet, then when the silver bullet doesn't work, we brand the previous as a fraud, and eagerly await the next.
>>34521969Triggered ascetic. Let go of your anger :^)
>>34521970>Tranny ideology>>Kill cis scum, amputate as many penises as possible and everything will be fineliterally no one believes this
>>34521991>Triggered asceticNot really, I just found it funny, this is an advice board, if you want to discuss philosophy, literature or religion, there's other boards for that...>Let go of your angerI'm not angry.
>want to eat cookie >eat cookie >desire is insatiable >desire more cookie>no cookie anymore >suffer.exe
>>34521935I think asceticism can actually make hedonism EVEN BETTER, neurologically speaking.
>>34521935>What is the point of "overcoming your desires"?you can attain a much deeper and higher quality of life and a greater satisfaction once you let go of petty desires like foods or money or drugs etc. It's not about living like a robot, but being above those things because they're cheap and fleeting
