@iris_meredith@mastodon.social
2026-07-30 08:14 UTC
@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems
Hmm... I don't think humanity is something that you *can* reject exactly. By being born into this species, we naturally end up with obligations to others in the same situation, even if we don't like it.
(That said, I see where you're coming from. I fear I may just be a hopeless idealist here)
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@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems 2026-07-30 08:17
@iris_meredith@mastodon.social I don't think it's about the species. you have about as much in common with a Homo sapiens sapiens raised by wolves as you have with said wolves. the notion of "humanity" is a cultural construct, perhaps even more so than gender, and its execution is also cultural. the very idea of "obligations" is cultural, you are not born believing it