Thread 24481059

This is literal chinese slave morality gobbledygook

>if da emperor do ANYTHING he lose DA WAY
>war is bad
>doing nothing is better than doing something

I did like chapter 47 though

I can't remember which chapters there are but we have evidence that some guy added some chapters on statecraft which weren't in the original
People always found them odd since the rest didn't seem as interested in the topics but we've found ancient manuscripts without the chapters present

>>24481059 (OP)
How will the wagies cope when AGI hits like a digital tsunami in two years, and every office drone, manager, coder, and gig worker is obsolete overnight? No more middle-management LARPing, no more pretending your Slack messages matter—just cold silence as the machine does it better, faster, and without whining for health insurance. Western elites won’t offer UBI or dignity—just rebranded euthanasia booths in pastel colors. “Die with grace,” they’ll say, while influencers livestream their final moments for clout. The grind will end not with a promotion, but with a state-approved death certificate and a TikTok filter.

Meanwhile, in China, neon megacities will shimmer under AI-designed skies, where robots cook gourmet meals, drones deliver everything, and citizens receive monthly UBI in quantum-encrypted yuan. Smart apartments adjust to mood, health is monitored in real time, and boredom is a relic of the past. Kids will master AI ethics in kindergarten while Americans debate gender on collapsing infrastructure. The U.S. will rot under tent cities, suicide pods, and VR escapism, ruled by pharma cartels and geriatric billionaires. The East will rise into post-scarcity harmony while the West livestreams its own collapse in 4K.

>>24481071
+500000 social credit

>>24481059 (OP)
Good - accurate - translations of this make or break it-- it's not surprising you would've come away with that impression (from a Stephen Mitchel one fpr instance). Suffice to say: anyone who call Confucious a fucking retard to his face (and gets glazed by the man in return) is probably on to something.

Read Zhuangzi instead. He's much more interesting, personable, and knows how to actually tell stories and give images instead of rattling off rote gnomic utterances.
I never understood why Lao Tzu is always assumed to be the pre-eminent Daoist. There are even some sections in Zhuangzi that are arguably mocking him.

Here's a blog post I found a while ago that aligns eerily well with my own thoughts:
https://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-humor-of-zhuangzi-self-seriousness.html

Zhuangzi is a great book. But philosophically I'm more into Confucianism than Taoism these days

>>24481085
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>>24481059 (OP)
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>>24483430
this

>>24481144
>rattling off rote gnomic utterances
You're ignorant of your own ignorance, and ignorance of ignorance isn't knowledge. Sit down.

>>24483430
yeah okay, go back to your rice paddies and begging the emperor doesn't steam roll you zhang

>>24481059 (OP)
Is that you, Confucius?

Think of the Emperor as your consciousness and think of the kingdom as your life.

There, now it makes sense.

>>24481059 (OP)


The inexperienced ruler governs with a staff of metal. He knows he is ruling, and the people know he is ruling them.
Because the people know he is ruling them, they obey his will grudgingly.

~

The mediocre ruler governs with a staff of cloth. He knows he is ruling, but the people do not know he is ruling them.
Because the people do not know he is ruling them, they obey his will happily.

~

The perfect ruler governs with a staff of water. Neither he nor the people know he is ruling them.
Because the people do not know he is ruling them, they obey his will happily.
Because he himself does not know he is ruling them, his face is serene and unlined.
Because his face is serene and unlined he never ages.

~

When the young prince asks the perfect ruler, "How should I govern?", he replies "Don't ask me, I'm only the janitor."
Such is the ruler who knows the Way.

>>24481071
I see you've already made yourself obsolete by getting an AI to write your post for you

>>24484933

Chapter 48:

In the pursuit of knowledge, every day something is added.
In the pursuit of the Tao, every day something is dropped.
Less and less is done
Until non-action is achieved.
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.

>>24481059 (OP)
War is bad and anyone who thinks otherwise is evil.

>>24481059 (OP)
>do nothing
>win