shrine to the prophet of americana

If I was born in some other country I would be waving some other flag. – Michael Lipsey

nuclearspaceheater:

kontextmaschine:

nuclearspaceheater:

kontextmaschine:

stoicmike:

If I was born in some other country I would be waving some other flag. – Michael Lipsey

I’m Prepared To Give My Life For This Or Any Country

Is there a name for the unstated belief that everyone exists prior to their birth in some universal, possibly atemporal pool of souls that is drawn from at random as people are born, that is implied by, among other things, any use of the work “luck” to describe the circumstance’s of one’s parentage?

The “Veil of Ignorance”?

No, that’s a thot experiment about explicitly imaginary circumstances.

Which is totally distinct from religio-mystical narratives that underlie ethical worldviews