Is there moral goodness, what is goodness to you?
Moral goodness does exist, plenty of people have morals, but it is becoming a rarity. People are much more willing to bend on their morals in this day & age, especially for perceived money, fame or both. Moral goodness to me is having an established set of personal principles you live by, which you refuse to break. Inherently knowing the difference between right and wrong, and not allowing your wrong to corrupt your right.
How do you manage ennui?
By keeping myself busy and staying in a creative head space. I’m constantly reading, writing, learning, and experiencing new things. I crave new experiences, that’s where my inspiration comes from. I hate when people say “I’m bored” all the time, that shit is whack to me. I don’t allow myself to get bored with life.
Do you think anything is absolute? If so, what?
The only thing absolute in life is death. We’re all going to die one day. Everyone and everything else is evolving, constantly changing. So I guess the only absolute things in life are death and change.
Riff Raff can be viewed as a tangible example of increased absurdity (aka entropy) in the universe, can you name other examples?
Of course I can name plenty, I think we all can. Reality shows, social media, the Internet in general, I could go on forever. None of these platforms are inherently absurd, especially the Internet, but people have made them that way. No diss but sites like Worldstarhiphop and Mediatakeout are perfect examples of entropy. These sites perpetuate ignorance yet we can’t stop watching, we’re enthralled with the madness. We like it, we share it, etc. In some ways it’s only entertainment, but we still have to be careful/conscious about what we expose ourselves to.
Sartre posits that the existence of desire is the best proof that humans are basically in a state of “lacking”, if man were “what he is(a being-in-itself)”, he would not need anything to complete him. Is there anything that can make a human complete?
God, Allah, Buddha, whichever supreme being you worship, is the only thing that can make a human complete. Everything else may make you happy, but only God can complete us.
In Albert Camus’ famous novel ‘The Stranger’ the central character, Mersault, is able to tolerate life in prison fairly well because of his general detachment. Is it fair to say that many people in our society “detach” as a way of coping with the violent unjust system that has been thrust upon us by history?
Unfortunately detachment is the only way many people are able to cope with our violent unjust system. If we seem detached from it, it’s justified. To some extent we have to do this for our own personal sanity. Just look at all these police on civilian shootings, it’s truly heartbreaking to know that the law rarely works in our favor. To know that we’re prisoners in our own neighborhoods. The system isn’t about justice, never was, it’s about control. The powers that be want to keep us in line, keep us silent, jailed, boxed in physically and mentally. Justice is a myth, especially in the ghetto. Do you know how many innocent people are in jail for a crime they didn’t commit? Trust me, that’s no coincidence. Do your research on prison labor and you’ll soon realize all of this is part of a larger plan. It’s all about dollars and cents. The justice system is a business, one of the biggest businesses there is. A business built on the modern day enslavement of the poor and disenfranchised.
How do you make earnest connection in a world of instant gratification?
Being a genuine person and not rushing things. I’m a firm believer in the principle that everything happens when and how it is suppose to. If you’re meant to have it, the universe will give it to you in some shape or form. So why rush? Plus instant gratification isn’t real anyway. Even “instant gratification” often takes years to fully materialize. Instead I focus on developing authentic relationships with people I respect and maintaining a great reputation, because at the end of the day that’s all that matters.
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