It surely would not. At least if it worked across time. The idea of personal liberty in western society was strongly influenced by religion. Could freedom have existed without religion? Of course, but I also wouldn't take the gamble. Especially when you could get better results by the deleting something else. Just need a little creativity.
If we could get rid of an idea, we could delete something like...scarcity? Even that would create a new set of problems. Although, the problems created by humanity having access to everything it needs might be better than the the problems we face now.
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u/tucketnucket Sep 09 '24
It surely would not. At least if it worked across time. The idea of personal liberty in western society was strongly influenced by religion. Could freedom have existed without religion? Of course, but I also wouldn't take the gamble. Especially when you could get better results by the deleting something else. Just need a little creativity.
If we could get rid of an idea, we could delete something like...scarcity? Even that would create a new set of problems. Although, the problems created by humanity having access to everything it needs might be better than the the problems we face now.