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what's with this dichotomy of people thinking either "absolute perfection is real and obtainable" or "there is actually zero difference between good and bad things, you imbecile, you fucking moron"
actually it's not even a dichotomy. it's "absolute perfection is the only way for things to be good". when it's obtainable, it's The Good. everything less than that is equally worthless so if it's unobtainable then nihilism takes over
"it is worthwhile to pursue 'better', even when its ceiling is heavily constrained, even if there will necessarily also be a lot of bad, without deciding that the bad is actually okay" is a critical part of my worldview