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Edison quote (reposted)
Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
- Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
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Duppers
Aug 2023
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4lbs
(7,395 posts)1. Based on what happened in Jacksonville and North Carolina in the last few days
I think even being called a "savage" might be too high a distinction for some.
dchill
(41,820 posts)3. So. Based on that quote, "we are still savages."
Too many of us really are.
eppur_se_muova
(38,723 posts)4. This from the man who introduced the electric chair ?
To "prove" AC was more dangerous than DC (on which machinery he held the patents)?
Duppers
(28,313 posts)5. He was a dichotomy - evil, arrogant...
Yet with a knowledge of what was humane.
Since he punished violence with violence, I wonder if he thought of himself as a savage.
And how he cheated Tesla was unforgivable.
I like the quote, not the hypocrite expressing it.