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Old 03-08-2007, 08:36 PM   #14 (permalink)
Baltar
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Originally Posted by John Wesley View Post
My question is, aren't darkworkers bad for society as a whole? Being a darkworker means never doing things that don't help you. It means being greedy, and using fear to get what you want. I know some huge darkworkers and I'm sure they'll be very successful, but when it comes down to it they're miserable human beings.
I think it's a lot more likely for unpolorized people to be miserable in their life than people who have polarized one way or another. I'm saying this from personal experience.

Keep in mind that while a darkworker's primary purpose is to do things that will benefit them, what benefits them and what benefits society as a whole are usually in alignment. In other words what a darkworker does is likely to provide a lot of value to others. It's just that their primary motivation for providing this value is to help themselves, while a lightworker's motivation for providing the same value is to help others. This doesn't tarnish, hinder or reduce the amount or quality of value that's provided by a darkworker compared to the same value provided by a lightworker.

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I feel like it would be better to have most darkworkers less polarized and most lightworkers highly polarized. I guess I don't see why Steve doesn't take a stand for one side or announce his own polarity.
You're making the assumption that darkworkers are inherently bad or evil or something. This is incorrect. Darkworkers can do bad things to further their self interests, but as has been said already this would eventually cause the darkworker to implode (think Richard Nixon). It's not in the darkworker's self interest to do unethical or unlawful things. Ultimately there's nothing wrong with being aligned with either polarity. If you think that one is better than the other then you are not understanding the concept fully yet.
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